Shamokin woman wanted on drug charges apprehended

COAL TOWNSHIP — A Shamokin woman wanted on multiple felony drug charges was taken into custody late Wednesday night and committed to Northumberland County Prison in Sunbury.
Sarah Ann Karpinski, 24, of 716 Race St., was arraigned at 11 p.m. by on-call Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III on five criminal complaints involving the delivery of heroin and cocaine in the township and Shamokin.
The charges were filed Tuesday by members of the Northumberland County Drug Task Force, but Karpinski remained at large until late Wednesday night when she was apprehended inside Wal-Mart Supercenter on Route 61.
Karpinski, who is seven months pregnant, was committed to the county jail in lieu of $20,000 cash bail.
Her boyfriend, Matthew Bird, 35, of 1023 E. Race St., Coal Township, also is incarcerated at the county prison after being charged Tuesday in connection with one of the five drug deals involving a confidential informant.
Karpinski and Bird are charged by Ralpho Township Patrolman Chris Grow with possession with intent to deliver heroin, delivery of heroin, criminal use of a communication facility, possession of drug paraphernalia and criminal conspiracy involving an Aug. 16 incident at Dunkin Donuts in which they allegedly sold one bag of heroin to an informant for $20.
Karpinski was charged by Primerano with delivery of cocaine, possession with intent to deliver cocaine and criminal use of a communication facility relating to an incident Sunday in Shamokin in which she allegedly sold cocaine to an informant for $60.
The defendant was charged by Grow and Primerano with possession with intent to deliver heroin, delivery of heroin, criminal use of a communication facility, possession of heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia in connection with an Aug. 20 incident in Dunkin’ Donuts in which she allegedly sold one bag of heroin to an informant for $40.
Grow and Coal Township Detective Jeff Brennan charged Karpinski with possession with intent to deliver heroin, delivery of heroin, criminal use of a communication facility, possession of heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia. The charges relate to an Aug. 13 incident in the parking lot at Wal-Mart in which Karpinski allegedly sold two bags of heroin to an informant.
The fifth complaint filed by Grow and Primerano charges Karpinski with possession of heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia in connection with a Feb. 26 incident in the 400 block of South Shamokin Street in which the defendant allegedly possessed three bags of heroin.