They were married Tuesday moments after he was sentenced to prison. Police put her away on drug charges Thursday.
The honeymoon is on hold for two Northampton County newlyweds.
Sabrina M. Stametz and Elmer Torres Jr., both of Bethlehem Township, were married Tuesday in county court by Judge Jennifer Sletvold. Moments earlier, Sletvold had sentenced Torres to 1 1/2 to 3 years in prison for his drug arrest Feb. 11 in Freemansburg.
Then on Thursday, township police called Stametz into police headquarters as officers executed a search warrant at the couple's home in the 3300 block of Monroe Street, according to court records.
Police found Stametz in possession of about $900, including some bills pre-recorded for controlled drug buys, records say. In the couple's bedroom, police said they seized heroin; crystal methamphetamine; drug paraphernalia including syringes and a tourniquet; packaging materials such as scale, hundreds of small sealable bags, paper packets, rubber bands; cutting agent and a false-bottom Maxwell House coffee container.
Stamez, who is 36, was arraigned Thursday night before District Judge Roy Manwaring II on two felony counts each of drug possession with intent to deliver and conspiracy. She also faces misdemeanor counts of drug possession, conspiracy and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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Manwaring sent her to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $50,000 bail and tentatively set a preliminary hearing for Oct. 14 before District Judge Patricia Broscius.
Torres, 38, was arrested after allegedly fleeing a traffic stop at Freemansburg Avenue and Cambria street in the borough. Police caught up with him at home and found in his car heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, crack cocaine, the opiate-addiction medication Suboxone, assorted pills and packaging material, court records say.
Under a negotiated deal, Torres pleaded guilty to one count of drug possession with intent to deliver and a dozen other charges were withdrawn.
"It was a fair deal from the commonwealth," Torres' attorney, Ryan L. Hyde, said Friday. "And I think in terms of the marriage, I hope they're very happy together."
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