A Dec. 19 drug deal in Quakertown led to five arrests. Law enforcement officials filed multiple charges against Ashley Rose Kuntz, 29, and Adam M. White, 45, both of Bethlehem, Donald Howard Penn Jr., 39, and Justin Robert Dieffenbach, 37, both of Perkasie, and Christopher Gerar Burke, 48, of Sellersville Borough, for allegedly selling methamphetamine. Charges were filed in the Richland Township court of District Judge Lisa Gaier.      

            The arrest, made by officers from the Quakertown police department and the state police, occurred at 6:50 p.m. in the parking lot of the Buffalo Wild Wings, located at 1465 W. Broad St. An undercover officer set up the purchase of an ounce of meth over a cell phone call to Dieffenbach, according to the police criminal complaint filed in Gaier's court.

            A 2019 Nissan Versa driven by Dieffenbach and occupied by Penn and Burke pulled into the lot and parked next to the officers' vehicle. A green Chevrolet, occupied by Kuntz and White, simultaneously pulled into the lot and parked next to the Versa, according to the affidavit of probable cause.

            Dieffenbach went to the Wild Wings and passed a suspected ounce of meth in a Newport cigarette pack to the undercover officer. Dieffenbach  was then arrested.

            Penn and Burke had remained in the Versa. They appeared to be communicating via text. Penn was also gesturing and watching the surroundings, according to the legal document.

            Kuntz emerged from the Chevrolet, and, standing on a sidewalk, she told an officer there was methamphetamine in a backpack in the back seat of the Chevy, but that it belonged to White.

            A search of Dieffenbach's Versa turned up one ounce of meth in the back seat.

            Authorities also allegedly discovered Penn in possession of multiple pills, suspected to be Klonopin and Oxycodone, suspected marijuana and small and unused baggies consistent with packaging controlled substances. They also discovered a BB gun, that looked like a real firearm, on his person as well as several cell phones, according to the legal document.

            A search of the Chevrolet turned up a camouflage backpack in the backseat with a digital scale, numerous baggies and 1.25 ounces of suspected meth broken down for sale. White admitted to selling and using meth and told authorities Dieffenbach was his source.

            White told police he followed Dieffenbach to the buy because he was owed $250, and that Dieffenbach was going to pay him after the sale.

            At the police station, according to authorities, Penn flushed a baggie of Xanax, a controlled substance, down the toilet in his cell.

            Kuntz allegedly admitted to knowing that White sells methamphetamine. She also had $800 cash on her person, which she claims White gave to her to hold. The woman admitted to assuming the money was from White selling drugs, according to Kuntz's arrest affidavit.

            All five defendants face five criminal counts, including at least one felony count of drug possession with intent to deliver, a related conspiracy count and multiple misdemeanor counts. White is accused of two felony intent counts while Dieffenbach is accused of felony criminal use of a communication facility. Penn faces a misdemeanor charge for tampering with evidence, according to information posted on a state judicial website.

            District Judge Robert L. Wagner Jr. set bail against all five defendants at 10 percent of $100,000 monetary during separate preliminary arraignments on Dec. 20. All five defendants were remanded to Bucks County jail.

            However, the judge ordered a bail decrease for the quintet on Dec. 24. Wagner reduced the amount for Kuntz, Penn and White to 10 percent of $10,000. Dieffenbach's amount was changed to $50,000 unsecured. All four were released from jail that day. However, White, whose bail was reduced to 10 percent of $50,000 monetary, remains in custody.

            A preliminary hearing in the case for all defendants, before Gaier, has been scheduled for 2 p.m. on March 12, according to the legal website.