Accused cocaine dealer waives hearing

Daniel Rosado, 25, faces trial on more than a dozen drug-related charges

A 25-year-old Lansdale man arrested by Towamencin police last month for allegedly dealing cocaine and marijuana in the area is headed for trial on more than a dozen criminal counts after waiving his preliminary hearing in district court.

Daniel “Ro Zay” Rosado, of the 500 block of West Third Street, appeared before Lansdale District Judge Edward Levine and waived two counts of felony possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, one count of felony criminal use of a communication facility, and 11 other misdemeanor drug-related criminal counts.

Rosado’s bail was reduced from $50,000 cash to $50,000 unsecured; records indicated Tuesday that he was released from county jail on Monday.

Towamencin detectives said in charging documents that after an investigation into Rosado’s alleged drug-dealing activities — which included two controlled buys — police obtained and executed a search warrant on Rosado’s residence on the afternoon of April 27.

Found during the raid were 20 bags of cocaine totaling 8 grams, as well as 40 grams of pot in 20 individually packaged bags and in a mason jar, according to court documents. Among the other items police also seized were a digital scale, several cellphones, a Taser, a collapsible baton, and a box of nitrile gloves which, according to investigators, are commonly used while packaging powder drugs to avoid them being absorbed through the skin.

Authorities said Rosado consented to a search of his cellphone, which “displayed both clear communications and coded communications by drug customers seeking to by controlled substances from [Rosado],” according to an affidavit of probable cause.

Rosado is scheduled to be formally arraigned in Montgomery County court on July 5.