Three charged with weapons, drugs

Allentown police said they have charged three men with various infractions, with one of them accused of possession of stolen handguns.

In a news release Friday, police said officers were assisting Lehigh County adult probation personnel, who were conducting an unspecified investigation in the area of North Fourth and West Gordon streets. The men who were part of the probation officers’ investigation fled into a home and climbed a roof of a nearby residence in attempting to flee.

Authorities later arrested Rolando A. Savinon, Reynaldo Sepulveda and Richard E. Otero without incident and served a search warrant for the home where the trio fled, according to the news release.

Police said the search turned up two loaded 9 mm handguns: a stolen, a loaded 9 mm handgun with an extended magazine and a stolen, loaded AR-15. Authorities also recovered two other handguns, “a large amount” of marijuana and two dirt bikes.

According to police and court records:

Otero, 23, of the 400 block of North Fourth Street, faces felony counts of receiving stolen property, illegal possession of a firearm and possession with intent to deliver and a misdemeanor weapons charge. He was arraigned Thursday with bail set at $25,000.

Sepulveda, 22, of the first block of South Brook Street, faces single counts of tampering with evidence, drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia, police said. He was arraigned Thursday with bail set at $2,500.

Savinon, 27, of the 400 block of North Fourth Street, faces single counts of defiant trespass, possession of drug paraphernalia and disorderly conduct. He was arraigned Thursday with bail set at $5,000, with a 10% provision. He posted $500 bail.

Neither Otero nor Sepulveda has posted bail; they were sent to Lehigh County Jail.