On the morning of Saturday March 29th, 2014 the Bloomsburg Police Department along with the Columbia/Montour SWAT

Team raided a Bloomsburg home for heroin. The teams entered the home on 142 W. Main St. with a warrant at 7:00AM and took five men into custody. Luckily none of the men were fellow Bloomsburg University students. Unfortunately, this did not come as a surprise to most students. Ever since I was a freshman living in Elwell Hall I have heard rumors and stories about methamphetamine labs in Berwick. I have heard rumors ranging from Berwick being the meth capital of the world, to Berwick citizens teaching their kids to cook meth so they wouldnt get in trouble. Now the rumors will begin about Bloomsburg being the home of heroin. We as students have sort of an image in our heads of what a Bloomsburg residents look and act like (not saying that is a good thing), and these allegations against them arent helping their case at all. However, the heroin house being on Main Street in Bloomsburg is still not comforting. Heroin was being made quite literally right under our noses and we were oblivious. Is making heroin becoming more popular? What influenced these men to learn to and begin making heroin? The only thing I could think of is they are really big Breaking Bad fans and thought they could be Walter White of heroin in a college town. Four out of the five men who were taken into custody were arrested on warrants connected to the investigation conducted by the Bloomsburg Police Department, the Columbia County Task Force, and the Pennsylvania State Police. The men include Jose Roldan (27), Mark Williams (30), Shamel Thomas (29), and

Devon Seier (22). All four men are in currently Columbia County Prison with bail set at $100,000 each. Hopefully this comes as a lesson to all people of Bloomsburg, students and residents, that making heroin is unacceptable. These four men are going to be in prison for a pretty long time, and I would hate to see that happen to one of my classmates or stand up citizens over something so stupid as making an illegal drug as serious as heroin.