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led to the Tesylar searches. Gerace was in charge of the cook
but was not present during the searches. On September 14, 1983,
Grove, Cattalo, Giongo, Hund, and Ryan, along with police
officers from Abington Township, set up surveillance of Frank
Martino's (Martino's) home in Abington, Pennsylvania. On that
date, Tesylar, Ronald Bertino (Bertino), and others were
arrested, and a search of Martino's house was conducted. After
midnight (on September 15, 1983), Hund obtained a search warrant
for Bertino's house and a search was conducted there. Grove
obtained a search warrant for Tesylar's premises, which was
executed.
Ryan and Grove found two grocery bags of methamphetamine in
the trunk of one of the cars at Martino's house and put one bag
into Grove's trunk. At Bertino's house, the officers found
money, methamphetamine, and lab equipment. Hund appropriated
some of the money. Some money and methamphetamine were seized
and turned in as evidence. Hund and Grove appropriated a large
quantity of the methamphetamine, including that from Martino's
and from Bertino's, to Karasinski. Karasinski sold some of the
methamphetamine and later returned the remainder to Hund.
Respondent asserts that Grove received $9,250 ($4,000 +
$1,500 + $3,750) and Cattalo received $3,500 ($2,000 + $1,500)
from the proceeds of the sale of the drugs from the Tesylar
search. Those amounts are based on Hund's testimony that he
received (1) $12,000 from Karasinski of which he and Grove
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