Feb 13, 2017 3 min read

The North Strabane Township man accused of having his brother and father get his prescription for narcotic painkillers filled while he was in Washington County jail and the Canonsburg woman accused of selling some of the drugs were arraigned Monday morning on drug charges.

Jeffrey Paul Trybend, 50, of 113 Chartiers St., Strabane, and Kimberly Celio, 57, of 602 Valley View Terrace, were arraigned before District Judge David Mark on charges of possession with intent to deliver Oxycodone, criminal use of a communications facility and conspiracy.

Trybend, who has been incarcerated at the jail since Oct. 19, also is charged with fraudulently obtaining a controlled substance. Celio also is charged with possession of Oxycodone.

Daniel Raymond Trybend, 74, and his 46-year-old son, Kevin Daniel Trybend, both of Canonsburg, were taken into custody Feb. 6 while allegedly attempting to pick up a prescription for Oxycodone in the name of Jeffrey Trybend at a East Pike Street drugstore.

North Strabane Township police contacted the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, Tactical Division Squad, for assistance in investigating an ambush threat allegedly made by Daniel R. Trybend as a result of the arrest of Jeffrey Paul Trybend on charges of driving while intoxicated.

While monitoring outgoing calls from the jail, township police officers learned of the alleged conspiracy to distribute narcotics and contacted the TDS.

The investigation determined that Daniel and Kevin Trybend, along with Celio, conspired to retrieve and sell Jeffrey Trybend’s drugs.

Kevin Trybend reportedly told investigators he called his brother’s doctor at the request of his father, pretended to be Jeffrey Trybend and asked for the prescription to be sent to the drugstore to be filled.

Kevin Trybend claimed that Jeffrey Trybend was running the illicit distribution, police said.

Investigators learned that Jeffrey Trybend had been selling his prescription narcotics for many years, placing thousands of illegal pills into the hands of struggling, addicted patients, according to court documents.

Celio reportedly told investigators she picked up Jeffrey Trybend’s prescription on at least one occasion and then sold the drug.

She also said she met with Kevin Trybend on several occasions, and that he would take some of the pills out of a bottle and then tell her to sell the rest. She allegedly told investigators she would keep some of the profits and put the remaining money on Jeffrey Trybend’s prison account, at his request.

Mark set bond on Jeffrey Trybend at $100,000. Celio was released on $25,000 unsecured bond.

The Trybends and Celio are scheduled for March 1 preliminary hearings before Mark. Kevin and Daniel Trybend remain in jail on $100,000 bonds.