Jersey Shore man charged in meth sale
Arrest followed a confidential informant purchase of $150 in methamphetamine; bail set at $35,000.
Steven Ray Barner Jr., 35, of Hill Street in Jersey Shore, was arrested by Pennsylvania State Police after selling a confidential informant $150 worth of methamphetamine. He faces one felony count of manufacture/delivery/possession with intent and one count of criminal use of a communication facility (F3); bail was set at $35,000 and he remains incarcerated. Barner waived his preliminary hearing Aug. 17 and is scheduled for formal arraignment Sept. 29 at 8:30 AM; he also faces separate possession and paraphernalia charges from a March 2026 traffic stop.