North Tonawanda police and the Niagara County Drug Task Force arrested 10 North Tonawanda residents on nearly 50 felony charges during a series of late-night raids Wednesday night.

“This is the first phase of Operation Impact,” said NT Detective Brad Shiesley. “It resulted in 48 felony charges and 20 misdemeanor charges for the possession and sale of controlled substances.”

The people taken into custody were:

• Christopher Van Every, 37, 284 Payne Ave., was charged with two counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance for allegedly selling cocaine.

• Athena Novino, 52, 116 Roberts Drive, Apt. 6, was charged with two counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance for allegedly selling cocaine.

• Daniel Pletcher, 29, 26 17th Ave., was charged with two counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance for allegedly selling cocaine.

• Greg Case, 32, 564 Ward Road, was charged with two counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance for allegedly selling cocaine.

• Scott Whipple, 34, 182 11th Ave., was charged with third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, two counts of fourth-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, three counts of fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, fifth-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and four counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance for allegedly selling buprenorphine, an opiate used by people getting off of heroin, diazepam, hydrocodone and cocaine.

• Chris Hahn, 32, 114 Kyle St., was charged with fifth-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, two counts of fourth-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, three counts of fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and three counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance for allegedly selling buprenorphine and alprazolam, an anxiety drug.

• William Bacon, 29, 175 14th Ave., was charged with two counts of fourth-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and two counts of fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance for allegedly selling buprenorphine.

• Tanya Amenta, 28, 48 3rd Ave., was charged with two counts of fourth-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and two counts of fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance for allegedly selling Loratab and hydrocodone.

• Charlotte DelGobbo, 19, 322 Sweeney St., was charged with fourth-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, fifth-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, two counts of fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance for allegedly selling Xanax and Darvacet.

• Katrina Fleming, 25, 394 Bennet St., fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and fourth-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance for allegedly selling buprenorphine.

Another alleged offender, Ryan Lasky, is currently being held at the Erie County Holding Center, but will be arrested when released, Shiesley said.

Politicians often say nothing is being done to warrant the presence of drug task force officers in North Tonawanda, but much of what is done in the city flies under the radar, Shiesley said.

“Some things we do, we don’t let out because we might not want everyone to know what we’re doing,” Shiesley said. “But every year we do a few of these round ups to show that we’re actually doing things in North Tonawanda.”

Police are still actively investigating and looking to round up more offenders, Shiesley said.

Contact reporter Daniel Pye at 693-1000 ext. 158.