Posted on 03/30/2026 3:25:47 AM PDT by DFG
Lehigh County Commissioner Zachary Cole Borghi was arrested on charges that he allegedly bought and sold cocaine from his home and his job inside Bethlehem City Hall, the district attorney's office announced Wednesday.
Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin Holihan said more than 100 new charges filed against Borghi were born out of a 2025 drug investigation involving the county's 12th Investigating Grand Jury. Court documents show Borghi became the subject of a drug trafficking investigation in May of 2024.
According to Holihan, Borghi played a minor role in that initial grand jury investigation, which involved more than 40 other defendants. Borghi was arrested and charged with two drug offenses in August 2025 and released after posting a $50,000 bail, according to court documents.
Following the conclusion of the grand jury case, the county began its own investigation into Borghi, which led to the charges filed on March 25, 2026.
"The grand jury put him on our radar and then additional investigation, additional evidence was obtained after the grand jury ended, and that led to today's charges," Holihan told CBS News Philadelphia.
As part of the investigation, search warrants were obtained for Borghi's cellphone and Apple iCloud records, which revealed he used his phone to conduct drug deals from multiple locations between November 2023 and August 2025, officials said.
Borghi allegedly used his phone to carry out the deals from his home in Bethlehem, a relative's home in Bethlehem, Bethlehem City Hall and Upper Saucon Township. According to the DA, deals were set up while Borghi was an employee with the City of Bethlehem, a job Holihan said he believes Borghi was terminated from following his arrest in 2025.
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It’s them, Boo-Boo.
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CBS managed to write the whole article without mentioning his political affiliation. Weird that.
It didn’t say “republican” in the first sentence, so I guess he’s a demhole
So retarded he doesn’t know what those strange little buttons under his collar are for and he got one of those three fingered cartoon characters to tie his neck tie for him.
**** PA PING ***
He’s of Italian descent.
Looks good in a suit until he doesn’t button the collar or cinch the tie properly. You can take him out of the hood, but you can’t take the thug out of him.
County commissioner. How much fraud do you think this addict let slide/enabled? Who has him on the payroll?
There's a thread from 3 days ago "Dress for Success, not for Chili's" (https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4372584/posts), where I posited that a suit is a costume for media, korporate, and political hacks to wear while deceiving people.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you Lehigh County Commissioner Zachary Cole Borghi who was arrested on charges that he bought and sold cocaine from his home and his job inside Bethlehem City Hall.
Background: In August 2025, the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office announced in a press release that 22 individuals had been arrested as part of a wide-ranging investigation into an interstate drug ring. The press release noted that some defendants were scheduled to appear at preliminary hearings, but didn’t include the names of the individuals who were arrested or the case docket numbers.
After Lehigh County Commissioner Zach Cole-Borghi was arrested at a public building, the district attorney’s office confirmed that he was arrested in connection with the drug investigation and said a judge sealed court records related to the criminal charges. The sealing order has not been made available to the public, and the district attorney hasn’t explained why the charges for the other 21 individuals remain secret...
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If they get $15 an hour, they wouldn't be selling drugs...🤣
A search confirms you got a bullseye.
“Do you know who I am?!”
That was probably a pretty good place to sell cocaine.
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