'Breaking Amish: Return to Amish' Cast: Chapel Arrested Again, Facing New Drug Charges [PHOTO]
Legal troubles continue piling up for former Return to Amish star Chapel Peace Schmucker.
The reality star, 33, who was once married to Andrew Schmucker and featured on the first two seasons of Return to Amish, was arrested as part of a major drug operations sting in Pennsylvania yesterday.
According to reports, Peace was one of 27 people identified as "street- to mid-level" dealers who were arrested during "Operation Ice Storm," which allowed officials to seize $90,000 worth of methamphetamine, $8,400 of heroin, more than $27,000 cash and seven weapons.
Peace was charged with possession of meth and drug paraphernalia, as well as intent to distribute, which are all classified as felonies in the state.
This is her third arrest in only eight months, with a legal saga first beginning over the summer when she was arrested on a bench warrant issued by Clearfield County and was found to be in possession of heroin bags, non-prescribed Valium and syringes. She faced two misdemeanor counts of possession of a controlled substance by a person not registered and three misdemeanor counts of possession of drug paraphernalia.
She was sentenced in that case to two years probation and a mandatory 28 day rehab stint.
She and her sister, Ashley Vega, were then arrested this past January and charged with "furnishing drug free urine" after they were allegedly attempting to provide drug free urine and were in possession of more containers containing it with the intention of passing it off as their own.
Chapel's struggles while she was on the show included her decision to divorce Andrew last year due to his own struggles with drugs and his own arrest back in November of 2014, and sentenced to seven months in jail for failing a urine test. Before then, the couple's arc on the show focused heavily on Chapel's cancer battle after her previous remission appeared to end and she faced a new bout of the disease. While going through recovery, she tried to raise money from fans through several online charity pages to pay for treatments, though she reportedly never made her goals.
It is unclear if she is still fighting cancer or if she has entered remission again.
TLC has said she is not a part of the show's upcoming third season.
