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The defendants -- who range in age from 17 to 33 -- are accused of selling heroin, cocaine, oxycodone, Xanax, and Ecstasy to undercover police officers in numerous street-level drug deals during the past month.at locations in Clarkstown, Orangetown and the Village of Suffern.
The individuals are charged in a 24-count sealed indictment with various counts of criminal sale or possession of a controlled substance and upon conviction face sentences ranging up to 25 years in prison.
More than 450 Xanax pills, and over 40 grams of cocaine and marijuana were seized at 29 Forest Ave., Apartment 2, Pearl River, the residence of Jonathan Shaw and Matthew McGuirk, following the execution of a search warrant, Zugibe said.
Detectives uncovered more than 40 bags of heroin labeled “Vampire” and “Relapse” while executing an arrest warrant for Anthony Gonzalez at 35 Deerwood Drive, New City,
Drug Task Force detectives, along with the Town of Clarkstown Police Department Street Crime Unit, conducted a vehicle and traffic stop on MaryLou Lois and Zachary Rosenthal on Palisades Center Drive in West Nyack. According to the charges, Lois was found to be in possession of over 45 bags of heroin marked “Transformers.”
This week’s arrests were part of a collaborative and coordinated response to open-air drug dealing complaints by local residents in Clarkstown, Orangetown, and the Village of Suffern. The police department from all three municipalities were instrumental in the operation.
The Drug Task Force, along with the Street Crime Units, Detective Bureaus and Uniform Patrol Officers, K-9 Units, Probation Officers, will continue to aggressively dismantle open-air drug dealers that fuel all other crimes that deteriorate communities.
“The lesson to be learned from this investigation is that law enforcement will not go away,” said Zugibe. “We will be relentless and we will be persistent. We are committed to eliminating drug trafficking in every Rockland County community.”
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