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$1M Cocaine Shipment Bound For Westchester County Intercepted: DA $1M Cocaine Shipment Bound For Westchester County Intercepted: DA
$1M Cocaine Shipment Bound For Westchester County Intercepted: DA A major drug shipment headed to Westchester County was intercepted before it could reach the streets, authorities announced.   A package containing 12 kilograms of cocaine, with an estimated street value of $1 million, was seized while on the way to a White Plains address, the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations announced on Monday, March 23.  Officials said the bust highlights the ongoing flow of illegal drugs into the region despite recent efforts to reduce overdose deaths.  Reported overdoses in Westchester rose from 639…

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Woman Sent Drug-Soaked Mail To NY Prison Inmates, Police Say Woman Sent Drug-Soaked Mail To NY Prison Inmates, Police Say
Woman Sent Drug-Soaked Mail To NY Prison Inmates, Police Say A woman is behind bars after sending several drug-soaked pieces of mail to New York State prison inmates, police said. The woman, whose name authorities were withholding, was arrested Tuesday, April 29, following an investigation by the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) and New York State Police. She sent narcotic-soaked legal mail to several incarcerated individuals, according to police. A search of the woman’s home reportedly turned up synthetic cannabinoid (K2) sprayed paper, a legal mail stamp, priority mail envelopes, and other evidence. The woman was char…

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Ex-Corrections Officer From Westchester Smuggles Drugs Behind Bars: Here's Her Fate Ex-Corrections Officer From Westchester Smuggles Drugs Behind Bars: Here's Her Fate
Ex-Corrections Officer From Westchester Smuggles Drugs Behind Bars: Here's Her Fate A former corrections officer from Westchester County who admitted to smuggling drugs into Rikers Island in exchange for bribes will now find herself on the other side of a prison cell, federal prosecutors said.  Ghislaine Barrientos, age 37, of Mount Vernon, was sentenced on Wednesday, April 16, to six months in prison followed by six months of home detention for her role in a bribery and contraband smuggling scheme, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced.  Barrientos, formerly employed by the New York City Department of Correction, pleaded guilty…

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by Ben Crnic