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Three Area Residents Charged In Drug Deal Gone Bad, Police Say Three Area Residents Charged In Drug Deal Gone Bad, Police Say
Three Area Residents Charged In Drug Deal Gone Bad, Police Say Three area residents were arrested and charged for a crazy drug deal gone bad that included one of the men hanging onto a vehicle and being dragged, state police said. The incident took place around 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 9, when the New York State Police troopers and members of the Village of Fishkill Police Department responded to Route 9 for a report of a hit-and-run crash involving a pedestrian with vehicles chasing one another, said Trooper AJ Hicks, spokesman for the state police. Officers were able to locate the vehicles on Carol Lane in the town of Fishkill. An investigatio…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Three 'Major Players' Nabbed In Orange County Drug Bust Three 'Major Players' Nabbed In Orange County Drug Bust
Three 'Major Players' Nabbed In Orange County Drug Bust Following a months-long investigation into illegal drug sales, Port Jervis Police, along with the Orange County Sheriff's Office, executed two search warrants in which they nabbed three major players. The raids when down during the late evening hours on Monday, Feb. 4, at two homes located at 155 Front Street and 159 Front Street in Port Jervis, said Port Jervis Police Chief William Worden. "The arrests are the result of an undercover investigation conducted by the Port Jervis City Police Department into the illicit sales of crack cocaine originating in the Front Street area of the City of …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Middletown Duo Admits To Selling Drugs Middletown Duo Admits To Selling Drugs
Middletown Duo Admits To Selling Drugs Two area men admitted to selling drugs in connection with their roles in the "Coke Wars" street gang. Traquane Dolson, 22, and Mason Milligan, 19, both of Middletown, pleaded guilty Wednesday. Dec. 5 to criminal sale of a controlled substance and conspiracy, said the Orange County District Attorney's Office. At the time that he pleaded guilty, Dolson admitted that on April 17, he sold cocaine near 148 Linden Ave., in the City of Middletown. Milligan admitted that on August 2, 2017, he sold cocaine in the vicinity of Low Avenue and Smith Street, in Middletown.  Both admitted that …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Middletown Drug Sweep Targeting Street-Level Dealers Nets 10 New Arrests Middletown Drug Sweep Targeting Street-Level Dealers Nets 10 New Arrests
Middletown Drug Sweep Targeting Street-Level Dealers Nets 10 New Arrests The Middletown Police Department arrested 10 people in over the past few days in a multi-agency operation aimed at street-level dealers and their suppliers throughout the area. The department made the announcement on Tuesday, at the same time of three additional pending arrests, bringing the total number of individuals to be charged to 13. The operation was conducted by the Middletown police, along with the New York State Police, and the FBI’s Hudson Valley Safe Streets Task Force. In all, more than 117 grams of cocaine, 244 bags of heroin, and a small amount of marijuana were seized. …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Woman Reported As Missing Charged With Intent To Sell Fentanyl, Cocaine Woman Reported As Missing Charged With Intent To Sell Fentanyl, Cocaine
Woman Reported As Missing Charged With Intent To Sell Fentanyl, Cocaine A woman who was reported as a missing endangered adult earlier this month is now being behinds after being accused of dealing drugs. Meredithe C. Morrow-Beach, a Dutchess County resident, had been reported missing by state police on Wednesday, Oct. 3. (Click here to see Daily Voice's story posted that day.) State Police say the 45-year-old Pleasant Valley resident was found last week. When located, Morrow-Beach was arrested for an outstanding arrest warrant issued by the Dutchess County Court stemming from a narcotics investigation led by Troop K CNET and the Dutchess County District Attor…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Port Jervis Woman Pleads Guilty To Homicide In OD Death Port Jervis Woman Pleads Guilty To Homicide In OD Death
Port Jervis Woman Pleads Guilty To Homicide In OD Death An Orange County woman has admitted to supplying narcotics to a quadriplegic man in Port Jervis before helping him take them, leading to a fatal overdose. Katelynn Smith, 24, pleaded guilty in Orange County Court to felony counts of criminally negligent homicide and criminal sale of a controlled substance for her role in the April 18 death of Nicholas Moscatiello. Smith admitted to going to Moscatiello’s Port Jervis home on the day of his overdose and selling him 12 oxycodone pills. She then helped the man crush the pills up, rolled up a dollar bill and assisted him in snorting them. She al…

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by Zak Failla
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Two Caught Trying To Smuggle Drugs Into Fishkill Correctional Facility, Police Say Two Caught Trying To Smuggle Drugs Into Fishkill Correctional Facility, Police Say
Two Caught Trying To Smuggle Drugs Into Fishkill Correctional Facility, Police Say Two men were busted attempted to smuggle drugs into the Fishkill Correctional Facility. Investigators from the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Office of Special Investigations contacted New York State Police on Sept. 8, regarding two men who attempted to introduce contraband into the prison. State Police investigators determined that Bronx resident John Walden, 66 attempted to smuggle 30 dosage units of Suboxone into the prison. Further investigation into the incident found that the drugs were allegedly supplied to him by New Windsor resident Kennard Bloun…

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by Zak Failla
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Orange County Man Sentenced For Heroin Overdose Death Orange County Man Sentenced For Heroin Overdose Death
Orange County Man Sentenced For Heroin Overdose Death A 32-year-old man has been sentenced to eight years in prison and three years post-release supervision for selling heroin to a woman who later died of an overdose, according to Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler. Jay Pagan of Maybrook was sentenced by Orange County Court Judge Craig Stephen Brown in connection with selling heroin to the 24-year-old Maybrook woman who died as the result of a possible drug overdose on Jan. 26, the DA's office said.  Pagan had pleaded guilty in March to criminal sale of a controlled substance. At the time he pleaded guilty, Pagan admitted that he h…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Charged With Heroin Overdose Death Of Hudson Valley Man Man Charged With Heroin Overdose Death Of Hudson Valley Man
Man Charged With Heroin Overdose Death Of Hudson Valley Man A 28-year-old was arrested in connection with the overdose death of a 30-year-old man in Orange County over the weekend. New York State Police and officers from the Port Jervis City Police Department arrested Patrick Shevlin, 28, of Montague in Sussex County, New Jersey and charged him with felony criminal sale of a controlled substance in association with the death, said Port Jervis Chief of Police William Worden. On Saturday, during the early morning hours, state police were dispatched to a residence located in Sprarrowbush for an apparent heroin-related overdose. Police allege that Shevl…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Newburgh Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Dealing Newburgh Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Dealing
Newburgh Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Dealing A 37-year-old man who was busted as part of a massive drug bust dubbed "Aces High," pleaded guilty to criminal sale of a controlled substance for having a half-ounce of cocaine and heroin, according to Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler. Newburgh resident Joe Bailey, a/k/a “Capital,” pleaded guilty Thursday before Orange County Court Judge Robert H. Freehill and admitted to having sold the drugs in the area of South Lander Street and Spring Street, in Newburgh, the DA's Office said. Bailey was arrested by the Orange County Drug Task Force after an Orange County grand ju…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Newburgh Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced After Entering Guilty Plea Newburgh Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced After Entering Guilty Plea
Newburgh Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced After Entering Guilty Plea A Newburgh man pleaded guilty Tuesday to criminal sale of fentanyl in exchange for a nine years sentence in state prison when he is sentenced in July, according to Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler. Damion Jackson, a/k/a “Toto”, 36, had been charged by an Orange County grand jury with 13 counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance, 14 counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal possession of a controlled substance as the result of an investigation by the Orange County Drug Task Force, said the DA's Office. Jackson has also been charged by the New Y…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Convicted Felon On Parole Charged With Dealing Heroin In Hudson Valley Convicted Felon On Parole Charged With Dealing Heroin In Hudson Valley
Convicted Felon On Parole Charged With Dealing Heroin In Hudson Valley A 21-year-old convicted felon who was on parole is behind bars after being busted for dealing drugs, state police said. Investigators conducted a narcotics investigation which led to the execution of a search warrant at 421 Maple Street in the City of Poughkeepsie on Friday, Feb. 2. The investigation revealed that Michael Sterling, who was reporting to the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, engaged in the sale of heroin on numerous occasions, police said. State Police Hudson Valley Community Narcotics Enforcement Team and the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department’s Neighb…

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by Joe Lombardi