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18 Arrested After Investigation Into Drug Trafficking In Hudson Valley 18 Arrested After Investigation Into Drug Trafficking In Hudson Valley
18 Arrested After Investigation Into Drug Trafficking In Hudson Valley Eighteen suspects are facing charges in the Hudson Valley following a long-term investigation into drug smuggling and sales in Orange County, authorities announced. Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler and Port Jervis Police Chief William Worden announced that they have arrested and charged 18 people who have been linked to drug possession and sales throughout the region. Several of the suspects have also been charged with smuggling drugs into the Orange County Jail and prostitution. On Monday, March 7, Hoovler announced that the 18 have been charged with crimes pertaining to the…

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by Zak Failla
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Area Man Admits To Possessing Fentanyl Area Man Admits To Possessing Fentanyl
Area Man Admits To Possessing Fentanyl A Hudson Valley man has pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a controlled substance in connection with fentanyl which was recovered during a search of his apartment. Dashell Powlus, age 24, of Port Jervis, on Thursday, Jan. 13, according to Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler. According go the District Attorney's Office, Powlus had been the subject of an investigation by the City of Port Jervis Police Department into the sale of heroin.  In April, the City of Port Jervis Police Department, aided by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office’s Special Operations Group, executed a…

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by Kathy Reakes
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22-Year-Old Charged With Trafficking Heroin In Area 22-Year-Old Charged With Trafficking Heroin In Area
22-Year-Old Charged With Trafficking Heroin In Area A months-long investigation into the illicit sales of heroin led to the arrest of a 22-year-old Orange County man. Dashell Powlus, of Elizabeth Street in Port Jervis was busted with 130 individual bags of heroin and 145 grams of marijuana, packing materials, and a digital scale during his arrest on Tuesday, March 12, said Port Jervis Police Chief William J. Worden. The investigation was conducted by the Port Jervis Police Department in partnership with the Orange County District Attorney's Office, the chief said. Powlus was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance with in…

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by Kathy Reakes