drugs
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 - 4:48 pm
A New York City man faces charges of possession and cultivation of marijuana, after a fire in a Hamden garage led to the discovery of 42 pot plants on the premises.
The Delaware County Sheriff's Office reports today that 30-year-old Aleksandr Melamedov... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011 - 6:05 pm
Above: Jeffrey Vollkommer of Delhi and Scott Burns of Bovina. At bottom of post: Clarence Vanier and Melody Vanier of Oneonta. All four were arrested last week and charged with oxycodone possession. Photos from the New York State Police.
Last week's bust... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 9, 2011 - 5:33 pm
This just in from the Ulster County Sheriff's Department:
Ulster County Sheriff Paul J. Van Blarcum reports the arrest of Sean W. Ryan, age 41, of West Hurley, N.Y. for the charges of Official Misconduct and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Dec. 13, 2010 - 3:33 pm
The New York State Police are reporting that two Hancock men, 45-year-old John T. Gurnick and 31-year-old James P. Santicola, were arrested last Thursday in Hancock for allegedly posessing crack cocaine, an illegal handgun, marijuana, marijuana... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Sep. 11, 2010 - 10:17 am
Police found about 75 huge pot plants in Kingston yesterday. From a press release by the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team (URGENT):
The plants were located near a quarry pond on 1st Avenue near Kingston Street. Most of the plants were over... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010 - 11:35 pm
Sounds like Kingston's finest were busy yesterday. The Daily Freeman reports:
Ulster County Sheriff Paul Van Blarcum said the 17 individuals were arrested as a result of an investigation that has been ongoing since January into the sale of drugs in and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 7, 2010 - 4:18 pm
The Delaware County Sheriff's Office is on a roll this week. According to a press release sent out today, sheriff's deputies bagged 146 pot plants in Sidney yesterday, which will go nicely with the 69 they found last week in Delhi and Davenport:
On... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jul. 2, 2010 - 12:58 pm
Only up here in the hills, we call 'em "marihuana." This just in via a press release from the Delaware County Sheriff's Department:
On Thursday, July 1, Delaware County Sheriff's Deputies searched properties located in the towns of Delhi and Davenport and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 29, 2010 - 5:54 pm
If the four North Carolinians hadn't been busted in Kingston, that is. The Times Herald-Record reports that a carful of alleged drug-possessers were relieved of a rather large amount of hallucinatory booty on Saturday:
The four, all in their 20s and 30s,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 14, 2010 - 11:26 pm
Stymied by conflicting state laws on drug disposal, hospitals and nursing homes in the New York City watershed are stockpiling a growing stash of narcotics that they have no legal way to get rid of.
In January, an investigation by Attorney General Andrew... Read more
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