Michael Matey, 26, of 16 Cherry Lane, SaugertiesĬriminal Possession of Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd degree (intent to sell), a class B felony (3 counts)Ģ3. Karen Matey, 57, of 16 Cherry Lane, SaugertiesĬriminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd degree, a class B felony (4 counts)Ĭriminal Possession of Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd degree (intent to sell), a class B felony (4 counts)Ģ2. Nelson, AKA: "Gene", 44, 37 Virginia Avenue, Apartment 2, PoughkeepsieĢ1. Anthony Layton, 48, 85 Vineyard Avenue, HighlandĢ0. Smith, AKA: "Homeboy", 36, of 132 Center Street, Ellenvilleġ9. John Simms III, AKA: "Eyes", 31, of 27 Park Street, Ellenville, a known member of the BLOODS criminal street gangġ8. Young, 41, of 27 Market Street, Ellenville Ruben Soto, AKA: "Blaze", of Ulster County JailĬriminal Possession of Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd degree (intent to sell) (2 counts)ġ6. Kelly Kiernan, 29, 27 Park Street, Apartment 1, Ellenvilleġ5. Joseph Iorlano, 51, 710 Modena Country Club, Modenaġ4. Brandon Johnson, 19, of Glasco Turnpike, Saugertiesġ3. Kathryn Hayes, AKA: "Katie", 24, of 7 North Main Street, Ellenvilleġ2. Jonathan Gonzalez, AKA "Doof", 21, 14 Park Street, Ellenvilleġ1. Champagne, 23, of 16 Bruin Drive, Saugerties, NYĬriminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd degree, a class B felony (2 counts)Ĭriminal Possession of Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd degree (intent to sell), a class B felony (2 counts)ġ0. Wolven, 24, of 48 Howland Avenue, Apartment 2, Kingstonĩ. Lennox, 20, of 173 Wittenberg, BearsvilleĨ. TremperĬriminal Sale of Marihuana 3rd degree, a class E felony (2 counts)Ĭriminal Possession of Marihuana 5th degreeĦ. Raymond Pauli, 31, of 628 Delaware Avenue, KingstonĬriminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 7th degreeĥ. Amanda Hunlock, 24, of 83 Freidlander Road, KerhonksonĤ. Erik Kerr, 19, of 106 Old Mine Road, KehonksonĬriminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd degree, a class B felonyĬriminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd degree (intent to sell), a class B felonyģ. Shalimar Cason, 24, AKA: "Swag" of 30 Debevoise Avenue, Apartment 5H, Brooklyn, a known member of the CRIPS criminal street gangĬriminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd degree, a class B felony (3 counts)Ĭriminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd degree (intent to sell), a class B felony (3 counts)Ģ. Two other recent arrestees from Ellenville, 31-year-old John "Eyes" Simms III and 34-year-old Detrell Pittman, known as "Dirty Bird" or "D," are allegedly members of the Bloods.īelow is a list of those arrested and their charges, provided by the Ulster County Sheriff's Office:ġ. Police say that one man arrested last week on felony heroin sale and possession charges, 24-year-old Shalimar "Swag" Cason of Brooklyn, is a member of the Crips gang. In the recent sweep, Aldrich was charged with several cocaine-related offenses.Įight of the arrests were previously announced in a press release issued on Saturday. One of those arrested, Burton Aldrich, is an advocate for medical marijuana who appeared in a 2008 television spot for the Marijuana Policy Project. Five more suspects are yet to be taken into custody and have not been named, and police say further arrests are expected. The charges in the arrests range from various degrees of criminal sale and possession to conspiracy and criminal facilitation charges. According to the Ulster County Sheriff's Office, undercover officers made over 100 drug buys during the investigation, and recovered more than 1,000 bags of heroin, several ounces of cocaine, and over 500 diverted pharmaceuticals.Ī photo gallery of those arrested in the sweep shows 34 suspects: male and female, young and old, of diverse races and from both rural and urban areas. The investigation ranged across the county, and targeted sales of multiple types of drugs: heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine, black-market pharmaceuticals and marijuana. Police believe many of the drugs targeted in the sweep were coming into Ulster County from the New York City area, said Ulster County Lieutenant Ed Brewster, according to the Daily Freeman, which sent several reporters to cover the event live with online video clips. The Sheriff's Office and other URGENT members held a press conference at the Ulster County Law Enforcement Center in Kingston at noon to discuss the arrests. Over three dozen arrests were announced with great fanfare on Wednesday by the Ulster County Sheriff's Office, the result of a seven-month-long undercover investigation into drug sales by the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team (URGENT) dubbed "Operation Spring Cleaning." Above: Images from a photo gallery of arrests made during the recent URGENT investigation "Operation Spring Cleaning," posted on the Ulster County Sheriff's Office's Facebook page.
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