Putnam Sheriff’s Narcotics Enforcement Unit Records Drug Arrests, Patterson Man Arrested

Putnam County Sheriff Donald B. Smith reports that several arrests were made recently by the Sheriff’s Narcotics Enforcement Unit (“NEU”) in separate incidents. The arrests occurred in Carmel, Brewster and Southeast.

Mr. Daniel Russell, aged 34, of Ipswich Road in Patterson, was arrested in Carmel on July 26th. Mr. Russell, who is on probation for a previous offense, was arrested after he reported for a meeting with his probation officer and was allegedly found to be in possession of morphine, Hydrocodone, Lorazepam and Atropine without having proper prescriptions for those drugs. The Probation Department notified the NEU, which charged Mr. Russell with four counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree. He was issued an appearance ticket ordering him to answer the charges in the Town of Carmel Court and was then released back to the Probation Department.

Mr. Richard Marcantonio, aged 55, of Larkspur Road in Southeast, was arrested in the Village of Brewster on July 28th, after the car he was driving was stopped for a traffic violation and he was allegedly found to be in possession of heroin and crack cocaine. He was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree and also with driving with a revoked license and without having a mandated ignition alcohol interlock device installed in the car. He was booked at the Sheriff’s Office headquarters and then released pending a future court appearance in the Village of Brewster Justice Court.

Mr. Thomas Pecor, aged 27, of Sherwood Hill Road in Southeast, was arrested in that Town on August 2nd after the car he was driving was pulled over for traffic violations. During that traffic stop, Mr. Pecor was allegedly found to have cocaine and Adderall in his possession. He was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree and released until a later court date in the Town of Southeast Justice Court.

Ms. Amelia Andreasian, aged 23, of Center Street in the Village of Brewster, was arrested on August 4th after undercover sheriff’s deputies in the NEU encountered her and a companion on Main Street in the Village and determined that she allegedly had marijuana and Percocet pills in her possession. The deputies charged her with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree and unlawful possession of marihuana. She was issued an appearance ticket directing her to answer the charges in the Village Justice Court.