DRUG TASK FORCE – NEWBURGH FENTANYL DEALER APPREHENDED IN DUTCHESS COUNTY
The Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office Drug Task Force reports the arrest of Takai Jackson, age 27, from the City of Newburgh for Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd Degree and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd Degree with intent to sell, both class B felonies.
The Dutchess County Drug Task Force has been conducting an ongoing investigation into dangerous narcotics being transported from Newburgh into the Poughkeepsie area. As a result of this investigation, Drug Task Force Agents identified Mr. Jackson and on 01/09/24 he was taken into custody in the Town of Poughkeepsie without incident. Fentanyl and cocaine were seized at the time of his arrest. The Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit assisted at the scene. Mr. Jackson was transported to the Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department where he was processed and held pending his arraignment on 01/10/24. Mr. Jackson was later arraigned in the Town of Poughkeepsie Court and released to the supervision of Dutchess County Probation.
The Dutchess County Drug Task Force is working to keep dangerous drugs and dangerous offenders out of our community. In this case, Mr. Jackson, on multiple occasions was transporting a dangerous synthetic opioid (fentanyl) from Newburgh to Poughkeepsie. Fentanyl has been directly linked to hundreds of deaths in Dutchess County. Dutchess County District Attorney, Anthony P. Parisi, stated “I want the peddlers of these dangerous opioids to receive this message – Don’t bring your poison to Dutchess County.”
The Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office Narcotics Bureau and the Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department assisted the Dutchess County Drug Task Force during this investigation.
If anyone has information regarding this case or about any other individuals selling drugs in Dutchess County, you are urged to contact the Drug Task Force confidential tip line at 845-463-6040 or by sending an email to the following web address: DrugTaskForceTips@gmail.com As with any criminal case, the charges described above are merely an accusation and those individuals named in this release are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
