Three municipalities identified as hubs for countywide distribution
WHITE PLAINS – Federal and Sullivan County officials announced charges against 34 people who allegedly committed narcotics and firearms offenses in Sullivan County.
The indictments, unsealed in While Plains federal court on Tuesday, charged
the defendants conspired to distribute crack cocaine and heroin around
Monticello and other areas of Sullivan County, said District Attorney
James Farrell.
“These individuals are at some levels interconnected and connected between Fallsburg and Monticello and Liberty, our main hubs, as well as distribution out into the western part of the county into Jeffersonville and Callicoon, so in terms of the impact that we are going to have in reducing the supply of heroin and cocaine, I think this investigation is going to do that,” Farrell said.
During the investigation, 21 guns were confiscated.
Charged are:
Errol Davis, also known as “MI,” 34
Jahmal McIntosh, also known as “Blood,” 30
Darnell Saunders, also known as “Big D,” 36
Candice Brooks, 30
Alfred Franklin, also known as “Junior,” 30
Derek Moorer, also known as D Moore,” 34
Scott Musgrave, also known as “S,” 31
Sam Reed, also known as “Elmo,” 25
Julio Renta, also known as “Tank,” 26
James Wilkes, also known as Diamond,” 38
Sean York, also known as “Boogie,” 41
Damon Mitchell, Sr., also known as “Trip,” 40
Luis Gonzalez, 31
Julio Martinez, 36
Kyra Matan, 33
Pernell Moore, also known as “Dog,” 48
Harmeen Nix, also known as “Hollow,” 34
Ramon Nunez, also known as “Wellington,” 35
Ronald Rivera, also known as “RJ,” 26
Tyrell Simon, also known as “Shmeez,” 26
George Vega, Jr., also known as “Pito,” 29
Darcy Copeland, also known as “Moey,” 33
Jenilyn Boyce, also known as “JL,” 31
Priscilla Franklin, 33
Jererell Clark, also known as “Rell,” 30
Frederick Gang, 55
April Watson, also known as “Nee Nee,” 30
Tyrone Hagans, also known as “Dirty T,” 38
Raheim Bolden, also known as “Red,” 32Michael Hughes, Jr., 20
Charles Gonzales, 39
Lamont McNeal, also known as “Ferl,” 42
Gualberto Roman, Jr., also known as “Bizzy Bert,” 31
Thirty-two of the 34 defendants are in federal custody.
“Sullivan County, like the rest of our country, is not immune from the scourge of heroin and other dangerous narcotics and the threats they pose to our rural community,” said Farrell. “These drugs destroy lives, rip apart families and fuel a cycle of violence in our communities that threatens our safety and security.”
Farrell said with the collaboration of federal law enforcement, “we have disrupted, dismantled, and put out of business significant heroin and crack cocaine trafficking operations in Sullivan County.”
Monticello Police Chief Robert Mir said the arrests of these individuals “will make a significant dent in the criminal underworld of Sullivan County.” He said the actions of the defendants “have been driving the violence and drug epidemic that have brought blight on our communities.”
Sullivan Sheriff Michael Schiff said the arrests “are a clear indication of our resolve to address the drug epidemic that has besieged our community.”
The indictments allege that the suspects in many cases were armed with guns while distributing drugs, in some instances one kilogram or more of heroin.
