PORT JERVIS – Police have
arrested a Port Jervis man for the second time in three weeks on drug
charges in that city.
Port Jervis Police and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Special
Operations Group executed a no-knock search warrant at a second-floor
apartment at 126 Ball Street on January 6.
Investigators recovered 24.5 grams of pure heroin, Suboxone films, marijuana,
and an undisclosed amount of cash.
Police charges apartment resident Keith Nellums, 30, with one count of
criminal sale of a controlled substance, three counts of criminal possession
of a controlled substance, all as felonies; and criminally using drug
paraphernalia as a misdemeanor. It is alleged that Nellums planned on
selling that pure heroin to others.
Police also charges resident David Gagnon, 57, with criminal nuisance
as a felony. It is alleged he allowed Nellums to stay in the apartment
and sell heroin in exchange for money.
Both men were arraigned in Port Jervis City Court before Judge James Hendry
III with Gagnon remanded on $2,500 bail and Nellums remanded without bail.
Nellums was arrested at 11 Railroad Avenue on December 18, 2016 on felony
charges of drug possession and sale. Bail was set for him then at $1,000.
