Leake
GOSHEN – A state corrections officer assigned to the Otisville Correctional Facility was arrested on Thursday following an investigation into narcotics possession.
A joint investigation by Town of Deerpark and City of Port Jervis Police, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Group and the District Attorney’s Office resulted in the arrest of Michael Leake, 24, of Deerpark. He was charged with felony criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminally using drug paraphernalia.
DA David Hoovler said despite being in law enforcement, Leake will get the same treatment as anyone else who committed a crime.
“It is a tragedy in that he is a law enforcement officer, a corrections officer, but he crossed the line, he broke the law, and we are going to hold him accountable,” Hoovler said.
When officers executed a search warrant at his Westbrookville residence,
they seized 43 bags of heroin, cash, a scale and other materials commonly
used by drug traffickers.
Leake was sent to the Orange County Jail in lieu of $50,000 cash bail or $200,000 bond. If convicted, he could face up to nine years in state prison.
