POUGHKEEPSIE – A Poughkeepsie
man pled guilty in Dutchess County Court to felony criminal sale of a
controlled substance.
Jason Brewster faces 10 years in state prison when sentenced next month,
state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said.
During a joint investigation by state and Dutchess County law enforcement
Brewster initially sold over 260 grams of heroin with a street value of
over $16,000 to an informant. Between October 2015 and February 2016,
Brewster made more sales to the informant.
He sold heroin on a regular basis out of his house where children were
present, and in other locations in and around Poughkeepsie, including
near S.F.B. Morse Magnet School at 101 Mansion Street in the City of Poughkeepsie.
Brewster was apprehended on May 23 after a 15-month manhunt when he returned
to his home and was captured by law enforcement who had been conducting
surveillance there.
The investigation was conducted by the Attorney General’s Organized
Crime Task Force, State Police Special Investigations Unit and Dutchess
County Drug Task Force.
