Father, son plead guilty in drug conspiracy case

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Ramon Rivera

Raymond Rivera

GOSHEN – A father and son, both from Newburgh, each pled guilty before Orange County Court Judge Robert Freehill on Friday to felony charges in connection with “Operation Family Ties” narcotics investigation.
Ramon Rivera, 45, and Raymond Rivera, 26, were the last of 35 indicted defendants to plead guilty in connection with that investigation.
Ramon Rivera pled guilty to conspiracy and Raymond Rivera pled guilty to criminal possession of a controlled substance. They are sentenced in March.
In May 2017, an Orange County grand jury charged them 35 defendants with felonies ranging from conspiring to sell cocaine and heroin, largely in the Newburgh area.
On March 13, 2017, State Police, City o0f Newburgh Police and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office executed 16 search warrants and arrested over 30 people on felony charges following a nine-month investigation. The US Drug Enforcement Administration, New Windsor and Town of Newburgh Police, City of Port Jervis Police and the State Department of Taxation and Finance aided in the execution of the warrants.
The investigation targeted the distribution of heroin, cocaine, PCP, and marijuana in the City of Newburgh and several surrounding communities. The investigation began in June 2016, when Newburgh City Police and State Police received information about illegal drug sales around 170 Carson Avenue in the City of Newburgh.
The indictment against the Riveras alleged they operated a drug trafficking organization in the City and Town of Newburgh supplying individuals with cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin for redistribution on the street. A warrant search of Raymond Rivera’s residence yielded 30 grams of cocaine.
In addition to the criminal charges against all 35, District Attorney David Hoovler’s Office has begun a civil forfeiture proceeding against many of the defendants, in order to seize the profits that they made by illegally selling narcotics. The suit seeks over $3 million in illegally-obtained profits. 




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