TOWN OF NEWBURGH – Three people were arrested in a joint enforcement effort conducted by the Orange County Probation Department and Sheriff’s Office on October 31 conducted in the Town of Newburgh.
Lorenzo Lopez, 52, of the Town of Newburgh was found in possession of crack cocaine and several pill bottles containing oxycodone, Tramadol and Adderall. All of the pills are controlled substances.
Lopez was charged with felony criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor of endangering the welfare of a child and violation of probation.
Also arrested were Nancy Corrigan, 45, of Wappingers Falls and Devin Zarnoff, 26, of the Town of Newburgh. Corrigan was charged with misdemeanor drug possession and Zarnoff was charged with false personation.
Bail was set at $2,500 cash or $5,000 bond for Lopez. Corrigan was released on her own recognizance as was Zarnoff, who was then turned over to the State Police on an outstanding bench warrant.
“The current epidemic of overdose deaths related to opioid use calls out for operations such as these and our collaborative efforts with Probation. Joint operations provide a resourceful approach to positively impact the safety of our communities.”
District Attorney David Hoovler said, “We are in the midst of a heroin epidemic, and many low-level drug defendants, like two of these, only decide to engage in treatment after being arrested.”
He said in 2020, the upcoming bail reforms will adversely affect our ability to cause those defendants to engage in treatment and will hinder our efforts to bring to justice those who peddle dangerous drugs to those whose addiction is hard to for them to help themselves.”
