NEW YORK – Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. has announced the indictment of Alex Toro, 47, a state corrections officer at the Fishkill Correctional Facility, for selling cocaine out of his apartment in East Harlem.
Toro is charged with four counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance.
From August 2 to September 7, Toro arranged four separate purchases of cocaine with an undercover NYPD officer.
When Toro had to work at the Dutchess County prison, he would arrange the sales over the phone and with text messages and then have his sister complete the transactions at his apartment at East 116th Street.
Toro was present on one occasion to complete the exchange himself.
In total, he sold 250 grams of cocaine for a total value of $9,500.
A search warrant at his apartment yielded over 1,000 grams of cocaine, with a street value of over $40,000. A loaded .40 caliber gun and ammunition were also recovered along with almost $8,000 in cash.
