GOSHEN – A 25-year-old Port Jervis man was sentenced on Tuesday in Orange County Court to nine years in state prison and three years of post-release supervision after he pled guilty to possessing fentanyl with intent to sell it.
While pending sentence for that conviction, Dashell Powlus was charged with promoting prison contraband for which he was sentenced to two to four years in prison. He pled guilty to acting alone and with others to introduce Suboxone into the Orange County Jail.
Powlus had been the subject of an investigation by Port Jervis Police into the sale of heroin.
City police and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Group executed a search warrant at Powlus’ apartment on East Main Street in Port Jervis where they recovered 123 glassine envelopes of fentanyl, a digital scale, additional glassine bags and cash.
At the time he pled guilty, he admitted that he intended to sell the fentanyl that was recovered from his apartment.
