Man arrested on drug charges following execution of search warrant

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MIDDLETOWN – A 25-year-old Middletown man is under arrest in the City of Middletown following execution of a search warrant early Friday morning.

The police department’s narcotics unit and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Group arrested Kenneth Middleton for the sale and trafficking of heroin in and around Middletown.

The Orange County District Attorney’s Office assisted in the investigation.

During the no-knock warrant at 147 Prospect Avenue, police recovered 139 bags of heroin/fentanyl, one gram of crack cocaine, 28 rounds of 9 mm ammunitions, two scales and $247 in cash.

Middleton was charged with criminal possession of drugs as well as on an outstanding bench warrant for failing to appear in Middletown City Court on a separate charge of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

He was arraigned and remanded to the Orange County Jail on cash bail due to the outstanding bench warrant.

A second person, Montana Stephenson, 25, of the City of Middletown, was also arrested and charged with one misdemeanor count of drug possession.

Earlier this week, Middletown Police responded to the same neighborhood for a report of shots fired.

Police said while the two incidents are not definitively related, individuals involved with narcotics trafficking have a strong propensity for violence and often possess illegal weapons.

City police will continue to crack down on drug crime, officials said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the police at 845-343-3151 or on the anonymous narcotics tipline at 845-346-4009.




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