GOSHEN – Three men and a woman were arrested on Friday, charged with trafficking cocaine and methamphetamine in the Town of Warwick, Village of Greenwood Lake and surrounding areas.
Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler said over the past five months, undercover investigators purchased narcotics from individuals in the area leading to the execution of search warrants in the towns of Newburgh and Warwick and the Village of Greenwood Lake.
In addition to the drugs seized, police recovered digital scales and narcotics packaging material.
George Slaughter, 35, was charged with drug possession for possessing methamphetamine; Herbert Dawson, 36, Joseph Malique, 25, and Leticia Romero, 43, were each charged with possession of cocaine.
The arrests are part of a multi-agency investigation and enforcement action conducted by the Orange County Drug Task Force, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the Orange County Sheriff’s Special Operation Group, the Town of Warwick Police Department, and the Village of Greenwood Lake Police Department. Those agencies were assisted by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office and the Hudson Valley Crime Analysis Center.
