GOSHEN – A 37-year-old Port Jervis man was sentenced in Orange County Court on Tuesday to 10 years in state prison and five years of post-release supervision related to his guilty plea to criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a controlled substance.
It is alleged that on July 22, 2022, Port Jervis Police responded to a disturbance involving a gun.
It was learned that Butchie Middleton threatened another person with a gun, which was in a shopping bag.
Before police arrived, Middleton discarded the gun but the victim was able to direct the police to the location where they recovered the loaded gun.
DNA analysis on the gun matched Middleton and he was arrested.
While that case was pending, Port Jervis conducted a four-month-long investigation into Middleton selling cocaine in and around Port Jervis.
A warrant search was executed at a residence in Port Jervis where he was present. The search resulted in the recovery of tools of the drug trade, including drug packaging materials, scales and empty baggies.
In court, Middleton admitted both to illegally possessing the gun and to possessing cocaine with intent to sell.
