Hutch Stop Leads To Crack, Coke And Meth, After State Police K9 Fortini Catches A Whiff: NYSP

HARRISON, NY — A K9 helped take a substantial stash of crack off the streets, according to police.

On Tuesday, members of the New York State Police Troop K Community Stabilization Unit stopped a car traveling north on the Hutchinson River Parkway, in the Town of Harrison.

The driver was identified as 45-year-old Brent J. Perry, of Dover, New Hampshire, and the passenger was identified as 41-year-old Amber L. Rondeau, of Lebanon, Maine.

During the investigation, NYSP K9 Fortini conducted an exterior scan of the vehicle and alerted to the presence of narcotics, according to NYSP. A subsequent probable cause search of the vehicle found approximately 491 grams of cocaine hydrochloride, around 97.4 grams of crack cocaine, glass smoking pipes containing burnt crack cocaine residue, and small quantities of amphetamine/dextroamphetamine and buprenorphine/naloxone pills, police said.

Perry and Rondeau were arrested and charged with a long list of offenses, including: felony first-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance; two felony counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance (with intent to sell); felony third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance; felony fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance; and three misdemeanor counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

They were arraigned in the Town of Harrison and remanded to the Westchester County Jail.