Crime & Safety

Cops Arrest 4 in Drug Trafficking Bust

The state police Narcotics Enforcement Team got a search warrant for a Poughkeepsie apartment.

The New York State Police Community Narcotics Enforcement Team and Members of SP Wappingers, conducted a narcotics investigation which resulted in the execution of a search warrant at an apartment at 49 Creek Road on April 8.

Police said the search warrant resulted in the arrest of David S. Green, 29, Kristen Ravetti, 22, Trequan Dancy, 20, and Lord Bishme Paulin, 35, and the seizure of heroin, crack cocaine, marihuana, electronic scales, cutting agents, packaging materials, and U. S. currency.

All four were charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance- 3rd Degree with the intent to sell, a class B Felony. The men were arraigned in the Town of Poughkeepsie, and remanded to the Dutchess County Jail without bail. Ravetti was sent to Dutchess County Jail in lieu of $25,000 cash bail or $50,000 bond.

The investigation is continuing, police said.

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