Rockland Drug Trafficker Receives 10 Sentences

NEW CITY, NY — A Monsey man received 10 sentences adding up to 10 years in prison Wednesday for his role in a major heroin and cocaine operation in Rockland County.

Aaron Parker of 220 Kearsing Parkway, Monsey, New York will serve a total of 10 years in state prison for a variety of felonies, including Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree, a class “A” Felony and Operating as a Major Trafficker, a class “A” Felony," District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe announced. A total of 10 sentences relating to four separate indictments will run concurrently.

“This defendant was responsible for flooding the neighborhoods of Rockland County with powerful cocaine. Were it not for the hard work of the Drug Task Force, this dangerous criminal would still plague our community," Zugibe said. "His actions warrant the lengthy prison sentence.”

Based upon a Rockland County Drug Task Force wiretap investigation, Parker (along with his co-Defendant Patricia Mortel) was pulled over at 1 a.m. Sept. 15, 2015 while he was traveling in a vehicle on the New York State Thruway through Clarkstown. A search of the vehicle revealed nearly 300 grams of cocaine.

In June of 2016, a jury trial was held on these charges in front of Hon. David S. Zuckerman. Parker was found guilty of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree.

After the trial, Parker, 31, entered pleas of guilty to three other indictments: Operating as a Major Trafficker, two counts of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance, two counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance, two counts of Conspiracy in the Second Degree and two counts of Conspiracy in the Fourth Degree.

On January 17, 2017, Parker was sentenced to:

• First Indictment – 10 years in prison on Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree, a class “A” Felony, with 3 years Post-Release Supervision; and 9 years in prison on Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, a class “B” Felony, with 2 1⁄2 years Post-Release Supervision; the sentences are to run concurrent with each other;
• Second Indictment – 9 years in prison on Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, a class “B” Felony, with 2 1⁄2 years Post-Release Supervision; 9 years in prison on Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, a class “B” Felony, with 2 1⁄2 years Post-Release Supervision; and 2 to 4 years in prison on two counts of Conspiracy in the Fourth Degree, class “E” Felonies; the sentences are to run concurrent with each other;
• Third Indictment – 9 years in prison on Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, a class “B” Felony, with 2 1⁄2 years Post-Release Supervision; 9 years in prison on Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, a class “B” Felony, with 2 1⁄2 years Post-Release Supervision; and 3 to 9 years in prison on two counts of Conspiracy in the Second Degree, class “B” Felonies; the sentences are to run concurrent with each other;
• Fourth Indictment – 10 years in prison on Operating as a Major Trafficker, a class “A” Felony, with 2 1⁄2 years Post-Release Supervision.

Executive Assistant District Attorney Dominic A. Crispino and Supervising Assistant District Attorney Maria Gaston-DeSimone prosecuted the case.

PHOTO: Aaron Parker/ Rockland County DA's Office