Round-up of Alleged Drug Dealers in West Nyack, Pearl River and New City

Eight people are accused of selling heroin, cocaine and highly-addictive prescription drugs in Clarkstown, Orangetown and Suffern.

During raids on two homes - in Pearl River and New City - police seized more than 450 Xanax pills, over 40 grams of cocaine, more than 40 bags of heroin, and marijuana. Police stopped two other people in a car and found another 45 bags of heroin.

“The lesson to be learned from this investigation is that law enforcement will not go away,” said Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe in a prepared statement. “We will be relentless and we will be persistent. We are committed to eliminating drug trafficking in every Rockland County community.”

The defendants - who range in age from 17 to 33 - are accused of selling heroin, cocaine, oxycodone, Xanax, and Ecstasy to undercover police officers in numerous street-level drug deals during the past month. They are charged in a 24-count sealed indictment with various counts of criminal sale or possession of a controlled substance.

According to the announcement from the DA’s office, the arrests were made with two search warrants and a traffic stop.

A search warrant was executed at 29 Forest Ave, Apartment 2, Pearl River, New York, the residence of Jonathan Shaw and Matthew McGuirk. Detectives seized more than 450 Xanax pills, over 40 grams of cocaine and marijuana at the address.

While executing an arrest warrant for Anthony Gonzalez at 35 Deerwood Drive, New City, New York, detectives uncovered more than 40 bags of heroin labeled “Vampire” and “Relapse.”

Drug Task Force detectives, along with the Clarkstown Police Department Street Crime Unit, conducted a vehicle and traffic stop on MaryLou Lois and Zachary Rosenthal on Palisades Center Drive in West Nyack.

According to the charges, Lois was found to be in possession of over 45 bags of heroin marked “Transformers.”

It should be noted that an indictment is merely an accusation and that the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty

This week’s arrests were part of a collaborative and coordinated response to open-air drug dealing complaints by local residents in Clarkstown, Orangetown, and Suffern. The police department from all three municipalities were instrumental in the operation.

The Drug Task Force, along with the Street Crime Units, Detective Bureaus and Uniform Patrol Officers, K-9 Units, Probation Officers, will continue to aggressively dismantle open-air drug dealers that fuel all other crimes that deteriorate our communities, Zugibe said, “I commend the Drug Task Force, especially those detectives working undercover, for bringing to justice those who subject our neighbors to criminal harm.”

If convicted they could face sentences ranging up to 25 years in prison.

ARRESTED

Name: Heather Kowalski, W/F, 08/21/1993

Address: LKA: 21 Ramapo Ave, Suffern, NY

Drug Sold: Xanax

Location of Arrest: 21 Ramapo Av, Suffern, NY

Charges: PL 220.06(1) Criminal Possession Controlled Substance 5th, D Felony, 2 cts

PL 220.31(1) Criminal Sale Controlled Substance 5th, D Felony, 2 cts

ARRESTED

Name: Jonathan Shaw, W/M, 08/16/1988

Address: LKA: 29 Forest Ave, Apt 2, Pearl River, NY

Drug Sold: Cocaine, Xanax, Marijuana

Location of Arrest: 29 Forest Ave, Apt 2, Pearl River, NY

Charges: PL 220.39(1) Criminal Sale Controlled Substance 3rd, B Felony, 2 cts

PL 220.16(1) Criminal Possession Controlled Substance 3rd, B Felony, 2 cts

ARRESTED

Name: Matthew McGuirk, W/M, 08/06/1988

Address: LKA: 29 Forest Ave, Apt 2, Pearl River, NY

Location of Arrest: 29 Forest Ave, Apt 2, Pearl River, NY

Charges: PL 221.05 Unlawful Possession Marijuana, Violation, 1 cts

PL 220.03 Criminal Possession Controlled Substance 7th, A Misdemeanor, 2 cts

ARRESTED

Name: Edward Divone, W/M, 08/06/983

Address: LKA: 58 Roosevelt St, Pearl River, NY

Drug Sold: Clonazepam

Location of Arrest: 95 Route 304, Pearl River, NY

Charges: PL 220.31 Criminal Sale Controlled Substance 5th, D Felony, 2 cts

PL 220.06(1) Criminal Possession Controlled Substance 5th, D Felony, 2 cts

ARRESTED

Name: Jonathan Jaron, W/M, 12/13/1987

Address: LKA:648 Abbott Ave, Ridgefield, NJ

Drug Sold: Oxycodone

Location of Arrest: 11 New Hempstead Rd, New City, NY

Charges: PL 220.39(1) Criminal Sale Controlled Substance 3rd, B Felony, 2 cts

PL 220.16(1) Criminal Possession Controlled Substance 3rd, B Felony, 2 cts

ARRESTED

Name: MaryLou Lois, W/F, 07/25/1989

Address: LKA: 501 Avalon Gardens Dr, Nanuet, NY

Drug Sold: Heroin

Location of Arrest: Palisades Center Dr, West Nyack, NY

Charges: PL 220.03 Criminal Possession Controlled Substance 7th, A Misdemeanor, 1 ct

PL 220.45 Possession Hypodermic Instrument, A Misdemeanor, 1 ct

ARRESTED

Name: Zachary Rosenthal, W/M, 03/08/1998

Address: LKA: 22 Highway Ave, Congers, NY

Location of Arrest: Palisades Center Dr, West Nyack, NY

Charges: PL 265.01(2) Criminal Possession Weapon 4th, 1 ct

ARRESTED

Name: Anthony Gonzales, W/M, 08/30/1988

Address: LKA: 35 Deerwood Dr, Spring Valley, NY

Drug Sold: Heroin

Location of Arrest: 35 Deerwood Dr, Spring Valley, NY

Charges: PL 220.39(1) Criminal Sale Controlled Substance 3rd, B felony, 4 cts

PL 220.16(1) Criminal Possession Controlled Substance 3rd, B Felony, 4 cts

PL 220.03 Criminal Possession Controlled Substance 7th, A Misdemeanor, 1 ct