Cortlandt Man Accused Of Selling Heroin From Basement Apartment

CORTLANDT, NY - Investigators from the Westchester County Heroin-Opioid Task Force arrested a Cortlandt Manor man Thursday morning and seized quantities of heroin and cocaine from his home. Members of the Westchester County, Yorktown and Peekskill police departments executed a search warrant at an apartment on Edward Street about 8 a.m.

They seized 97 small bags of heroin and half a gram of cocaine. The heroin sells for about $20 a bag on the street.

Marino Magaletti, 63, of 9 Edward St. was arrested following a task force investigation into reported drug sales occurring from a basement apartment on the street.

Magaletti was charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd Degree (Intent to Sell) in connection with the heroin and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 5thDegree in connection with the cocaine. Both charges are felonies.

Magaletti was arraigned Thursday in Cortlandt Town Court and was ordered held without bail at the Westchester County Jail in Valhalla. He is due back in Cortlandt Town Court on Dec. 11.

The heroin-opioid task force was formed this summer to combat the distribution and sale of heroin and opioid medications in Westchester County. Task force partners include the county police Narcotics Unit, investigators and prosecutors from the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, and members of the Croton-on-Hudson, Peekskill, Yorktown and Yonkers police departments. The task force works closely with other municipal police departments on investigations across Westchester.