Domestic Dispute Ends with Felony Drug Arrest

Putnam County Sheriff Donald B. Smith reports the arrest of a Carmel woman on narcotics possession charges.

Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a reported domestic dispute at 4:30 p.m. Dec. 14 at a residence on Fowler Avenue in Carmel. They determined that a woman had run away, and deputies assigned to the Sheriff’s Department Narcotics Unit recognized the name and description of the woman as a person from whom they had made several recent undercover prescription medication purchases.

Members of the NEU responded to the area and located the woman a short distance away.

They allege that when they took her into custody, they found her in in unlawful possession of prescription medication and a small quantity of marijuana.

Lisa M. Bianco, 38, of Fowler Avenue was charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Seventh Degree, a misdemeanor; Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Fifth Degree, a felony; and Unlawful Possession of Marijuana, a violation.

She was arraigned before Town of Kent Justice Kevin Douchkoff and committed to the Putnam County Correctional Facility in lieu of $5,000 cash bail pending a future appearance in the Town of Carmel Justice Court.

If found guilty of the felony charge, she could face up to seven years in a New York State Correctional Facility and a fine of up to $5,000.