Drug Arrests In September: Putnam County Sheriff

Putnam County Sheriff Donald B. Smith reports the recent arrests of four persons on drug possession charges in four separate cases. The arrests took place in Patterson, Carmel, Kent and Southeast.

At about 6:36 p.m. Sept. 15, Deputy Sheriff Jonathan Irwin observed a driver of a vehicle commit a traffic infraction on State Route 22 in the Town of Patterson. Deputy Irwin pulled the vehicle over and, during the course of the traffic stop, he found that an occupant of the vehicle, Michael Sheeley, 27, of Wingdale, was allegedly in possession of suboxone and clonazepam, for which he did not have a prescription. Sheeley was arrested and charged with two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a class A misdemeanor.

At about 3:49 p.m. Sept. 19, Deputy Sheriff Jonathan Irwin observed a suspicious vehicle which was blocking vehicles in a parking lot off Fair Street in the Hamlet of Carmel. Deputy Irwin approached the vehicle and interviewed the driver, Jessie Carlson, 29, of Valhalla. Upon further investigation, the deputy discovered that Carlson was allegedly in possession of marijuana, suboxone (without a prescription) and Percocet (without a prescription). Carlson was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation, and two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a class A misdemeanor.

At about 7:25 p.m. Sept. 21, Deputy Sheriff Jonathan Irwin observed a vehicle driver commit a traffic infraction on Towners Road in the Town of Kent. Deputy Irwin pulled the vehicle over and, upon approaching it, he reportedly detected an odor of marijuana emanating from the vehicle. Upon further investigation, the deputy discovered that the driver, David Thomas, aged 33, of Holmes, was allegedly in possession of marijuana and MDMA. Thomas was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation, and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a class A misdemeanor.