The Herkimer Police Department has made several arrests following a Valentine's Day Drug sweep. Eight people are facing charges for the alleged criminal sale of a controlled substance.
Rome Police have arrested two men after seizing heroin and a handgun from a residence there. On Tuesday afternoon members of a NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force recovered a male from a Rome apartment on First Street. While there, they saw narcotics in the residence, and contacted Rome police.
The heroin epidemic continues in Central New York. An Oneida County Sherriff's Deputy responded to a call of an unresponsive male in his mid-20s at an address on Whitford Avenue in the Town of Whitestown to assist EMS. The first deputy to arrive on the scene recognized the apparent overdose, and used 2 doses of Narcan. The incident occurred on Thursday morning around 12:44 a.m.
NEWBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Five men have been charged and a quarter-million dollars has been seized in connection with what authorities say was a "retail heroin store" operating in a Hudson Valley city.