Press release
ON FEBRUARY 20, 2019, AFTER AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF THC (DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL) VAPING CARTRIDGES, THE ORLEANS COUNTY MAJOR FELONY CRIME TASK FORCE ALONG WITH THE MEDINA POLICE DEPT. EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT 541 EAST CENTER ST. IN THE VILLAGE OF MEDINA AND ON A VEHICLE THAT WAS STOPPED ON MAPLE RIDGE ROAD, IN THE VILLAGE OF MEDINA. AS A RESULT OF THIS INVESTIGATION FOUR INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED ON NUMEROUS DRUG CHARGES.
POLICE SEIZED: 50 THC VAPE CATRIDGES WITH A STREET VALUE OF $2,800.00, OVER 10 OUNCES OF HIGH GRADE MARIHUANA WITH A STREET VALUE OF $2,500.00, OVER AN OUNCE OF MARIHUANA WAX (CONCENTRATED CANNABIS) WITH A STREET VALUE OF $2,800.00, OVER $1,000.00 IN CASH, SCALES, PACAKGING AND OTHER DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.
THC (DELTA-9-TETRAHYDRCANNABINOL) OR CONCENTRATED CANNABIS IS A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
VAPING THC DOES NOT REPLICATE THE UNMISTAKABLE ODOR OF MARIHUANA THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH TRADITIONAL SMOKING.
A VARIETY OF FLAVORING CAN BE, AND IS, OFTEN TIMES ADDED TO MASK THE SMELL OF THC. VAPING THC RESULTS IN A HIGHER CONCENTRATION OF THC BEING ABSORBED INTO THE BODY, RESULTING IN GREATER EXPOSURE TO MARIHUANA’S MIND ALTERING INGREDIENT. THC AFFECTS A PERSON’S MEMORY, PLEASURE, MOVEMENTS, THINKING, COORDINATION, AND CONCENTRATION, SENSORY AND TIME PERCEPTION. VAPING THC IS BECOMING POPULAR AMOUNG TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS.
POLICE ARRESTED:
KAITLYN ALBONE, AGE 22, OF NORTH LYNDONVILLE RD., LYNDONVILLE N.Y., SHE WAS CHARGED WITH:
5 COUNTS OF CRIMINAL SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN THE FIFTH DEGREE. (CLASS D FELONIES).
5 COUNTS OF CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE IN THE THIRD DEGREE. (CLASS D FELONIES).
JOSHUA CUADRADO, AGE 22, OF VIKING WAY BROCKPORT,
N.Y., HE WAS CHARGED WITH:
1 COUNT OF CRIMINAL SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN
THE FIFTH DEGREE. (CLASS D FELONY).
2 COUNTS OF CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE IN THE FIFTH DEGREE. (CLASS D FELONIES).
BENNIE L. COGER, AGE 24, OF EAST CENTER ST. MEDINA,
N.Y., HE IS CHARGED WITH:
2 COUNTS OF CRIMINAL POSSESION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE IN THE FIFTH DEGREE. (CLASS D FELONIES).
DOREENE M. CASSELMAN, AGE 58, OF EAST CENTER ST.
MEDINA, N.Y., SHE WAS CHARGES WITH:
1 COUNT OF CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE IN THE SEVENTH DEGREE. (CLASS A MISDEMEANOR)
1 COUNT OF UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARAIHUANA.
DOREENE M. CASSLEMAN WAS ISSUED AN APPEARANCE TICKET RETURNABLE TO TOWN OF RIDGEWAY COURT ON MARTH 4, 2019 AT 9:00 A.M.
JOSHUA CUADRADO AND BENNIE L. COGER WERE ARRAIGNED IN TOWN OF SHELBY JUSTICE COURT BY THE HON. DAWN KEPPLER, THEY WERE BOTH COMMITTED TO THE ORLEANS COUNTY JAIL ON $5,000.00 CASH BAIL OR $10,000.00 BOND. BOTH ARE TO RETURN TO THE TOWN OF SHELBY JUSTICE COURT ON MARCH 7, 2019 AT 6:00 P.M.
KAITLYN ALBONE WAS ARRAIGNED IN TOWN OF RIDGEWAY JUSTICE COURT BY THE HON. JOSEPH KUJAWA, SHE WAS COMMITTED TO THE ORLEANS COUNTY JAIL ON $10,000.00 CASH BAIL OR $20,000.00 BOND.SHE IS TO RETURN TO THE TOWN OF RIDGEWAY JUSTICE COURT ON FEBRUARY 25, 2019 AT 10:30 A.M.
FURTHER ARRESTS AND CHARGES ARE PENDING IN THIS INVESTIGATION.