{"id":24019,"date":"2021-03-23T16:32:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T20:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=24019"},"modified":"2021-03-23T16:32:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T20:32:52","slug":"genesee-county-batavia-man-arrested-after-selling-crack-cocaine-to-an-agent-of-the-local-drug-task-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/03\/23\/genesee-county-batavia-man-arrested-after-selling-crack-cocaine-to-an-agent-of-the-local-drug-task-force\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Batavia man arrested after selling crack cocaine to an agent of the Local Drug Task Force"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-attachment-id=\"24020\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/03\/23\/genesee-county-batavia-man-arrested-after-selling-crack-cocaine-to-an-agent-of-the-local-drug-task-force\/welch-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/WELCH.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"WELCH\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/WELCH.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/WELCH.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/WELCH.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/WELCH.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/WELCH.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anthony J. Welch, aka &#8220;Science&#8221;, 40, of East Main St., Batavia, is charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance 3rd and criminal possession of a controlled substance 3rd, both class B felonies, after an investigation into the possession, transportation, and sale of crack cocaine in and around the City of Batavia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welch allegedly sold a quantity of crack cocaine to an agent of the Genesee County Local Drug Task Force. He was taken into custody during a traffic stop on Clinton street road in the Town of Stafford, after it was discovered he had an active indictment warrant and a bench warrant out of Genesee County Court for pending drug charges from May of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welch was arraigned by Judge Charles Zambito and released under the supervision of Genesee Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Task Force members were assisted by uniformed Genesee County Sheriff&#8217;s Deputies, a NYS ENCON Officer, and the Genesee County District Attorney&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony J. Welch, aka &#8220;Science&#8221;, 40, of East Main St., Batavia, is charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance 3rd and criminal possession of a controlled substance 3rd, both class B felonies, after an investigation into the possession, transportation, and sale of crack cocaine in and around the City \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/03\/23\/genesee-county-batavia-man-arrested-after-selling-crack-cocaine-to-an-agent-of-the-local-drug-task-force\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,79,23],"tags":[2515],"class_list":["post-24019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-batavia","category-genesee","category-genesee-county","tag-aka-science"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-6fp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16923,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/05\/23\/genesee-county-rochester-man-facing-felony-drug-charges-after-traffic-stop-in-the-city-of-batavia\/","url_meta":{"origin":24019,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/  Rochester man facing felony drug charges after traffic stop in the City of Batavia","author":"aka","date":"May 23, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Anthony J. 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