ALBANY, NEW YORK - Six men were arrested and appeared in court today on charges of distributing drugs in the city of Schenectady, New York. A seventh person was already in custody and will be arraigned at a later date.
The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and James N. Hendricks, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
The following defendants were charged by indictment in unrelated cases:
Name
Age
Residence
Charge(s)
Robert Atkins
Rhamel Pate
36
37
Schenectady
Schenectady
Conspiracy to distribute, and distribution of, crack cocaine
Lasun Blount
28
Albany
Distribution of crack cocaine
Darryl Carr
39
Schenectady
Distribution of crack cocaine;
Possession of a firearm by a felon
Raymel Diaz
24
Schenectady
Distribution of crack cocaine
Darryl Flannagan
29
Schenectady
Distribution of heroin
Additionally, a seventh person, Trevon Brunson, age 21, of Schenectady, is in state custody and will be arraigned at a later date on charges of distributing heroin.
The charges in the indictments are merely accusations. Each defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty
Six defendants appeared today before United States Magistrate Judge Daniel J. Stewart, and are scheduled for detention hearings later in the week.
These cases were investigated by the FBI and its Capital District Safe Streets Gang Task Force, with assistance from New York State Police-Troop G, the Schenectady Police Department, the Schenectady County Sheriff’s Office, the Schenectady County District Attorney’s Office, the Internal Revenue Service, the Albany County Sheriff’s Office, the Albany County District Attorney’s Office, the Albany Police Department, the NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, Office of Special Investigations, the Warren County Sheriff’s Office, and the Troy Police Department.
The firearm charge against Carr was investigated by the Schenectady County Sheriff’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF).
These cases are being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Robert A. Sharpe, Michael Barnett, and Emily Powers.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
