Month: July 2020
Roadside drug tests are increasingly found to be flawed
Many individuals in New York and elsewhere operate under the assumption that police do not arrest suspects unless they have enough evidence to completely support doing so. However, recent reports from Oregon and Nevada seem to indicate that even roadside tests performed by law enforcement may not be completely reliable as convictions for drug charges…
New York couple faces multiple drug possession counts
The arrest of two people in upstate New York on July 13 allegedly led to the discovery and seizure of controlled substances and more than $20,000 in cash during a residence search in Gates. The 62-year-old man and 41-year-old woman each face more than a dozen felony drug possession counts. The man has been denied…
New York drug investigation leads to 17 arrests
A multi-year narcotics investigation involving federal, state and local law enforcement agencies was concluded on April 30 when investigators executed 24 search warrants and took 17 individuals into custody according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York. Federal prosecutors say the suspects were part of a…
Criminal drug charge convictions overturned
Police officers in New York have made the news many times for questionable practices, but a few other states took the spotlight in a recent news story about roadside drug testing. In Nevada, prosecutors overturned five drug charge convictions after a lab determined that a substance believed to be cocaine was not, in fact, an…
Border agents seize 1,000 kilograms of marijuana in New York
Federal prosecutors in New York have announced that Customs and Border Protection officers discovered more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana on June 16 when they searched a semi-tractor trailer that was crossing into the United States from Canada. The truck was searched after it crossed the Peace Bridge near Buffalo. The discovery and seizure came…