Police Seize Coke, Marijuana and $1,100 in Cortlandt Drug Arrest

The following was provided by the Westchester County Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

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Westchester County Police arrested Antoine Boyd, 22, of Peekskill; Darese Hicks, 19, of White Plains; and Kenya Brown, 19, of Cortlandt Manor Sunday and charged them a felony for drug sales.

In response to community complaints about possible drug dealing, plainclothes officers from the Patrol Task Force conducted surveillance on Saturday night and early Sunday morning in the Oregon Corners of Cortlandt.

After several hours of surveillance, county police followed a Honda Accord from Oregon Corners and stopped it at Oregon and Aberdeen roads. As officers approached the vehicle, they allegedly observed a black bag being thrown out a passenger side door.

Police said they recovered the bag and found 27 grams of crack cand powdered cocaine, 87 grams of marijuana, numerous empty baggies and capsules, and an electronic scale. In addition, $1,143 in cash was seized.

The three suspects were charged with third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, a felony, along with misdemeanor counts of second-degree criminal use of drug paraphernalia  and fourth-degree criminal possession of marijuana.

They were arraigned Monday. Boyd was sent to Westchester County Jail with bail set at $2,500 and is scheduled to reappear in court on Friday.

Both Hicks and Brown weren't in jail Tuesday and it is unclear when their next court appearance is scheduled for.