URGENT snags 15 in year long drug investigation

KINGSTON – The Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team has arrested 15 people following a year-long investigation into drug trafficking in and around the Town of Saugerties.

During the course of the investigation, URGENT members conducted several undercover buy operations and purchased cocaine, crack cocaine, marijuana, ecstasy, hallucinogenic mushrooms, and LSD.

All of the defendants were arrested during early morning raids in Saugerties, Kingston, Tannersville and Woodstock.

A search warrant was conducted at 171 Churchland Road in Saugerties, a residence that has generated several drug sales complaints and has been the subject of previous URGENT raids.

The following people were arrested on drug-related charges:

Fred Pilz, 24, of Saugerties
Garrett Auer, 30, of Saugerties
Carlos Flores, 28, of Saugerties
Dominick Buck, 21, of Saugerties
David Gillen, 43, of Tannersville
Raymond Loughran, 47, of Tannersville
Brad Kimes, s33, of Saugerties
Robert Drumm, 43, of Saugerties
Lawrence Williams, 21, of Saugerties
Brandon Carney, 19, of Saugerties
Edmund Drumm, 17, of Saugerties
George Drumm, 71, of Saugerties
Lindsey Ross, 31, of Woodstock
Jose DeJesus, 42, of Saugerties
Julio Rivera, Jr., 31, of Saugerties