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Sheriff's Narcotics Enforcement Unit Arrests Two On Drug Trafficking Charges
Putnam County Sheriff Donald B. Smith reports the arrest of two people suspected of distributing cocaine throughout the Towns of Patterson, Kent and Southeast.
After a four month investigation, members of the Sheriff's Narcotics Enforcement Unit arrested 47 year-old Lynette Nolletti of Route 6N, Mahopac and 48 year-old Charles Winchcombe of South Bonaparte Street, Harrisville (NY). Both are accused of selling cocaine to undercover deputy sheriffs on several occasions during the summer months of this year. The transactions took place at various locations in the Towns of Patterson, Kent and Southeast. It is further alleged that on one occasion Ms. Nolletti sold a white powdery substance to investigators which she purported to be cocaine, but in fact was not.
The pair was located while Ms. Nolletti was making an appearance at the Town of Washington Justice Court in Dutchess County on unrelated charges. Both were arrested by narcotics investigators and returned to the Putnam County Sheriffs Office in Carmel.
Lynette Nolletti was charged with 3 counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree and 3 counts of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, both class "B" felonies. Additionally she was charged with Selling an imitation Controlled Substance to Another, a misdemeanor in violation of the New York State Public Health Law. Ms. Nolletti was arraigned before Patterson Town Justice John King and remanded to the Putnam County Correctional Facility in lieu of $10,000 cash ball.
Mr. Winchcombe was charged with one count of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree and one count of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree. He too was arraigned before Justice King and remanded to the Putnam County Correctional Facility in lieu of $5,000 cash bail. Both are scheduled to appear back in court on November 14, 2007.
Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree are class "B" felonies. If convicted, each charge may be punishable by a period of imprisonment of up to twenty-five years in a New York State correctional facility.
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