COHOES, N.Y. -- The county sheriff's office arrested four people on Thursday after a drug raid at an apartment in the city where investigators found $3,802 in cash and more than 1.5 ounces of crack cocaine.
Sheriff's Investigators and members of the Sheriff's Emergency Response Team executed a search warrant at 615 Saratoga St., where the exterior of the residence and the hallway had hidden audio and video surveillance systems and the suspects attempted to barricade the door as SWAT team members tried to enter.
Stephen N. Harper, 32; Alkindo R. Harper, 24; and James Mayotte, 41, were all charged with third-, fifth- and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon. They will be arraigned in Cohoes City Court.
A woman, 27-year-old Corrine M. Bentley of 9 Saratoga St., was also arrested after police said she was found with a crack pipe in the residence at the time the search warrant was conducted and had left her 3- and 5-year-old children alone.
Bentley was charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and endangering the welfare of a child. She was released on appearance tickets for Cohoes City Court on Dec. 22 at noon.
Copyright 2011 - Times Union, Albany, N.Y.
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
