Police: Undercover Operation In Orange County Leads To 3 Arrested For Selling Drugs

A pair of months long undercover investigations in Orange County led to three arrested for allegedly selling a number of drugs.

On Friday, Port Jervis City Police and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Group executed two court ordered search warrants based upon an undercover investigations over the past few months.

At a home on East Main Street in Port Jervis, police allegedly found cocaine, marijuana, concentrated cannabis oil, codeine, digital scales and packaging materials and $7,097.

Charles Dessasure,36, and 39-year-old Tanika Hawkins, both of Port Jervis, were both charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, fourth and fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, felonies, and misdemeanors for criminal possession of marijuana, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal use of drug paraphernalia.

Both were remanded to Orange County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail.

In a separate investigation, 33-year-old Tina McDaniel of Port Jervis sold crack cocaine to uncover officers, police say.

She was charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance, criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, felonies, criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal use of drug paraphernalia, misdemeanors.

McDaniel was remanded to Orange County Jail in lieu of $20,000 bail.

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