Middletown Woman Sentenced for Involvement in Cocaine Trafficking

A Middletown drug dealer, Angelica "Jelly" Rodriguez, is sentenced to a decade in prison. She had pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a controlled substance and two counts of conspiracy.  Cocaine, drug paraphernalia, and cash were all found during the investigation. 

"Jelly" Rodriguez in a Bit of a Jam - Sentenced to a Decade in Prison

This week, Angelica "Jelly" Rodriguez received the decision of 10 years in prison, which also includes three years of post-release supervision. Rodriguez was sentenced for her involvement in a cocaine trafficking ring that operated in and around the city of Middletown. Her arrest came after a two-year investigation known as "Operation Hidden in Plain Sight."

The City of Middletown Police Department engaged in a two-year-long investigation into cocaine trafficking in and around the City of Middletown allegedly committed by Rodriguez. Officials applied for court-ordered eavesdropping in the investigation after conventional investigative means failed to reveal evidence, officials say.

Officials believe Michael Rodriguez regularly supplied cocaine to Angelica Rodriguez, who would sell it in and around Middletown, and Taino Lopez who would sell it in and around Port Jervis.

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"During the course of the investigation, it was discovered that the same suppliers of cocaine who were providing Angelica Rodriguez and her co-conspirators with cocaine to sell, were also suppling narcotics to those in the City of Port Jervis," the OCDA's office stated in a press release.

On July 26, 2023, a search warrant, executed at Michael Rodriguez’s Yonkers residence, resulted in the seizure of over 1.5 kilograms of cocaine, $165,509 in cash, scales, a money counter, an unlicensed Ruger .380 caliber pistol, an unlicensed Bond Arms .357 caliber handgun, a vacuum sealer, digital scales and jewelry estimated to have a value of approximately $50,000, officials say.