On August 20, 2024, members of the New York State Police Troop F Violent Gangs Narcotics Enforcement Team (VGNET), Troop F Community Stabilization Unit (CSU), City of Newburgh Police Department and the Town of New Windsor Police Department executed 5 search warrants stemming from joint Troop F VGNET and CSU firearms and narcotics investigations with the assistance of the City of Newburgh and Town of New Windsor Police Departments. Troop F VGNET conducted numerous purchases of firearms and narcotics which led to the 5 search warrants executed on August 20, 2024, as well as several other arrests. Thirteen defendants were arrested, and 17 firearms were seized.
The following subjects were arrested stemming from this Troop F VGNET operation:
Darryl Patterson, age 55 from Newburgh: Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd degree (4 Felony Convictions) Remanded to Orange County Jail.
Ulee Johnson Jr., age 25 from Newburgh: Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd degree (1 Felony Conviction) Released on his own Recognizance.
Krista M. Decker, age 37 from Newburgh: Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd degree. Released on her own Recognizance.
Theodore C. Campbell, age 39 from Jamaica: Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd degree. Released on his Recognizance.
James Turner, age 43 from Newburgh: Criminal Sale of a Firearm and Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd degree (3 Felony Convictions) Remanded to Orange County Jail.
Joel K. Gadsen, age 45 from Newburgh: Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd degree (2 Felony Convictions) Remanded to Orange County Jail.
Gerard Perkins, age 52 from Newburgh: Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd degree (4 Felony Convictions) Remanded to Orange County Jail
Roy Brown, age 63: Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd degree (4 Felony Convictions) Remanded to Orange County Jail
Willie Mcleod, age 37 Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd degree (2 Felony Convictions) Remanded to Orange County Jail
Morgan Secreto, age 41 from Englewood, New Jersey: Criminal Sale of a Firearm, Criminal Possession of a Weapon 2nd degree, Remanded to Orange County Jail
Paul Reid, age 50 from Jamaica: Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd degree (1 Felony Conviction) Released on his Recognizance.
Tiffany Rosa-Smaha, age 42: Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 1st degree - Remanded to Orange County Jail
Joseph Stegall, age 32 from Newburgh: Criminal Sale of a Firearm, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 1st degree, Criminal Possession of a Weapon 2nd degree (2 Felony Convictions) remanded to Orange County Jail
The following items were seized during the investigations:
