RHODE ISLAND STATE POLICE HIGH INTENSITY DRUG ARREST 21 SUBJECTS ON VARIOUS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE VIOLATIONS
RHODE ISLAND STATE POLICE HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA TASK FORCE, PROVIDENCE POLICE, CRANSTON POLICE, DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS, HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS AND THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ARREST 21 SUBJECTS ON VARIOUS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE VIOLATIONS
Rhode Island – Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety, announce the arrest of twenty-one individuals on various controlled substance violations as a result of a six month coordinated effort by members of the Rhode Island State Police High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force, the Providence Police, the Cranston Police, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Homeland Security Investigations and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The following subjects are scheduled to be arraigned in Sixth Division District Court at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, January 20, 2016.
1. Juan RIVERA, age 50, of 64 Cumerford Street, Providence, Rhode Island
Controlled Substance Conspiracy 22 counts
Possession with intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance 27 counts
Manufacture/ Possess/ Deliver Cocaine 1 oz. to 1 kg. 4 counts
Manufacture/ Possess/ Deliver Heroin 1 oz. to 1 kg. 3 counts
2. Bradford SAMPSON, age 47, of 50 Hamilton Street, Providence, Rhode Island
Controlled Substance Conspiracy 1 count
Soliciting Another to Commit a Crime 1 count
3. Judiean POLANCO, age 29, of 629 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island
Controlled Substance Conspiracy 1 count
Soliciting Another to Commit a Crime 1 count
4. Jose ALMONTE, age 58, of 25 Tobey Street, apartment #405, Providence, Rhode Island
Controlled Substance Conspiracy 2 counts
Soliciting Another to Commit a Crime 2 counts
5. Pablo GONZALEZ DE LEON, age 47, of 38 Bolton Street, 2nd floor, Cranston, Rhode Island
Controlled Substance Conspiracy 15 counts
Possession with intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance 13 counts
Manufacture/ Possess/ Deliver Cocaine 1 oz. to 1 kg. 3 counts
Manufacture/ Possess/ Deliver Cocaine over 1 kilo. 1 count
6. Jordan DAVIE-STEFANIK, age 21, of 81 America Street, apartment #1, Providence, Rhode
Island
Controlled Substance Conspiracy 3 counts
Possession with intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance 3 counts
Manufacture/ Possess/ Deliver Cocaine 1 oz. to 1 kg. 2 count
7. Zuheily FLORES, age 36, of 20 Swiss Street, apartment #C26, Providence, Rhode Island
Controlled Substance Conspiracy 2 counts
Soliciting Another to Commit a Crime 2 counts
8. Jeremy RAMIREZ, age 26, of 36 King Philip Street, Providence, Rhode Island
Controlled Substance Conspiracy 2 counts
Possession with intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance 2 counts
Manufacture/ Possess/ Deliver Cocaine 1 oz. to 1 kg. 1 count
9. Geraldo DE OLMO LOPEZ, age 23, of 224 Messer Street, Providence, Rhode Island
Controlled Substance Conspiracy 3 counts
Possession with intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance 3 counts
10. Yadira MINAYA, age 34, of 64 Cumerford Street, Providence, Rhode Island
Controlled Substance Conspiracy 18 counts
Possession with intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance 19 counts
Manufacture/ Possess/ Deliver Cocaine 1 oz. to 1 kg. 2 counts
Manufacture/ Possess/ Deliver Heroin 1 oz. to 1 kg. 1 count
11. Edison GARCIA-TAVERAS, age 26, of 64A June Street, Providence, Rhode Island
Controlled Substance Conspiracy 1 count
Possession with intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance 1 count
12. Luiyi TAVERAS, age 28, of 190 Eastwood Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island
Controlled Substance Conspiracy 1 count
Possession with intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance 1 count
Manufacture/ Possess/ Deliver Cocaine 1 oz. to 1 kg. 1 count
13. Francisco CORDERO, age 46, of 607 Charles Street, apartment #2, Providence, Rhode Island
Controlled Substance Conspiracy 1 count
Possession with intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance 2 count
Possession with intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance (Heroin) 1 count
Manufacture/ Possess/ Deliver Cocaine 1 oz. to 1 kg. 1 count
14. Joaquin VIZCAINO, age 48, of 1690 Broad Street, apartment #15, Cranston, Rhode Island
Controlled Substance Conspiracy 6 counts
Possession with intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance 2 counts
Manufacture/ Possess/ Deliver Cocaine 1 oz. to 1 kg. 3 counts
15. Abdul AFRIFA, age 47, of 98 Somerset Street, Providence, Rhode Island
Controlled Substance Conspiracy 1 count
Possession with intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance 1 count
16. Marisol COLON, age 48, of 38 Bolton Street, Cranston, Rhode Island
Controlled Substance Conspiracy 2 counts
Manufacture/ Possess/ Deliver Cocaine 1 oz. to 1 kg. 1 count
17. Kevin PEREZ, age 21, of 140 Saratoga Avenue, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Controlled Substance Conspiracy 1 count
Possession with intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance 1 count
18. Jorge DIAZ, age 27, of 12 Hawkins Street, 2nd floor, Providence, Rhode Island
Controlled Substance Conspiracy 4 counts
Possession with intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance 3 counts
Manufacture/ Possess/ Deliver Cocaine 1 oz. to 1 kg. 1 count
Manufacture/ Possess/ Deliver Cocaine over 1 kilo. 1 count
19. Mario MALDONADO, age 41, of 47 Atlantic Avenue, apartment #2, Providence, Rhode Island
Possession with intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance 1 count
Manufacture/ Possess/ Deliver Cocaine 1 oz. to 1 kg. 1 count
20. Alberto BRITO, age 34, of 24 Newtowne Court, apartment #241, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Possession of a Controlled Substance (Oxycontin) 1 count
21. Gabriel PAULINO-GARCIA, age 35, of 105 School Street, 1st floor, Roxbury, Massachusetts
Possession with intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance 1 count
Manufacture/ Possess/ Deliver Cocaine over 1 kilo 1 count
As a result of this investigation the following amounts of narcotics were seized.
1,382 grams of cocaine
160 grams of crack cocaine
195 grams of heroin
10 oxycontin pills
The above arrests were the result of purchases by undercover officers within the last six months.
The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force is managed by the Rhode Island State Police and comprised of members from Providence Police, Pawtucket Police, Johnston Police, Central Falls Police, North Providence Police, West Warwick Police, United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, United States Drug Enforcement Administration and the United States Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security Investigations.