On June 5  at approximately 5 a.m., members of the City of Newburgh Police Department, FBI Hudson Valley Safe Streets Task Force, Town of New Windsor Police Department, and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, conducted a search warrant in the basement of 87 Carson Avenue in the City of Newburgh. 

The search warrant was part of the recent collaborative effort by the City of Newburgh Police Department and our Law Enforcement partners in response to the numerous shots fired and gun incidents throughout the City of Newburgh. Officers searched the location and recovered and seized approximately 1,258 envelopes containing heroin and fentanyl which had an aggregate weight of 31.45 grams, an AK style assault rifle with several magazines loaded with ammunition, another box containing .40 caliber ammunition, and miscellaneous drug paraphernalia and packaging materials.

During the search warrant, officers located two individuals inside, identified as City of Newburgh residents Robert Soto, 49 and Alicia Brown, 27 Both individuals were found to have active Parole Warrants. Both parties were processed on their respective Parole Warrants and turned over to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. Robert Soto also has Federal charges pending from this incident as well as an active Felony drug warrant out of the New York Police Department (NYPD).