2 charged for allegedly selling crack cocaine in Medina

Demarques Underwood and Erica Davis

MEDINA – Two people from Medina have been charged with allegedly selling crack cocaine in the Medina area, the Orleans County Major Felony Crime Task Force is reporting today.

The Task Force along with the Medina Police Department and Orleans County Sheriff’s Office, executed a search warrant at 388 Erie St. in Medina, which also included a Toyota Rav 4 rental vehicle.

Police seized over 40 baggies of crack cocaine, $3,400 in cash, scales, numerous packaging material and other drug paraphernalia.

Demarques “Dutch” Underwood, 34, and Erica Davis, 35, both of 388 Erie St. in Medina, are facing criminal charges.

Underwood was charged with 3 counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (B felonies), 4 counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (B felonies) and a count of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree (a C felony).

He was arraigned in CAP Court by Barre Town Justice Richard Root and was committed without bail to the Orleans County Jail due to his previous criminal history, the Task Force reported today.

Davis was charged with a count of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree. She was issued an appearance ticket and released on her own recognizance.

Both are scheduled to appear in Ridgeway Town Court at 9 a.m. on Oct. 30.

Additional charges are pending in this case, the Task Force said.