3 face drug charges in Orleans County
ALBION – Three people face felony drug charges in Orleans County following an investigation into the sale and distribution of heroin and suboxone in the villages of Albion and Medina, the Orleans County Major Felony Crime Task Force is reporting.
The trio was arrested on Monday after sealed indictments were handed up by an Orleans County grand jury.
The following were arrested:
Terra J. Swift
Terra J. Swift, 23, of 404 East Oak Orchard St., Medina, who was charged with three counts of both criminal sale and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (both Class B felonies).
Swift is accused of selling heroin to an undercover agent of the Task Force on several occasions.
She also is wanted on a warrant in Monroe County.
She is scheduled to be arraigned in Orleans County Court today at 3 p.m.
Richard M. Fidanza
Richard M. Fidanza, 39, of 243 East Ave., Albion, who was charged with three counts of both criminal sale and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree (Class D felonies).
Fidanza is accused of selling suboxone to an undercover Task Force agent on several occasions.
He was arraigned in Orleans County Court on Monday by Judge James Punch. Fidanza was committed to the county jail on $50,000 bail. He is due back in court on March 14 at 2 p.m.
Fidanza faces additional charges for possession, the Task Force reported, because he was allegedly in possession of several baggies of heroin and hypodermic needles.
Roxanne M. Thomas
Roxanne M. Thomas, 40, of 17 Jay Drive, Holley, who was charged with one count of both criminal sale and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree (Class D felonies).
Thomas is accused of selling suboxone to an undercover Task Force agent. She was arraigned in County Court by Judge James Punch, who sent her to jail on $10,000 bail. She is due back in court on March 14 at 2 p.m.
Thomas also was arraigned in Albion Town Court by Town Justice Joseph Fuller for welfare fraud in the fifth degree. She was committed to the county jail on that charge on $500 bail.
Thomas was arrested in November by the Task Force for a felony drug sale. That case is pending, the Task Force reported today.
