Medina man faces drug charges for allegedly selling cocaine, prescription pills

Staff Reports Posted 14 August 2017 at 3:53 pm

Russell E. Sargent

MEDINA – A Medina man has been arrested today on a sealed indictment warrant following an investigation into the sale of cocaine and prescription pills in the Village of Medina, the Orleans County Major Felony Crime Task Force is reporting.

Russell E. Sargent, 50, of 325 West Ave., Apt. 1, has been charged with one count each of criminal sale and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (Class B felonies), and two counts each of criminal sale and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree (Class D felonies).

Sargent was arraigned in Orleans County Court by the Judge Paula L. Feroleto and was committed to the county jail on $2,500 cash bail or $5,000 bond.

He is due to appear back in County Court on Aug. 28 at 2 p.m.

The Task Force said additional charges and arrests are pending in the investigation.

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