Two young Saugerties residents were arrested on drug and weapons charges on Wednesday afternoon, January 8, after a multi-agency narcotics investigation found over 100 bags of heroin, black-market pharmaceuticals, scales and drug packaging material, a sawed-off shotgun and a rifle in their home.
Arrested Wednesday were 20-year-old Ana Jacobson and 18-year-old Justin Caggiano, both of 19 Burnett Road in Saugerties. The investigation and arrests were carried out by the multi-agency Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team (URGENT), acting on a tip that heroin was being sold out of the house.
According to a news release from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office, Jacobson faces the following charges:
- Criminal Possession of Controlled Substance 3rd degree, a class B felony
- Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 4th degree, a class C felony
- Criminal Possession of a Weapon 3rd degree, a class D felony
- Criminal Possession of a Weapon 4th degree
- Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 7th degree
Caggiano faces the following charges:
- Criminal Possession of Controlled Substance 3rd degree, a class B felony
- Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 4th degree, a class C felony
- Criminal Possession of a Firearm, a class E felony
- Criminal Possession of a Weapon 4th degree
- Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 7th degree
Both Jacobson and Caggiano are being held pending arraignment.
The following agencies have members assigned to URGENT: Ulster County Sheriff’s Office, Town of Woodstock Police, Town of Lloyd Police, Town of Shandaken Police, Ulster County Probation, Town of Plattekill Police, Town of New Paltz Police and United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
