Patrick Yacubovich, 21, of 160 Old Middletown Road, faces an array of charges after police said he sold heroin to two underage girls and also resisted arrest.Yacubovich was arrested last night after Orangetown police received a tip that drugs were being sold at his home, Detective Patrick Frawley said.Detectives and members of the Police Department's Special Enforcement Unit went to the home just before 9 p.m. and were greeted by a 16-year-old girl who appeared to be under the influence of narcotics, Frawley said.She told police that her friend was passed out in Yacubovich's bed, which is where officers found a 17-year-old girl, he said.Both girls told police they had ingested heroin that they bought from Yacubovich, who became combative with police, shoved one officer and resisted arrest.Police said that with the assistance of the Rockland County District Attorney's Office, they obtained a warrant that allowed them to search the home.Following the search and investigation, Yacubovich was charged with two felony counts each of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance.He was also charged with 15 counts of possession of a hypodermic needle, one count of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, two counts of unlawfully dealing with a child, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and resisting arrest, all of which are misdemeanors.
Frawley said police found 15 used needles in Yacubovich's bedroom. The man's parents were out of town at the time of their son's arrest, police said.
Yacubovich was additionally charged with three counts of unlawful possession of marijuana and one count of second-degree harassment, all violations. The harassment charge was for shoving the police officer.
Yacubovich was arraigned in Orangetown town Justice Court and sent to the Rockland County jail on $10,000 bail. He is due back in court at a later date.Frawley said Yacubovich has been going to New Jersey to buy heroin for several people who live in Pearl River.Yesterday, Yacubovich took the girls to Patterson, N.J., to buy drugs, Frawley said.Police declined to release the girls' names due to their age.
They were taken to police headquarters in Orangeburg, where their parents were called. After medical permission was given, the girls were taken by ambulance to Nyack Hospital, where they were checked and released, police said.
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