FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
ULSTER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
DATE: JANUARY 13, 2017
SUBJECT:
PRESS RELEASE – RECARDO LANGSTON
On
January 13, 2017, Recardo Langston, of Kingston, New York, age 31, pled guilty,
in Ulster County Court, to the class B felony of Criminal Possession of a
Controlled Substance in the Third Degree.
On
June 2, 2016, Investigators from the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics
Team (URGENT) received information that the defendant may be transporting
narcotics in Kingston. At approximately
4:21 in the afternoon, an Investigator from URGENT observed the defendant fail
to stop at a stop sign and attempted to initiate a traffic stop of the
defendant’s vehicle.
Instead
of stopping, the defendant led officers on a high speed chase through the City
of Kington from the Boulevard in uptown Kingston down to Abeel Street. While attempting to make a turn onto Abeel
Street, after going the wrong way down a one way street, the defendant lost
control of his vehicle and crashed into a building.
After
the defendant’s vehicle crashed he exited the vehicle and fled on foot. The URGENT Investigator and his police dog, K-9
Triton, as well as multiple other officers, gave chase. As the defendant was running he was throwing cocaine
in an attempt to destroy the evidence. The defendant was apprehended by K-9 Triton
and held until he was secured by the other pursuing officers. The cocaine was
later collected.
Unfortunately,
due to injuries sustained in the incident K-9 Triton was forced to retire from
service.
Langston
is scheduled for sentencing on March 10th. In addition to the Ulster County indictment,
Langston is facing federal cocaine distribution and conspiracy charges.
Assistant
District Attorney Lisa Bondarenka prosecuted the case. The defendant was represented by Bryan Rounds.
The following agencies have members
assigned to URGENT: Ulster County Sheriff's Office, Ulster County District
Attorney's Office, Town of Woodstock Police, Town of Lloyd Police, Town of
Shandaken Police, Ulster County Probation, Town of Plattekill Police, Town of
Marlborough Police, Town of New Paltz Police, Village of Ellenville Police and
the United States Department of Homeland Security Investigations.
