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Traffic Stop Yields Cocaine Arrest Of MA Man: PD

Police said the man had one-third pound of cocaine.

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A Massachusetts man was accused of having cocaine when he was stopped on the Taconic State Parkway.
A Massachusetts man was accused of having cocaine when he was stopped on the Taconic State Parkway. (New York State Police)

EAST FISHKILL, NY — A Massachusetts man was accused of possessing one-third of a pound of cocaine while on the Taconic State Parkway.

The New York State Police said Jahart B. Moore, 43, of North Adams, Massachusetts, was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, felonies.

Around 2 p.m. Thursday, troopers stopped a 2014 BMW 335i for a traffic violation on the Taconic State Parkway in the town of East Fishkill.

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The investigation found Moore had about 155.6 grams of cocaine.

He was arraigned in the Town of East Fishkill Court and sent to the Dutchess County Jail without bail.

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