For More Information Contact:
Anthony P. Parisi District Attorney
Michael W. Brady Chief Assistant
The Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office Drug Task Force has arrested Yelonnie Johnson, age 31, from Poughkeepsie, related to the sale of narcotics and dangerous drugs in the Town of Hyde Park and surrounding areas.
The investigation began after the Drug Task Force began receiving information of ongoing drug sales out of a motel in the Town of Hyde. Drug Task Force Agents began purchasing narcotics from a dealer identified as Yelonnie Johnson. As a result of this investigation a search warrant was obtained for Johnson’s residence
On 07/23/2025 Drug Task Force Agents executed a search warrant at a room at the motel where she was taken into custody without incident. A quantity of cocaine along with packaging material and scales utilized for the distribution of narcotics was seized inside the residence.
Johnson was taken to the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office and charged with the following:
(1) Count of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd degree, a class B felony
*Other charges are pending against Johnson related to this investigation.
Johnson was arraigned in the Town of Hyde Park Court and later released to the supervision of Probation as required by NYS Law.
The Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office Drug Task Force is working every day in our communities holding narcotic and dangerous drug dealers accountable. The Drug Task Force was assisted by the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office Dangerous Drugs and Violent Crime Unit, the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office Road Patrol Bureau, the New York State Police Community Stabilization Unit, the City of Beacon Police, the Town of Fishkilll Police, the Town of East Fishkill Police, the Town of Hyde Park Police, the Town of Pleasant Valley building department and the City of Poughkeepsie Police during this investigation. The continued calibration between the listed agencies is the reason the Drug Task Force is so successful.
If anyone has information regarding this case or about any other individuals selling drugs in Dutchess County, you are urged to contact the Drug Task Force confidential tip line at 845-463-6040 or by emailing your tips to Drugtaskforcetips@gmail.com.
As with any criminal case, the charges described above are merely an accusation and those individuals named in this release are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
