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Drug Task Force - Town of Hyde Park Drug Raid Nets Illegal Handguns and Narcotics

Published: 10/30/2025

Tyrone K. HaskinsThe Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office Drug Task Force has announced the successful execution of a search warrant at 2 Garden Street in the Town of Hyde Park following a county wide narcotics investigation.

Agents began the investigation after developing intelligence about a suspected dealer selling narcotics and dangerous drugs in Dutchess County.   Drug Task Force Agents identified Tyrone K. Haskins, age 63, of Hyde Park, New York, as the individual allegedly distributing narcotics in Dutchess County. Over the course of the investigation, Agents conducted multiple purchases of narcotics from Haskins, which ultimately led to the securing of a search warrant.

On October, 29 2025, Agents arrested Haskins in the Town of Poughkeepsie without incident with the assistance of the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau and Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department.  Following his arrest Drug Task Force Agents executed the search warrant at Haskin’s residence on Garden Street in the Town of Hyde Park.  Assisting at the scene of the search warrant was the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau, Town of Hyde Park Police, and the City of Beacon Police.

The search resulted in the seizure of large quantities of cocaine, fentanyl, drug packaging materials, U.S. currency, digital scales, and other items associated with the sale and distribution of narcotics.  In addition, two illegal loaded handguns, one being stolen out of the State of North Carolina, and a bullet proof vest were seized from Haskin’s residence.

Tyrone K. Haskins was charged with the following:

  • 2 Counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon 2nd Degree (loaded handgun), a class C Violent Felony
  • 1 Count of Criminal Possession of Weapon 3rd Degree, a class D Felony.
  • 1 Count of Criminal Possession of Stolen Property 4th Degree, a class E Felony
  • 1 Count of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd Degree (intent to sell), a class B Felony.
  • 1 Count of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd Degree (weight), a class B Felony.

Guns 10-29-2025Haskins was later arraigned in the Town of Hyde Park Police and remanded to DCJ with no bail.  There are multiple sales charges pending against Haskins related to this case by the Drug Task Force.

This investigation and enforcement action were made possible through close collaboration between the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureaus, Town of Poughkeepsie Police Departments, City of Beacon Police Department, Town of Hyde Park Police Department, Town of East Fishkill Police Department, and the Town of Fishkill Police Department.

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.