NORWICH – A trio charged with felony narcotics possession after an Aug. 1 drug bust at 8 Pleasant St. made their second appearance in Norwich City Court Tuesday, and jurisdiction in all three cases has been transferred to Chenango County Court.

Tryquan A. Robinson, 20, of Utica, and Scott L. Lavoie, 23, 8 Pleasant St., Norwich, both waived their right to a felony hearing yesterday. Robinson, charged with third degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class B felony, second degree criminal use of drug paraphernalia, a class A misdemeanor, and loitering, a class B misdemeanor, was remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility on $10,000 cash bail. Lavoie, also charged with third degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, as well as first degree criminal nuisance, a class E felony, and a pair of class A misdemeanors, second degree criminal use of drug paraphernalia and criminal possession of a hypodermic instrument, was released on the condition he enter a rehabilitation facility immediately following his court appearance.

The third defendant, 21-year-old Michael A. Balarezo-Bravo, of Utica, did not waive his right to a felony hearing, with testimony offered by Norwich City Police Department Narcotics Detective Michael Purdy, as well as Balarezo-Bravo’s co-defendant, Lavoie.