Co-defendant in $5K heroin bust re-sentenced to prison time
NORWICH – The female co-defendant in the $5,000 heroin drug bust – executed in the spring of 2014 – was terminated from drug treatment court and re-sentenced to prison on Feb. 6 in Chenango County Court.
Lynn M. Minck, 45, Norwich, was charged on May 28, 2014 with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (with intent to sell), a class B felony, and criminal nuisance in the first degree, a class E felony.
Minck and her boyfriend, John A. Zangari, 51 of Norwich, were on their way back from New York City when they were pulled over by the Norwich Police Department at 5:35 p.m. last May on Rexford Street in Norwich. They were stopped and searched following a joint investigation by the NPD and the Chenango County Sheriff's Office.
It is alleged she and Zangari possessed 40 glassine envelopes of heroin in their rented Ford Focus, drugs which authorities said they intended to sell.
NPD also searched the couple's house on 28 Fair St. in Norwich. The officers found $5,000 worth of heroin in total from both their rented vehicle and their apartment. All drugs, monies and the couple's personal vehicle were seized.
Minck said she assisted Zangari in renting vehicles and driving downstate to places like Westchester or New York City two or three times a month. Zangari would purchase heroin and bring it back to Norwich to sell to local residents.
In exchange for her testimony against Zangari in any future court proceedings, Minck received a plea deal with a lesser charge and sentence.
On Nov. 10, 2014, Minck pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, a class D felony. She was sentenced to a split sentence of six months of incarceration at the Chenango County Correctional Facility and five years probation with drug treatment court.
On Dec. 8, 2014, Zangari pleaded guilty to the class B felony of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree. Because Zangari was a predicate felon with 26 prior convictions, he was sentenced to five years determinate in the New York State Department of Corrections and one and a half years post release supervision.
Minck was to participate in and successfully complete drug treatment court as part of her sentence, but she was terminated from drug treatment court for not following the conditions of the program.
As a result of being terminated, she appeared in Chenango County Court to be re-sentenced on Feb. 6.
“Back in November she was given the opportunity to be placed on probation,” said First Assistant District Attorney Michael D. Ferrarese. “It's only February.”
“She let this opportunity go and is going to prison,” added Ferrarese.
Ferrarese also said he can only hope Minck will overcome any addiction she has while in prison and lead a crime-free life.
Judge Frank B. Revoir, Jr. said he deemed Minck not following the conditions of treatment court to be a “willful violation.”
Revoir re-sentenced Minck to one and half years determinate in the New York State Department of Corrections and one year post release supervision.
“Good luck,” said Revoir to Minck. “I hope you don't ever get hooked up with someone like Mr. Zangari again.”
Lynn M. Minck, 45, Norwich, was charged on May 28, 2014 with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (with intent to sell), a class B felony, and criminal nuisance in the first degree, a class E felony.
Minck and her boyfriend, John A. Zangari, 51 of Norwich, were on their way back from New York City when they were pulled over by the Norwich Police Department at 5:35 p.m. last May on Rexford Street in Norwich. They were stopped and searched following a joint investigation by the NPD and the Chenango County Sheriff's Office.
It is alleged she and Zangari possessed 40 glassine envelopes of heroin in their rented Ford Focus, drugs which authorities said they intended to sell.
NPD also searched the couple's house on 28 Fair St. in Norwich. The officers found $5,000 worth of heroin in total from both their rented vehicle and their apartment. All drugs, monies and the couple's personal vehicle were seized.
Minck said she assisted Zangari in renting vehicles and driving downstate to places like Westchester or New York City two or three times a month. Zangari would purchase heroin and bring it back to Norwich to sell to local residents.
In exchange for her testimony against Zangari in any future court proceedings, Minck received a plea deal with a lesser charge and sentence.
On Nov. 10, 2014, Minck pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, a class D felony. She was sentenced to a split sentence of six months of incarceration at the Chenango County Correctional Facility and five years probation with drug treatment court.
On Dec. 8, 2014, Zangari pleaded guilty to the class B felony of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree. Because Zangari was a predicate felon with 26 prior convictions, he was sentenced to five years determinate in the New York State Department of Corrections and one and a half years post release supervision.
Minck was to participate in and successfully complete drug treatment court as part of her sentence, but she was terminated from drug treatment court for not following the conditions of the program.
As a result of being terminated, she appeared in Chenango County Court to be re-sentenced on Feb. 6.
“Back in November she was given the opportunity to be placed on probation,” said First Assistant District Attorney Michael D. Ferrarese. “It's only February.”
“She let this opportunity go and is going to prison,” added Ferrarese.
Ferrarese also said he can only hope Minck will overcome any addiction she has while in prison and lead a crime-free life.
Judge Frank B. Revoir, Jr. said he deemed Minck not following the conditions of treatment court to be a “willful violation.”
Revoir re-sentenced Minck to one and half years determinate in the New York State Department of Corrections and one year post release supervision.
“Good luck,” said Revoir to Minck. “I hope you don't ever get hooked up with someone like Mr. Zangari again.”
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