GOSHEN – A major Orange County drug dealer pled guilty in Orange County Court to criminal possession of a controlled substance and two counts of conspiracy and when sentenced in February 2024 will face 10 years in prison and three years of post-release supervision.
District Attorney David Hoovler said Angelica “Jelly” Rodriguez, 39, of Otisville entered the guilty plea before County Court Judge Craig Stephen Brown.
“There is no question she controlled Middletown,” he said. “She had been a problem in Middletown for years and she was able to evade and escape everything we tried to do with her.”
Middletown Police engaged in a two-year investigation into cocaine trafficking in and around the city allegedly committed by Rodriguez.
The Orange County Drug Task Force assisted in the investigation.
During the course of the investigation, court-ordered eavesdropping discovered the same suppliers of cocaine who were providing Rodriguez and her co-conspirators with cocaine to sell, were also supplying narcotics to those in the City of Port Jervis, resulting in Port Jervis Police entering the investigation.
Rodriguez is accused of supplying narcotics dealers in the cities of Middletown and Port Jervis and possessing two illegal handguns.
On July 26, 2023, a search warrant was executed at Michael Rodriguez’s Yonkers residence, resulting in the seizure of over 1.5 kilograms of cocaine, more than $165,500 in cash, scales, a money counter, two handguns, a vacuum sealer, and jewelry with an estimated value of $50,000.
She entered tthe guilty plea on Thursday, November 2.
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