Police probe yields arrest
Catskill man charged with selling crack cocaine after lengthy investigation
The Daily Mail
Sept. 17, 2009

CATSKILL — A Catskill man has been arrested by village police and charged with selling crack-cocaine from the Catskill Inn, according to the department.

Gerard McCarthy, 51, who police said has been living at the inn, was charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and three counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance, according to police. Both charges are class-B felonies.

Police did not say how much of the drug had been sold.

Village police said McCarthy was indicted by a Greene County grand jury and arraigned before Judge George J. Pulver Jr. Tuesday.

McCarthy is being held in the Greene County Jail on $25,000 bail or $50,000 bond, police said.

Catskill Village Police Lt. Greg Sager said the arrest came after a months-long investigation conducted by Catskill Police in cooperation with State Police in Catskill Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the County District Attorney’s Office into the alleged sales.

“There had been a lot of complaints about activity at the Catskill Inn,” Sager said.

Greene County District Attorney Terry Wilhelm said the investigation yielded evidence that McCarthy had carried out sales of crack-cocaine on July 14, July 16 and July 22 of this year.

Wilhelm and Sager said the investigation is ongoing and could result in more arrests.