QUEENSBURY — A Glens Falls man was jailed Tuesday night after he was arrested in possession of 6.5 ounces of cocaine and nearly an ounce of heroin during a traffic stop, police said.
Robert C. Delaney, 59, of North Pearl Street, was charged after he was pulled over for erratic driving in the northbound lanes of the Northway just before 6:30 p.m., according to State Police.
Troopers developed probable cause to search Delaney and the vehicle, which led to the seizure of drugs and the filing of four felony charges of criminal possession of a controlled substance, police said.
Police said he is from Connecticut and had come to the area in recent years when he began dating a local woman and became involved in the local drug trade.
He has an extensive criminal record in Connecticut, where he was prosecuted in federal court in 2008 on charges he distributed narcotics while illegally in possession of firearms in the town of Farmington. He pleaded guilty to a felony count of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a previously convicted felon.
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Delaney pleaded guilty in that case, and was sentenced to 7 years in federal prison and 3 years on probation upon his release, court records show. He also had prior federal drug-related convictions in Connecticut in 1992-1993 and was being prosecuted by state prosecutors for an unspecified, unrelated crime at the time of that prosecution, court records show.
However, he convinced a judge to terminate his probation early with a motion he filed pro se in U.S. District Court in March, claiming “Delaney has shown exemplary post-conviction adjustment and conduct in his supervision responsibilities.”
Delaney wrote that he had lived in the Lake George area since 2014 and that driving to Albany to report to his probation officer was a “hardship” in light of the fact he had “made a genuine change in my life.”
Among the charges filed Tuesday was a count of second-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, the state’s second-weightiest drug charge, which is punishable by up to 17 years in state prison.
Delaney was arraigned and sent to Warren County Jail for lack of bail.
Police said he was not believed to be connected with two other Connecticut residents who Glens Falls Police arrested on felony drug charges in recent months.