The mayor of a small New York village was arrested Tuesday on charges of having crack cocaine, police said.
Massena Mayor Tim Crier Rear was busted after a brief police operation in a village near the Canadian border at about 12:25 p.m., officials said.
Bust with a big party 400 people at the NY Mission
The St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office said the 55-year-old carrier was targeted as part of a covert investigation into drug sales and possession.
Massena Mayor Tim Courier has been accused of having crack cocaine.
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He is accused of throwing a gram cracker out of a passenger window while fleeing from the police.
He was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, tampering with physical evidence and failure to comply with a police officer.
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The mayor was arraigned remotely on Tuesday and ordered to reappear at a later date by Morristown Town Justice James Phillips.
Career has been mayor of Massena since 2014. Prior to that, he was the head of the Massena Police Department.
This article first appeared in the New York Post.
