FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
ULSTER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
DATE: JANUARY 13, 2017
SUBJECT: PRESS RELEASE – RECARDO LANGSTON
On January 13, 2017, Recardo Langston, of Kingston, New York, age 31, pled guilty, in Ulster County Court, to the class B felony of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree.
On June 2, 2016, Investigators from the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team (URGENT) received information that the defendant may be transporting narcotics in Kingston. At approximately 4:21 in the afternoon, an Investigator from URGENT observed the defendant fail to stop at a stop sign and attempted to initiate a traffic stop of the defendant’s vehicle.
Instead of stopping, the defendant led officers on a high speed chase through the City of Kington from the Boulevard in uptown Kingston down to Abeel Street. While attempting to make a turn onto Abeel Street, after going the wrong way down a one way street, the defendant lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a building.
After the defendant’s vehicle crashed he exited the vehicle and fled on foot. The URGENT Investigator and his police dog, K-9 Triton, as well as multiple other officers, gave chase. As the defendant was running he was throwing cocaine in an attempt to destroy the evidence. The defendant was apprehended by K-9 Triton and held until he was secured by the other pursuing officers. The cocaine was later collected.
Unfortunately, due to injuries sustained in the incident K-9 Triton was forced to retire from service.
Langston is scheduled for sentencing on March 10th. In addition to the Ulster County indictment, Langston is facing federal cocaine distribution and conspiracy charges.
Assistant District Attorney Lisa Bondarenka prosecuted the case. The defendant was represented by Bryan Rounds.
The following agencies have members assigned to URGENT: Ulster County Sheriff's Office, Ulster County District Attorney's Office, Town of Woodstock Police, Town of Lloyd Police, Town of Shandaken Police, Ulster County Probation, Town of Plattekill Police, Town of Marlborough Police, Town of New Paltz Police, Village of Ellenville Police and the United States Department of Homeland Security Investigations.