FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
ULSTER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
DATE: DECEMBER 13, 2018
SUBJECT: PRESS RELEASE-ANTHONY DANCY PLEA
On December 11, 2018, Anthony Dancy, age 36, of Saugerties, New York, pled guilty to the felonies of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree and Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree in connection to his possession of a loaded firearm and sale of cocaine. Defendant was charged by indictment with selling cocaine on two separate dates. A subsequent search warrant executed on defendant’s residence on August 24, 2018 by members of the URGENT Task Force led to the recovery of the assault weapon underneath defendant’s bed, along with other drug paraphernalia. This is defendant’s second conviction for Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, his prior conviction taking place in 2014 in Ulster County Court.
Dancy is due to be sentenced on March 5, 2019 and faces up to eight years in state prison with five years of post-release supervision before the Honorable Richard Mott.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Paul Derohannesian. The defendant was represented by attorney Ed Bruno.