Kinderhook man suspected of
buying 10 bags of heroin
Officer suspended after
brother’s drug arrest in city By Arthur Cusano Columbia-Greene
A Troy police officer was
suspended and is under investigation after Hudson police arrested his brother,
who is suspected of buying heroin in the city March 10, according to police.
Troy Police Officer Michael
Johnson was suspended following the arrest of his brother, Lucas Johnson, of
Kinderhook, on March 10 in Hudson, according to Troy Police Department
spokesman Capt. John Cooney. An investigation into the matter is ongoing, he
said.
“He was suspended for 30 days
without pay,” Cooney said Tuesday. “He’ll either be exonerated or face
disciplinary charges.”
Johnson has been with the Troy
police force since 2005, Cooney said. The police investigation was expected to
be finished fairly quickly, he added.
Hudson Police Chief Edward Moore
confirmed the arrest of Lucas Johnson, 27, of Kinderhook, at 10:23 a.m. where
he was charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled
substance, a class A misdemeanor.
Moore also said Johnson’s
brother Michael was driving the car that was pulled over by police. Johnson was
in possession of 10 bags of heroin, but his brother was not charged because he
did not commit a crime, he said.
“We did not arrest that
officer,” Moore said. “He didn’t have narcotics on him.”
Moore said he did not want to
give any additional information on the arrest at the present time. He said his
department has been in contact with the Troy Police Department concerning the
arrest.
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