by Suzanne Samin
YONKERS, N.Y. -- An off-duty
Yonkers police officer, Scott R. Stefanik, was arrested for criminal possession
of a controlled substance late Thursday, Yonkers Police said.
At approximately 9 p.m.,
members of the Yonkers Police Department Narcotics Unit were conducting an
investigation into narcotics sales at a location in the area of Locust Hill
Avenue, police said.
During the investigation,
Stefanik was identified as a suspect. Members of the Yonkers Police Department
Internal Affairs Division were notified and they subsequently placed him under
arrest for Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the seventh degree,
a misdemeanor, according to officials.