Albany, NY (WRGB) — Community complaints about suspected drug activity near 400 Central Ave. led Albany County sheriff’s investigators to arrest a Manhattan man on felony drug possession charges, authorities said.
Albany County Sheriff Craig D. Apple Sr. reported that members of the Sheriff’s Community Oriented Policing Effort (SCOPE) Unit conducted a narcotics investigation in the area at about 3:46 p.m. Tuesday, May 5, 2026, after receiving several complaints from the community.
As a result of the investigation, authorities said 34-year-old Hakeem Bradley was found in possession of 24 individual packages containing crack cocaine, weighing about 20.5 grams. The narcotics were packaged in a manner consistent with distribution, the sheriff’s office said.
Manhattan man faces felony drug charges after community complaints (ALBANY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE)
Bradley was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, a class B felony; one count of tampering with physical evidence, a class E felony; one count of obstructing governmental administration in the second degree, a class A misdemeanor; and one count of resisting arrest, a class A misdemeanor.
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Bradley is expected to be arraigned in Albany City Criminal Court on May 6, 2026.