{"id":357394,"date":"2026-09-26T04:42:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T04:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/357394\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T04:42:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T04:42:25","slug":"state-police-arrest-new-jersey-man-on-drug-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/357394\/","title":{"rendered":"State Police arrest New Jersey man on drug charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On September 1, 2026, at approximately 3:52 p.m., members of the Troop F Community Stabilization Unit observed a 2025 Honda Civic northbound on the NYS Thruway in the Town of Rosendale in violation of multiple New York Vehicle and Traffic Laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Troopers initiated a traffic stop and identified the driver and sole occupant as Akeen D. Barnes, age 39, of Teaneck, New Jersey. During the investigation founded suspicion of criminal activity was established and a search of the vehicle was conducted. During the search, approximately 2 kilograms of cocaine were discovered within the trunk area.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Barnes was charged with the following:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 1st Degree Narcotic, a class A felony<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd Degree Narcotic drug intent to sell, a class B felony<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle 3rd Degree, an unclassified misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Barnes was arraigned on September 1, 2026 at Ulster County Centralized Arraignment Part and was ordered held without bail at the Ulster County Jail.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On September 1, 2026, at approximately 3:52 p.m., members of the Troop F Community Stabilization Unit observed a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":["post-357394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}