Three Arrested in South Glens Falls Drug Bust      

The Sheriff’s Office’s Special Operations Team executed a search warrant Sunday at 11:45 p.m. at 12 Prospect St. in the village of South Glens Falls. The warrant was a joint operation between the Sheriff’s Office and the South Glens Falls Police Department and was the culmination of a lengthy investigation into illicit narcotics possession and sales in the village. As a result of the investigation and warrant execution, Khalil A. Danielson, 45, of Brooklyn, N.Y., Nicole L. Wray, 49, of South Glens Falls, N.Y., and Kevin A. Cottone, 37, of South Glens Falls, N.Y., were arrested. 

Danielson was charged with four counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the 3rd degree and two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the 3rd degree (class B felonies). He is accused of knowingly and unlawfully possessing a narcotic drug with intent to sell it and a narcotic drug that had an aggregate weight of one-half ounce or more. Danielson was also charged with knowingly and unlawfully selling a narcotic drug. 

Wray and Cottone were each charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the 3rd degree, criminal sale of a controlled substance in the 3rd degree (class B felonies) and criminal nuisance in the 1st degree (class E felony). They are accused of knowingly and unlawfully possessing a narcotic drug with intent to sell it and a narcotic drug that had an aggregate weight of one-half ounce or more. Both were also charged with maintaining a premise where persons gathered for the purpose of engaging in the unlawful sale of controlled substances and of obtaining a benefit from it. 

All three were arraigned before the Honorable Jeffrey B. McCabe in the Moreau Town Court. Danielson was remanded to the Saratoga County Jail while Wray and Cottone were released to pretrial services pending further proceedings in that court. 

The Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Warren County Sheriff’s Office.