Article: PAPERS OFFER DETAILS OF DRUG SALES; CRACK COCAINE WAS INVOLVED IN MOST SALES DURING TWO-YEAR INVESTIGATION.(Local)

Byline: Catie O'Toole Staff writer

Oswego police had been investigating crack cocaine sales in the city for about two years when they arrested a dozen people during a sweep last month.

Also arrested in the sweep were 28 people police say were involved in a ring that distributed crack cocaine in Oswego and Fulton. Court documents show how Oswego police cracked the 12 Oswego cases one-by-one.

Everyone charged is now facing felony counts of criminal sale and criminal possession of a controlled substance:

Richard H. "Rick" Penfield, 48, of 326 E. Ninth St., Oswego.

A confidential informant told police he met Penfield through ...

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