Upstate New York Democrat Legislator Anthony J. Arquiett, 56, was arrested earlier this month on cocaine possession and intoxicated driving charges, marking the second Democrat politician in St. Lawrence County to be charged with cocaine possession in a year.
Arquiett, a St. Lawrence County legislator, was involved in a two-vehicle crash on December 4, according to NNY 360. The legislator allegedly told an officer, “I was heading home and I had too much to drink.” The officer searched Arquiett and allegedly found 2.5 grams of cocaine and two dextroamphetamine sulfate pills, NNY 360 reports.
His lawyer, Ed Narrow, told the New York Post that the legislator is due in court in January and he intends to plead not guilty. Narrow added that his client will not resign his seat in the legislature.
“It is a disgrace that Arquiett refuses to resign and that fellow elected Democrats are silent,” Rep. Elise Stefanik (R) of New York’s 21st District told the Post.
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