Police charge Warwick teen with selling the drug Ecstasy

Monroe — Village Police have charged a 17-year-old Warwick teen with selling the drug Ecstasy to an undercover police officer last April and May. On Saturday, Nov. 12, Monroe Police charged the young woman with two counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, a felony, and two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor. Police said she sold the drug Ecstasy to an undercover police officer in the parking lot of a Monroe shopping center in April and then again in May. The 17-year-old, who was not identifying because she may be eligible for youthful offender status, was sent to Orange County Jail on $10,000 bail pending future court action. Police said the arrest stems from a year-long investigation of drug sales within the Village of Monroe that has resulted in more than two dozen arrests, primarily of people in their teens and twenties. According to information from the Web site drugfree.org, Ecstasy is “a synthetic drug with amphetamine-like and hallucinogenic properties. It is classified as a stimulant. It comes in a tablet form that is often branded, e.g. Playboy bunnies or Nike swoosh. Taken in pill form, users sometimes take Ecstasy at “raves,” clubs and other parties to keep on dancing and for mood enhancement. Users report that Ecstasy produces intensely pleasurable effects — including an enhanced sense of self-confidence and energy.”