Clinton County District Attorney Andrew J. Wylie announced two recent convictions of people taken into custody for trafficking substantial amounts of narcotics from New York City to Clinton County.
On May 21, Perry Dickson appeared in Clinton County Court and pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Dickson was apprehended on January 12 after fleeing on foot from the scene of a traffic check in which he was a passenger. When police captured him, they discovered a package containing approximately nine ounces of cocaine strapped to his leg. Dickson is set to be sentenced on July 23 and is expected to face a nine-year prison sentence followed by five years of post-release supervision.
The conviction came just seven days after the District Attorney’s Office got a 10-year prison sentence for another person charged with possessing 12 ounces of crack cocaine and nearly two ounces of fentanyl.
Guido Pion De Leon was arrested following a months-long investigation into his narcotics distribution in Clinton County. On September 10, 2025, law enforcement surveillance led to a traffic stop, during which officers located the narcotics in a duffle bag that Pion De Leon had been seen carrying only minutes before. On March 11, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced on May 14 to ten years in state prison, followed by five years of post-release supervision.
The City of Plattsburgh Police Department’s Narcotics Enforcement Unit spearheaded both investigations, with support from partner agencies in the Adirondack Drug Task Force.
The cases were prosecuted by Jeffrey Kehm, assistant district attorney for Clinton County.
District Attorney Andrew J. Wylie said, “I’d like to congratulate the City of Plattsburgh Police Department and other members of the Drug Task Force, including the New York State Police and federal law enforcement. Their efforts in these cases prevented large quantities of narcotics worth tens of thousands of dollars from reaching our streets. The drug pandemic is one of the most critical public safety crises in our county, and we will continue to hold those who exploit our community for personal gain accountable.”
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