Repeat Felon Involved In $5K Heroin Bust Sent To Prison
Published: December 9th, 2014
By: Brittany Grove

NORWICH – A man charged for his involvement in a $5,000 heroin bust from last spring changed his plea and was sentenced on Monday in Chenango County Court before Judge Frank B. Revoir, Jr.

John A. Zangari, 52, Norwich, was charged on May 28 of this year with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (with intent to sell), a class B felony, and criminal nuisance in the first degree, a class E felony.

Zangari and his girlfriend, Lynn M. Minck, 45, Norwich, were pulled over by the Norwich City Police Department last May at 5:35 p.m. on Rexford Street in Norwich. They were on their way back from New York City when they were stopped and searched. The couple was searched following a joint investigation by the NPD and the Chenango County Sheriff's Office.

It is alleged Zangari and Minck possessed 40 glassine envelopes of heroin in their rented Ford Focus, drugs which they intended to sell.

NPD also searched the couple's house on 28 Fair St. in Norwich. The officers found $5,000 worth of heroin total from both their rented vehicle and their apartment. All drugs, monies and the couple's personal vehicle were seized.

Minck said she assisted Zangari in renting vehicles and driving downstate to places like Westchester or New York City two or three times a month. Zangari would purchase heroin and bring it back to Norwich to sell to local residents.

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