Two arrested on drug charges following dispute in Ithaca

ITHACA, N.Y. ( WETM ) – Two people were arrested earlier this week on drug charges after police arrived at the scene of a reported dispute in Ithaca.

According to the Ithaca Police Department, officers arrived at the 100 block of Cayuga Park Lane around 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1, after hearing about the dispute that reportedly involved the display of a handgun.

Upon arrival, officers say that they saw Anthony T. Zeigler, 50, of Brooklyn, and Juan J. Breton, 49, of Ithaca, walking away from the scene, and after speaking with both, found that they had narcotics on them.

Officers say that Zeigler had about 54 grams of fentanyl and a small amount of cocaine that he tried to destroy before his arrest, while Breton had an undetermined amount of narcotics that were packaged to be sold and had ingested them before he was arrested to try to destroy evidence.

The two were then arrested and charged with the following:

Anthony Zeigler

• Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, a class B felony
• Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a class A misdemeanor
• Tampering with physical evidence, a class E felony

Juan J. Breton

• Tampering with physical evidence, a class E felony

As a result, Zeigler and Breton were arraigned in the Ithaca City Court and were placed in Tompkins County Jail without bail.

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