Police: Kent, NY Man Uses Heroin, Passes Out Behind Wheel

Update Aug. 10, 2026: The article was updated to remove the individual's name and image in accordance with our editorial policy allowing people to request the information be removed three years after being charged with a non-violent offense.

Police say they found a Putnam County man passed out from using heroin just off a well-traveled road in the local area.

On Friday around 10:30 p.m., the Town of Kent Police Department received a call about a man who appeared to be passed out in a parking lot off Route 52. Responding officers allegedly found a 39-year-old Kent man asleep in his SUV. Officers woke up him and interviewed him.

An investigation determined that the man passed out because he just used heroin, police say. Inside his vehicle police allegedly found numerous bags of heroin, six bags of methamphetamine and a hypodermic needle.

He was charged with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and possession of a hypodermic needle.

The man was remanded to the Putnam County Correctional Facility in lieu of $7,500 cash bail or $15,000 bond.

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