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View Comments GOSHEN - Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced Thursday that 17 defendants are facing charges related to the trafficking of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and prescription medications throughout the county. The sweep was conducted by the Orange County Drug Task Force, assisted by police from the Village of Monroe and the cities of Middletown and Newburgh. Twelve of the defendants already have been arrested. Eleven were chaged with third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, both felonies. They are Hakeen Frith, 29, of Port Jervis; Stephen Johnson, 51, of Liberty; Duane Spearman, 53, Shatiro Lawrence, 33, Tameka Hannah, 44, Tyler Wilson, 23, Louis Towles, 20, and Terrance Norman, 50, all of Newburgh; Michael Elwyn, 43, of Montgomery; Robert Gayle, 44, of New York City; and Eric Hall, 50, no home town listed. ....