Port Jervis man sentenced to 17 to 19 years in prison
Goshen. Richard McInturff previously pled guilty to operating as a major trafficker as a profiteer for possessing with the intent to sell more than $75,000 worth of heroin and fentanyl.
Richard McInturff, 32, of Port Jervis, was sentenced Feb. 8 to an aggregate term of 17 to 19 years in state prison to be followed by five years of post-release supervision in connection with his guilty plea to operating as a major drug trafficker, first-degree escape and second-degree attempted assault.
His father, Larry McInturff, 66, of Port Jervis, was sentenced to a split sentence of six months in Orange County Jail and five years of probation in connection with his guilty plea to tampering with physical evidence.
On March 18, 2021, members of the Port Jervis City Police Department and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Group executed a search warrant at Richard McInturff’s residence in Port Jervis. The search warrant recovered 7,892 packets of suspected heroin and a scale of the type commonly used to weigh narcotics when they are being packaged for sale.
During the plea proceedings, Richard McInturff admitted that he possessed 7,892 glassine envelopes of a powdery substance containing fentanyl/heroin, with the intent to sell them, and that the value of the narcotics exceeded $75,000.
Richard McInturff also admitted to escaping from custody while at the Port Jervis police department on March 19, 2021, after having been charged with the class A felony of operating as a major trafficker.
In his plea, Larry McInturff admitted that on March 20, 2021, he was speaking with son, Richard McInturff, via phone while Richard McInturff was incarcerated at Orange County Jail.
The district attorney’s office said that his son’s direction, Larry McInturff concealed a keyring with keys to an apartment that belonged to Richard McInturff, while knowing it would be used as evidence in the trial against his son.
“The arrest, prosecution and sentence of this defendant serves as a major disruption to the deadly narcotics trade in western Orange County,” said District Attorney David M. Hoovler. “Drug dealers should take heed that law enforcement is laser focused on the battle against the scourge of opioids, particularly fentanyl, that are killing people every day.”
The case was the result of coordinated efforts of the City of Port Jervis Police Department, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Group, the Sussex County New Jersey Prosecutor’s Office and Narcotic Task Force and the New Jersey State Police.