Police Witness Drug Deal Outside JC Credit Union

A man faces felony charges after he allegedly sold crack cocaine to someone in the parking lot of a credit union office in Johnson City.

Authorities say 28-year-old Stefan Simmons of Endicott was arrested after a village police officer witnessed an apparent drug deal.

The Visions Federal Credit Union office on Pavilion Road in Johnson City. [Bob Joseph/WNBF News][/caption]

Investigators say the alleged sale happened around 9 p.m. on January 12 outside Visions Federal Credit Union at 100 Pavilion Road.

Detectives say the officer saw two vehicles enter the parking lot. Police say a man, who later was identified as Simmons, got out of his vehicle and apparently sold cocaine to a person in the other vehicle.

Police stopped the vehicles as they were about to leave the lot.

Simmons was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance. He also was charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Simmons was arraigned in Johnson City village court and sent to Broome County Jail.

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