Welfare Check Leads
To Oneonta Heroin Bust
ONEONTA – An Oneonta man was arrested and charged with heroin possession Friday night after a neighbor called for a welfare check.
Kyle L. Alger, 20, was interviewed by police at his 16 Rose Avenue home after a neighbor called to complain that someone was vomiting outside of Alger’s vehicle. When police arrived, Alger allegedly got out of his vehicle and threw an item underneath, and inspection of the area uncovered two grams of bulk heroin in a knotted plastic bag, as well as 11 individually packaged paper folds.
According to police, the substance in the packets tested positive for heroin. A subsequent search revealed another paper packet of suspected heroin, as well as $532.
Alger was arrested and charged with the Class B felony of Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree. If convicted, he faces 25 years incarceration.
His address is not 16 rose ave
They have him living at the wrong address he was only work at that address.
Address is wrong he does not live on rose ave he was just a worker for the Landlord there.