Juan Delarosa, 56, drug counselor was initially arrested in January this year after authorities, who had been alerted to his criminal activity,

Juan Delarosa, 56, was initially arrested in January this year after authorities, who had been alerted to his criminal activity, caught him with more than bags of heroin and two bags of cocaine in his jacket pocket. He is now charged with felony and misdemeanor counts of attempted promoting of prison contraband. Upon his initial arrest he was charged with third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance.prison drug counselor faces felony charges after being caught smuggling heroin and cocaine into the Riker's Island jailhouse.Delarosa began working as a drug-treatment counselor at Rikers Island Prison in February 2004. Correction officers told the Village Voice that he initially did a good job, but in the months leading up to his arrest he had done less and less, even sitting in his office all day "nodding out."If Delarosa is convicted of the felony charges he faces up to four years in prison.

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