Drug raid nets 5 arrests in Orleans Co.

HOLLEY, N.Y. (WIVB) - Five people were arrested on Friday through a joint-agency effort investigating the sale of prescription pills in Orleans County.

The Orleans County Major Felony Crime Task Force conducted an eight-month long investigation, and Friday the Orleans County Sheriff's Office in cooperation with Holley Police searched 121 West Albion Street, Apt. 1, in the Village of Holley, leading to five arrests. Authorities say one of the people arrested worked as a health care aid and stole pills from one of her clients. Another one of those arrested obtained pills through workers compensation and then sold them.

Authorities seized various prescription pills, including a drug called Opanas, with a street value of $7,000, over $9,000 in cash, a stolen 12-gauge shotgun and other drug paraphernalia.

Below is a list of those arrested and the charges they face:

-Timothy Weader, 49, of Holley, was charged with third degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, third degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, fourth degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, and first degree criminal nuisance. Weader was taken to the Orleans County Jail in lieu of $20,000 bail.

-Jacqueline Drexler, 49, of Holley, was charged with three counts of third degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, three counts of third degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, two counts of fourth degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, and two counts of fifth degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Drexler worked at the Center for Disability Rights as a health care aid and allegedly took prescription medication for a client in her car and sold them. Further charges are pending against her. She was taken to the Orleans County Jail in lieu of $20,000 bail.

-Wayne Buzard, 43, of Holley, was charged with three counts of third degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, three counts of third degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, and three counts of first degree criminal nuisance.

Buzard is currently on New York State workers compensation. Authorities say he aquired prescription pills through the program and then sold them. Further charges are pending from New York State. He was taken to the Orleans County Jail in lieu of $20,000 bail.

-Michael Andre, 22, of Kent, was charged with fourth degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and fifth degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. He was taken to the Orleans County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bail.

-Nancy Howe, 50, of Brockport, was charged with two counts of fourth degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and two counts of fifth degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Howe was taken to the Orleans County Jail in lieu of $5,000 bail.