Kids home while dad is charged with drug counts (Fulton, New York)

Kids home while dad is charged with drug counts (Fulton, New York)

Kids home while dad is charged with drug counts

by Kathy Coffta Sims/The Post-Standard

Tuesday June 16, 2009, 2:57 PM

Fulton, NY -- A 29-year-old Fulton man faces felony drug charges and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, after police found nine bags of cocaine and digital scales in his apartment.

When the drugs were found, the 2- and 5-year-old children of Jose Luis Coronado Jr. were home, Fulton city police said.

When he was arrested June 3, Coronado, of 315 Oneida St., Apt. 1, had 18.7 grams of cocaine in his possession, Fulton police said.

In addition to the misdemeanor endangering charges, Coronado was charged with two felony counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance and two misdemeanor counts of criminal use of drug paraphernalia.

Coronado was jailed in lieu of $5,000 cash or $10,000 bail bond. He is due back in Fulton City Court Wednesday.