STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Authorities allege that a 74-year-old man sold drugs to an undercover officer in Stapleton.
Frank Ammirato of Central Avenue in St. George was arrested April 17 for the incident that began when an undercover officer handed $40 to the defendant, according to the criminal complaint based on an investigation by Narcotics Borough Staten Island.
The criminal complaint alleges that Ammirato went upstairs in a building and subsequently returned to where the undercover officer was waiting. The defendant placed a small red plastic zipper bag containing crack cocaine on top of a mailbox inside that building. The defendant then allegedly told the undercover officer where to find the crack cocaine…