Cocaine dealer on Staten Island was supporting family, charges overblown, defense says

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — According to local law enforcement officials, Chad Gordon was a “dangerous drug dealer.”

According to Gordon’s attorney, he only dealt to his friends as a way to help support his three children.

Gordon, 42, of Clinton Place in Port Richmond, pleaded guilty Feb. 9 in state Supreme Court, St. George, to second-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance. The charges stemmed from a three-month drug investigation in late 2024 and early 2025…

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