SYRACUSE, NY — Members of the State Police Community Stabilization Unit, the Violent Gang and Narcotics Enforcement Team, and the Counter Terrorism Intelligence Unit executed a vehicle stop on Nov. 13 following an undercover narcotics investigation.
Search warrants were executed on Eric L. Johnson and his vehicle.
Investigators located a digital scale with cocaine residue inside the vehicle and recovered five bricks of fentanyl concealed in his shoe.
He was taken into custody and transported to State Police North Syracuse.
A residential search warrant was then executed at 115 Erie Street.
Inside the residence, investigators located Frederick L. Johnson, 54, and two juveniles, ages 15 and 17.
During the search, investigators seized numerous knotted plastic bags containing cocaine HCL and cocaine base with an approximate aggregate weight of 5.8 ounces, a loaded privately made “ghost gun” equipped with a large capacity ammunition feeding device, two glassine envelopes containing fentanyl, two digital scales containing cocaine residue, drug paraphernalia, U.S. currency estimated to exceed $70,000 and two rifles.
Frederick L. Johnson, of Syracuse, was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance 2nd degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance 3rd degree, criminal possession of a weapon 2nd degree, criminal possession of a weapon 3rd degree, criminal possession of a firearm, criminal possession of a weapon 4th degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance 7th degree, three counts of criminally using drug paraphernalia and three counts of failure to safeguard a rifle or shotgun.
Eric L. Johnson, 18, of Syracuse, was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance 2nd degree, criminal sale of a controlled substance 3rd degree, two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance 3rd degree, criminal possession of a weapon 3rd degree, criminal possession of a firearm, criminal possession of a weapon 4th degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance 7th degree and three counts of criminally using drug paraphernalia.
The 15-year-old was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance 2nd degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance 3rd degree, criminal possession of a weapon 3rd degree, criminal possession of a firearm, criminal possession of a weapon 4th degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance 7th degree and three counts of criminally using drug paraphernalia.
The 17-year-old was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance 2nd degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance 3rd degree, criminal possession of a weapon 3rd degree, criminal possession of a firearm, criminal possession of a weapon 4th degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance 7th degree and three counts of criminally using drug paraphernalia.
Frederick L. Johnson and Eric L. Johnson were transported to the Onondaga County Justice Center pending arraignment.
The two juveniles were arraigned in Youth Part Court.
