Posted on: November 05, 2026 07:00 AM

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State Police make felony drug arrests after more than a pound of cocaine seized during Thruway stop

On October 26, 2026, troopers assigned to State Police Troop T, SP Newburgh and Troop F Bureau of Criminal Investigation arrested four individuals for felony drug possession after a traffic stop on the New York State Thruway in the town of Newburgh.

At approximately 1:03 p.m. on October 26, troopers from SP Newburgh observed a 2016 Hyundai traveling northbound on the Thruway in violation of vehicle and traffic laws and initiated a stop. Troopers observed a passenger discarding a plastic bag from the vehicle prior to it coming to a stop in the parking lot at the Plattekill Service Area. The bag contained approximately 544 grams of a substance that field tested positive for cocaine.

The vehicle operator was identified as Junaid A. Khan, 28, of Peru, New York. The passengers were identified as Phillip Earl Preyear, 29, of Jersey City, New Jersey; Katelynn Goheens, 36, of Plattsburgh, New York; and Kassie E. King, 32, of Plattsburgh, New York.

All four individuals were placed under arrest and transported to SP Montgomery for processing and charged with the following:

Khan:

Criminal possession of a controlled substance, 1st degree (felony)

Criminal possession of a controlled substance, 3rd degree-intent to sell (felony)

Vehicle and traffic law violations

Preyear:

Criminal possession of a controlled substance, 1st degree (felony)

Criminal possession of a controlled substance, 3rd degree-intent to sell (felony)

Tampering with physical evidence (felony)

Goheens:

 

Criminal possession of a controlled substance, 1st degree (felony)

Criminal possession of a controlled substance, 3rd degree-intent to sell (felony)

Criminal possession of a controlled substance, 7th degree (misdemeanor)

King:

Criminal possession of a controlled substance, 1st degree (felony)

Criminal possession of a controlled substance, 3rd degree-intent to sell (felony)

All four defendants were arraigned in Newburgh Town Court and remanded to the Orange County Jail. They are due back in Newburgh Town Court on November 10, 2026.

From NYSP