Darryl E. Erskine,charged with one count of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance

Darryl E. Erskine, of Story Avenue in the Bronx, was charged with one count of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class B felony. The charge was a result of an ongoing joint investigation by the state police Community Narcotics Enforcement Team and the Ithaca Police Department Special Investigations Unit into alleged trafficking in Ithaca and Tompkins County.A search warrant was sought after a vehicle Erskine was driving was stopped on I-81 in Broome County. Police said approximately one ounce of individually packaged crack cocaine was in the vehicle.As part of the search warrant, an apartment on George Road in the Town of Dryden was also searched, according to Ithaca police.Erskine was arraigned in Broome County and held at the Broome County jail with no bail.