Guilty Plea in Drug Dealing Cases

DELHI – District Attorney Shawn Smith announced today that Nikita M. Kingsbury, 38, of Sidney, New York, appeared in Delaware County Court on July 22, 2024, and pled guilty to two counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Fifth Degree with the Intent to Sell, a Class D Felony in violation of Section 220.06 (1) of the Penal Law of the State of New York.

On July 13, 2023, the defendant was indicted by the Delaware County Grand Jury on allegations that she sold methamphetamine in the Village of Sidney on August 11, 2022. Shortly afterwards, the defendant was arrested and then released on her own recognizance while the case was pending. Separately, a felony complaint was filed against Ms. Kingsbury alleging the sale of illegal narcotics in the Town of Davenport on May 21, 2024.  

On July 22, 2024, the defendant appeared in Delaware County Court before the Honorable Judge Gary Rosa. and pursuant to a guilty plea agreement pled guilty to two counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Intent to Sell. The plea agreement was entered with the understanding that at sentencing, Ms. Kingsbury will be sentenced to two years of incarceration in state prison to be followed by two years of post-release supervision on each conviction. 

District Attorney Shawn Smith commended the work of the New York State Police and the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office in this case. “Thanks to Investigator Robert Quick of the NYSP and Investigators Chris Erwin and Todd Haven of the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office,                       another drug dealer is headed to prison.” 

Smith continued, “While my office focuses on treatment for drug-users, our focus remains on incarcerating the individual drug dealers profiting off of addiction.”

As are all persons accused of a crime, defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.