Saratoga County District Attorney Brett R. Eby announced today that career drug dealer Kenny Seales (DOB: 04/02/1977) was sentenced by the Hon. James R. Davis in Saratoga County Court following his guilty plea to the entire indictment charging him with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Second Degree, a Class “A-II” Felony in violation of New York State Penal Law Section 220.18(1), two counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, Class “B” Felonies in violation of New York State Penal Law Section 220.16(1), and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Fourth Degree, a Class “C” Felony in violation of New York State Penal Law Section 220.09(1). The defendant entered guilty pleas to all counts on the eve of his scheduled jury trial.
The charges stem from an August 29, 2025 traffic stop conducted within the Town of Malta on the Adirondack Northway, which resulted in the seizure of nearly eight ounces of cocaine and just under one-half ounce of fentanyl. The investigation was led by the New York State Police Community Stabilization Unit, a specialized unit focused on the aggressive and proactive interdiction of narcotics and firearm trafficking.
Seales is a repeat felony narcotics offender with five prior felony convictions related to drug trafficking, as well as a prior Kings County conviction involving a loaded firearm. In addition, the defendant currently faces pending felony narcotics charges in the State of Vermont involving the alleged sale of cocaine and possession of fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine.
District Attorney Eby stated, “This defendant is a career narcotics trafficker whose criminal conduct has repeatedly endangered communities both inside and outside New York State. By pleading guilty to every count of the indictment, the defendant has accepted responsibility for possessing significant quantities of deadly narcotics, including fentanyl, that continue to fuel addiction and overdose deaths throughout our region.”
Although the People sought a longer state prison sentence in light of the defendant’s extensive criminal history and the serious nature of the offenses, the Court sentenced the defendant in accordance with the plea to an 8-year determinate prison sentence followed by 5 years of post-release supervision.
The defendant was sentenced on August 31, 2026.
The case was prosecuted by Special Investigations and Narcotics Unit Chief Meghan A. Horton, with assistance from District Attorney Investigator Jack Barney.