NEW ROCHELLE, NY — In January, the New Rochelle Board of Education hired Joshua Lester, 20, as a Food Server assigned to work in the kitchen at New Rochelle High School.
Lester is currently on probation for drug dealing following his arrest in 2011.
Lester was arrested during Operation City Sweeper in 2011. At the time, the New Rochelle Police Department issued a statement:
Starting in February 2011, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) began several undercover cases throughout the City of New Rochelle in conjunction with the Westchester County Department of Public Safety Narcotics Unit. The investigations focused on street sales and mid-level dealings which were starting to proliferate, particularly in the central part of the City.
As a result, a total of 9 individuals have already been arrested and charged with felony sales before the commencement of this operation. Sealed indictments or local felony warrants have been obtained for an additional 51 individuals. During the investigation, undercover officers purchased over (200) bags of crack cocaine, (350) pills of oxycontin, quarter ounce of heroin and (5) grams of powder cocaine during the operation.
Lester, plead guilty to one count of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in January 2012. He was sentenced in April 2012. He was fined and given 5 years probation. He was given youthful offender status.
