Police allege he was dealing fentanyl
Drug task force agents on July 31 arrested a Beacon man who was charged with four counts of dealing fentanyl and cocaine.
The Dutchess County District Attorney said undercover officers on multiple occasions purchased narcotics from Rakim Paulin, 44. After obtaining a search warrant, officers stopped Paulin on Route 82 in the Town of Wappingers and said they found fentanyl and crack cocaine, along with scales and packaging material, in his vehicle.
Paulin was sent to the county jail without bail. He was out on bail following his arrest last year on charges of attempted murder; after prosecutors failed to advance the case within a 90-day deadline, a court ruled in May that Paulin had to “be released on bail which he is capable of meeting or upon his own recognizance” under a state law related to speedy trials.
Paulin had allegedly pursued a man with a hatchet in Poughkeepsie in August 2023, then struck him with his car.
