State Police arrest an Elmira woman on felony drug charges

Press Release

On July 17, 2024, the New York State Police (NYSP) Troop E Violent Gang and Narcotics Enforcement Team (VGNET),the NYSP Community Stabilization Unit (CSU), and the Elmira Police Department Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) conducted a joint narcotics investigation with the Pennsylvania State Police VICE Unit.

During the investigation, a traffic stop was conducted on West 2nd Street in the city of Elmira on a 2011 Chrysler Town and Country van. The operator, Bobbi Jo Cardona, age 46, of Elmira, NY, was found to be in possession of 4.5 ounces of suspected crystal methamphetamine.

Cardona was arrested for Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 2nd (A-II Felony), Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd (B-Felony), Driving a Motor Vehicle without an Interlock Device (A Misdemeanor), Aggravated Unlicensed Operator 2nd (Unclassified Misdemeanor), and was found to be a fugitive from justice. Cardona had an active arrest warrant out of Bradford County, PA, Pennsylvania SP - VICE, for drug-related offenses. Cardona was arraigned in Elmira City Court and remanded to the Chemung County Jail pending extradition.