Third Pipekeepers operator jailed on 13 felonies, one for cannabis
New York State Police arrested Daryll Jimerson, 56, of Lawtons, third operator of the Montezuma Pipekeepers smoke shop, on a Cayuga County indictment of 13 felonies from a cannabis, firearms and untaxed-cigarette investigation. His first-degree cannabis count and the other charges stem from searches in three counties in October 2025.
🇺🇸 Versailles Plank Road, Collins, Erie County, New York · New York, United States
New York State Police arrested Daryll Jimerson, 56, of Lawtons on 2 November
2026, the third operator of the Pipekeepers smoke shop in Montezuma to face
charges from a cannabis, firearms and untaxed-cigarette investigation.[1][2]A
Cayuga County grand jury indicted him in May 2026 on 13 felony counts.[3][4]
The counts are eight of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, three of
third-degree criminal possession of an assault weapon, first-degree criminal
possession of cannabis and willfully possessing, transporting or selling 30,000
or more unstamped cigarettes.[3][4]The Erie County Sheriff’s Office and a U.S.
Marshals task force stopped his vehicle on Versailles Plank Road in Collins,
Erie County.[1][5]Finger Lakes Daily News confirms State Police said Jimerson of
Lawtons was arrested Monday during a traffic stop in Collins in Erie County.[6]Jimerson was processed at the State Police barracks in Canandaigua and
taken to the Cayuga County Jail for arraignment.[1]
The charges follow coordinated searches on 24 October 2025 at properties in
Cayuga, Seneca and Wayne counties, where investigators seized firearms,
cannabis, untaxed cigarettes, cash and other evidence.[1]One of the searched
locations was the Pipekeepers smoke shop at 7153 Route 90 in Montezuma.[1]
Two other operators, Dustin H. Parker and Nora A. Weber, were charged after that
raid and have pleaded not guilty.[1]The investigation involved the state
Office of Cannabis Management along with the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and local law enforcement agencies.[5][2]
State Police said the searches also turned up currency.[5]
The Erie County Sheriff’s Office and a U.S. Marshal Task Force that includes the Troop A Violent Felony Warrant squad made the stop.[4]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Charged
1
Agencies
🇺🇸Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); ATF; New York State Office of Cannabis Management; Erie County Sheriff's Office; U.S. Marshals Service; New York State Police
Agency type
Police, Regulator
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Possession, Sale
Setting
Shop
Charges
first-degree criminal possession of cannabis; third-degree criminal possession of a weapon; third-degree criminal possession of an assault weapon; willfully possessing, transporting or selling 30,000 or more unstamped cigarettes
No cannabis weight, plant count or area was published for the October 2025 searches, so the cannabis quantities are unknown.
No cash amount was published, and the value of the cannabis was not stated.
The indictment's exact filing date in May 2026 is not given.
No court outcome is known; Jimerson was taken for arraignment at the Cayuga County Jail.
The charges concern the searches generally; the reports do not say what cannabis was found at which location.
The CNY Central account gives no cannabis weight, plant count or value for the October 2025 seizures, leaving that question open.
The Newport Dispatch account gives no cannabis weight, plant count, area or value for the October 2025 searches, so the cannabis quantities remain unknown.
A man was arrested at the Sierra Blanca checkpoint in Texas after a K-9 alert led to the discovery of marijuana and three firearms, one reported stolen. The driver, held on an active warrant, was turned over to local authorities for extradition.
Passenger Jamaal Parker was arrested on November 10, 2026, after a wrong-way vehicle pursuit ended in a crash in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Sheriff's deputies reported finding 4 pounds (1.81 kilograms) of concentrated marijuana (THC) valued at over $13,000 and two loaded handguns in his backpack.
Patrick Wayne Gaylor, 40, was arrested on Maple Avenue near East 6th Street in Rome, Georgia, after police stopped his vehicle over an improperly restrained five-year-old child and found marijuana. He was charged with marijuana possession, a child safety restraint violation, and a parole violation.
Palo Alto County sheriff's deputies arrested 37-year-old Baley Dietrich and 18-year-old Landen Dietrich, both of Graettinger, after a disturbance call on the morning of 9 November 2026. Both were charged with first-offense marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia and were booked into the Palo Alto County Jail to await initial appearances.
