Street to Source Drug Trafficking Initiative – 1 District CORE

By Niagara Regional Police Service - Aug 26, 2026

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In July 2026, the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) 1 District (St. Catharines/Thorold) CORE (Community Oriented Response and Engagement) Unit, in coordination with the 1 District Street Crime Unit (SCU), began the “Street to Source” initiative. The initiative focused on individuals trafficking narcotics to vulnerable populations in the downtown core of St Catharines. The 1 District CORE unit has concurrently run the Open-Air Drug Use Initiative, which has resulted in 259 arrests since October.

As a result of the initiative, the following items were seized:

65 grams of suspected Fentanyl (street value $6500)
325 hydromorphone tablets (street value $1625)
19.4 grams suspected cocaine (street value $1940)
2.1 grams suspected crystal methamphetamine (street value $168)
32.6 grams MDMA (street value $1141)

27-year-old Tristan MCDOWELL of St. Catharines is charged with the following criminal offences:

Traffic in Schedule I Substance (fentanyl)
Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking (fentanyl)
Fail to Comply with Probation Order

64-year-old Robert SMYTH of St. Catharines is charged with the following criminal offences:

Traffic in Schedule I Substance (cocaine)
Possession of a Schedule I Substance (hydromorphone)
Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking (cocaine)

61-year-old Carmen MICIELI of St Catharines is charged with the following criminal offences:

Traffic in Schedule I Substance (hydromorphone)

54-year-old Richard ALLIGOOD of St Catharines is charged with the following criminal offences:

Possession of Proceeds of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000
Traffic in Schedule I Substance
Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking (3 counts)

45-year-old Trevor HUBERT of St Catharines is charged with the following criminal offences:

Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking (fentanyl)
Possession of Proceeds of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000
Possession of Prohibited Weapon
Breach of Weapons Prohibition
Fail to Comply with Undertaking

33-year-old Harmony MARYNISSAN of Niagara Falls is charged with the following criminal offences:

Traffic in Schedule I Substance (fentanyl)
Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking (fentanyl)
Possession of a Schedule I Substance (hydromorphone)

18-year-old Ayden MURPHY of Burlington is charged with the following criminal offences:

Possession of Proceeds of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000
Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking (fentanyl)

19-year-old Isaiah LUCAS-ROY of Ancaster is charged with the following criminal offences:

Possession of Proceeds of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000
Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking (fentanyl)

A 17-year-old male from Burlington, who cannot be named under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, is charged with the following criminal offences:

Possession of Proceeds of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000
Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking (fentanyl)
Traffic in Schedule I Substance (fentanyl)

MCDOWELL, SMYTH, MICIELI, ALLIGOOD, HUBERT, and MARYNISSAN were released on a Form 10 Undertaking with a future court date.

MURPHY, LUCAS-ROY, and the 17-year-old Male remain in custody and are scheduled to attend a bail hearing on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, at the Robert S. K. Welch Courthouse, located at 59 Church Street in St Catharines.

Anyone with information related to this investigation is asked to contact the Niagara Regional Police Service at (905) 688-4111, 1009293. If you wish to report a new incident of drug trafficking or open-air drug use, please contact the 1 District Street Crime Unit.

Members of the community who wish to provide information anonymously can contact Crime Stoppers of Niagara online or by calling 1-800-222-8477(TIPS). Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards to people who contact the program with information which leads to an arrest.

NRPS Incident #26-94021, 26-95014, 26-95043, 26-100302, 26-88382, 26-100329, 26-107285