The central figure in a statewide drug trafficking ring is now spending his nights at the Tioga County Jail. Arthur Erskine, is awaiting future County Court appearances after an alleged career as an Ithaca-based heroin dealer who bought heroin from a source in New York City and smuggled the drugs into the Finger Lakes area. Erskine was arrested Tuesday in Utica by the U.S. Marshal Service and returned to Tioga County . A police sting resulted in 31 indictments back in May.
