Authorities: Man drinking beer on Staten Island street had cocaine, drug scale in clothing

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Authorities allegedly found drugs on a 37-year-old man who, they say, was openly drinking a beer on a street in New Dorp.

Andrew Ramirez of Bionia Avenue in South Beach was imbibing from a can of Modelo on Nov. 8 at about 10:23 p.m. in the vicinity of New Dorp Plaza and North Railroad Avenue, and had a strong odor of alcohol on his breath, according to the criminal complaint and police.

Officers then found a plastic bag containing white cocaine powder inside Ramirez’s sweatshirt, and a scale tainted with cocaine in a pocket of the man’s pants, the criminal complaint alleges.

Ramirez allegedly provided police with a false name and date of birth.

Ramirez has been charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, criminal use of drug par