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Long Island Man Sentenced For Distributing Crack Cocaine

A Long Island man will spend time in prison for his role in distributing crack cocaine and powder cocaine, U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue announced.

A drug trafficker on Long Island was sentenced at Central Islip federal court.

A drug trafficker on Long Island was sentenced at Central Islip federal court.

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Tramaine Brown, 30, of Jamesport, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty in June last year to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine and powder cocaine.

In January 2018, the FBI and the Suffolk County East End Drug Task Force launched an investigation into drug trafficking and gang activity on the East End of Long Island, including the Riverhead area. 

During that investigation, undercover agents and officers purchased more than 300 grams of crack cocaine from Brown at his home in Jamesport, where he resided with his wife and children. 

During one purchase, Brown was captured on video “cooking” powder cocaine into crack in his kitchen, while a child was present.  A backpack containing fentanyl, an extremely dangerous opioid, was in close proximity to the child. 

On Nov. 14, 2018, a search warrant was executed at Brown’s residence, and large quantities of narcotics, cash and a .223 caliber assault rifle, a .308 caliber rifle and a .45 caliber pistol were seized. 

In total, during the investigation of Brown’s drug trafficking operation, law enforcement recovered quantities of crack cocaine, powder cocaine, fentanyl, marijuana, narcotics packaging materials, a kilogram press, eight cellular telephones and over $10,000 in cash. 

“The Riverhead area is safer with Tramaine Brown sent to prison for running an armed and dangerous drug trafficking operation that endangered residents, including Brown’s own family members,” Donoghue said. “We will continue to work tirelessly with our federal and local law enforcement partners to take drugs and drug traffickers off our streets.”

Donoghue noted that the case was investigated as part of the ongoing efforts by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force, a partnership between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.

The principal mission of the task force “is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money laundering organizations, and those primarily responsible for the nation’s illegal drug supply.”

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