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Long Island Man Sentenced For Selling Fentanyl, Crack Long Island Man Sentenced For Selling Fentanyl, Crack
Long Island Man Sentenced For Selling Fentanyl, Crack A Long Island gang member has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for selling fentanyl in connection with a fatal overdose. Austin Hunter, a/k/a “Malik,” age 43, of Amityville, was convicted by a jury in November, on numerous counts of drug sales and possession, was sentenced on Tuesday, Feb. 23 to prison time in addition to five years of post-release supervision, said Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini.  in April 2019, Suffolk County police officers responded to a suspected fatal overdose in Copiague. The Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner determined tha…
Long Island Man Sentenced For Distributing Crack Cocaine Long Island Man Sentenced For Distributing Crack Cocaine
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. 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 investigatio…
Amityville Man Charged In Connection To Fatal Overdose In Plainview Amityville Man Charged In Connection To Fatal Overdose In Plainview
Amityville Man Charged In Connection To Fatal Overdose In Plainview The investigation into a fatal overdose on Long Island is in custody led to the arrest of a man, police said. As part of “Operation Natalie” - the code name for the Nassau County Police Department’s “war against opioids” - detectives were investigating a fatal overdose in Plainview, which led to the arrest of Amityville resident Shaquille Ricks, 25. According to police, at the time of his arrest, Ricks was in possession of acetaminophen, hydrocodone, and marijuana. Ricks was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal sale of a controlled substance. He is schedu…
Couple Charged After Cash, Drugs, Weapons Seized At Home 100 Feet From Long Island HS Couple Charged After Cash, Drugs, Weapons Seized At Home 100 Feet From Long Island HS
Couple Charged After Cash, Drugs, Weapons Seized At Home 100 Feet From Long Island HS A warrant search led to the discovery of a cache of cash, drugs and weapons at a home about 100 feet near a high school on Long Island, where the couple charged were home with children, police said. It happened at Friday morning, Sept. 20 in Bay Shore, Suffolk County Police said. Acting on information from the community, Third Squad Special Operations Team and Narcotics Section detectives, along with the 3rd Precinct Gang Unit, Community Support Unit, and Emergency Service Section officers executed a search warrant at 5 Grace Street at approximately 6:55 a.m. Detectives seized more than 1,…
Two Long Island Marijuana Grow Houses Raided Two Long Island Marijuana Grow Houses Raided
Two Long Island Marijuana Grow Houses Raided Federal and local law enforcement descended on several Long Island residences including two East Patchogue homes as part of a larger operation targeting marijuana grow houses. The warrant raids took place early Wednesday, June 5, at homes on Woodside Avenue and one was executed at a residence on Mount Vernon Avenue, said the Suffolk County Police Department.  The search warrants were pertaining to ongoing narcotics investigations, and several arrests were made and search warrants executed, said Rachael Yong Yow, spokesperson for Homeland Security Investigations (ICE).&nb…
Ex-NYPD Detective Sentenced To Prison For Obstructing Drug Investigation Ex-NYPD Detective Sentenced To Prison For Obstructing Drug Investigation
Ex-nypd Detective Sentenced To Prison For Obstructing Drug Investigation A convicted corrupt former NYPD officer will spend time behind bars after obstructing an investigation into a Westchester drug deal whom he also temporarily ran an illegal sports betting business. Brooklyn resident Saed Rabah, 46, has been sentenced to two years in prison in White Plains federal court for knowingly providing misinformation to a federal law enforcement officer to obstruct a drug investigation into an alleged Yonkers dealer. U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman announced the sentence on Friday, which also carries a year of supervised release and a $10,000 forfeiture. The alleged dr…