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Sentenced: Heroin Dealer Feigned Addiction To Get Clients, Resulting In Fatal Jericho Overdose Sentenced: Heroin Dealer Feigned Addiction To Get Clients, Resulting In Fatal Jericho Overdose
Sentenced: Heroin Dealer Feigned Addiction To Get Clients, Resulting In Fatal Jericho Overdose A Long Island drug dealer who faked addiction in order to get out of jail and amass clients in rehab has been sentenced to spend three decades behind bars, authorities announced. James Tunstall, also known as “Math,” was sentenced on Thursday, July 20 to 30 years in prison for distributing heroin which led to the death of a 24-year-old Jericho man, the US District Attorney’s Eastern District of New York Office announced. According to his trial, Tunstall, aged 48, sold both cocaine and heroin regularly to customers in Nassau County. Earlier Report: Drug Dealer Guilty In Man's Overd…

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by Sophie Grieser
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Alert Issued For Wanted Nassau County Woman Alert Issued For Wanted Nassau County Woman
Alert Issued For Wanted Nassau County Woman An alert has been issued by police in for a Long Island woman who violated her probation after allegedly overdosing on heroin and crashing her vehicle into a storage unit. The Nassau County Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in tracking down Kristie Steele, 34, of Island Park, who is wanted by the Nassau County Court for allegedly violating the conditions of her probation following her arrest for the crash. Steele was driving south on National Boulevard in February 2017 when she lost control of her vehicle, hit a snow bank and struck the storage pod. Upon arrival, office…

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by Zak Failla