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Couple's Fentanyl With 'Zombie Drug' Sold Outside Long Island Nursing Home, Feds Say Couple's Fentanyl With 'Zombie Drug' Sold Outside Long Island Nursing Home, Feds Say
Couple's Fentanyl With 'Zombie Drug' Sold Outside Long Island Nursing Home, Feds Say A Long Island couple is facing federal charges after allegedly selling enough fentanyl to potentially kill hundreds of thousands. Levar Jackson, age 44, and Jaclyn Misuraca, age 45, both of Islip Terrace, were arraigned on charges of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in Central Islip federal court on Wednesday, Feb. 7. Prosecutors said the pair sold nearly 270 grams of the drug in public locations across Long Island between May 2023 and January 2024. The drugs were allegedly sold in broad daylight, including in residential areas and outside of stores. Several of the transactions took plac…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Heroin-Overdosing Passenger Saved By Long Island Police Recruit On NY Flight Heroin-Overdosing Passenger Saved By Long Island Police Recruit On NY Flight
Heroin-Overdosing Passenger Saved By Long Island Police Recruit On NY Flight A Long Island police recruit ready to unwind on a California vacation sprang into action when a fellow passenger became unconscious aboard a flight from New York. Suffolk County Police recruit Richard Scriven had just boarded his flight at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens on Friday, July 21, bound for his sister’s wedding, when a flight attendant came on the loudspeaker asking for trained medical professionals. Scriven, a former paramedic at Stony Brook University Hospital who recently completed his five-week medical training at the police academy, answered the call, accordin…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Dealer Sold Deadly 'Fetty Mix' To Long Island Woman Who Overdosed, DA Says Dealer Sold Deadly 'Fetty Mix' To Long Island Woman Who Overdosed, DA Says
Dealer Sold Deadly 'Fetty Mix' To Long Island Woman Who Overdosed, DA Says An accused drug dealer is facing multiple charges in connection to a Long Island woman’s overdose death. Jaquan Casserly, age 34, of Holbrook, was arraigned in Suffolk County Court Friday, Jan. 27, months after allegedly selling fentanyl to a Lake Grove woman who later died, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. Police were called to the woman’s home on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022 with reports of an apparent overdose. The woman’s mother found her unresponsive in a bathroom, according to investigators. Officers administered Narcan, which is used to reverse the effects of a…

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by Michael Mashburn
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State Trooper Suffers Opioid Exposure After Overdose Crash On Hempstead Highway, Police Say State Trooper Suffers Opioid Exposure After Overdose Crash On Hempstead Highway, Police Say
State Trooper Suffers Opioid Exposure After Overdose Crash On Hempstead Highway, Police Say A New York State Police trooper was hospitalized for possible opioid exposure while responding to a suspected overdose crash on a state highway. State Police on Long Island were initially called at around 1:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, with reports of an erratic driver in Hempstead, heading southbound on the Wantagh State Parkway near Hempstead Turnpike. When troopers arrived, they found the vehicle disabled after a crash. The driver, 35-year-old Jaqueline Ann Morales, of East Meadow, was unresponsive and suffering symptoms believed to be an opioid overdose, police said. The troopers admini…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Police Officer Revived By Narcan After Possible Fentanyl Exposure At HQ In NY Police Officer Revived By Narcan After Possible Fentanyl Exposure At HQ In NY
Police Officer Revived By Narcan After Possible Fentanyl Exposure At HQ In NY A police officer in Westchester County was hospitalized after being exposed to a substance believed to be fentanyl at police headquarters. The incident happened on Thursday, Jan. 12, around 4 p.m., when a Yonkers Police Detention Officer working in the central booking facility at the department's headquarters located at 104 South Broadway came in contact with a piece of prisoner clothing and had a medical emergency, according to Yonkers Police.  It is currently believed that the substance was fentanyl.  The officer, who has been with the department for 10 years, was given three d…

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by Ben Crnic
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NY Health Commissioner Orders All Pharmacies To Carry Overdose Medication Naloxone NY Health Commissioner Orders All Pharmacies To Carry Overdose Medication Naloxone
NY Health Commissioner Orders All Pharmacies To Carry Overdose Medication Naloxone Pharmacies in New York will soon be required to carry and dispense naloxone, the medicine used to quickly reverse the life-threatening effects of an opioid overdose. The state’s health commissioner, Dr. Mary Bassett, issued a statewide standing order for all pharmacies to carry the medication and dispense it without a prescription beginning Monday, Aug. 15. “This is as close as we can get to naloxone being 'over the counter' without action being taken by the US Food and Drug Administration,” Bassett said. Often sold under the brand name Narcan, naloxone is easily administered and can help…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Authorities Issue Alert For Fentanyl-Laced Drugs After Six College Students On Spring Break OD Authorities Issue Alert For Fentanyl-Laced Drugs After Six College Students On Spring Break OD
Authorities Issue Alert For Fentanyl-Laced Drugs After Six College Students On Spring Break OD Updated story: West Point Cadets ID'd As Six Spring Breakers Who Overdosed, Report Says As spring break starts to get into full swing, law enforcement officials are warning about the dangers of fentanyl-laced drugs after six students overdosed on what they thought was cocaine. The six spring breakers were found inside a vacation rental home in Florida after using cocaine that was laced with fentanyl, leaving one in critical condition inFort Lauderdale, authorities said.   Locally, law enforcement said they are seeing a "tremendous" number of fatal overdose deaths from drugs with fentanyl.…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Latest LI Overdose Victim Revived, May Be Linked To Lethal Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine, Police Say Latest LI Overdose Victim Revived, May Be Linked To Lethal Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine, Police Say
Latest LI Overdose Victim Revived, May Be Linked To Lethal Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine, Police Say Police on Long Island say another overdose victim who was revived may be linked to fentanyl-laced cocaine that has caused six deaths and several overdoses. In Suffolk County, Southold Police Chief Martin Flatley said a 34-year-old victim from Laurel suffered an overdose at his home, but was revived with Narcan. With the number of deaths, the chief is encouraging any residents who have purchased any kind of narcotics on the North Fork or Shelter Island in the last two weeks or knows of a family member that may have purchased some, to get rid of them in a safe manner. The overdoses and …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Warning Issued For Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine After Fatal Long Island Overdoses Warning Issued For Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine After Fatal Long Island Overdoses
Warning Issued For Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine After Fatal Long Island Overdoses Alarm bells are sounding for some officials on Long Island following a recent rash of fatal overdoses involving fentanyl-laced cocaine. In the past eight days, officers on Long Island have responded to at least nine overdoses that led to six deaths, largely in Suffolk County, including multiple fatalities in the North Fork and Shelter Island. Officials said that anyone who may have purchased cocaine in the past few weeks on the North Fork or Shelter Island, or knows someone who has, to safely dispose of the products out of precaution. Police said that fentanyl, which is at least 50 times …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Man Given Multiple Doses Of Narcan Following Menacing Incident At LIRR Station, Police Say Man Given Multiple Doses Of Narcan Following Menacing Incident At LIRR Station, Police Say
Man Given Multiple Doses Of Narcan Following Menacing Incident At Lirr Station, Police Say A man was given multiple doses of Narcan after numerous incidents of physical menacing took place at an LIRR station, according to authorities. The incidents began around 9:40 a.m., Thursday, April 8, at the Bellerose LIRR station, said the Nassau County Police. According to detectives, officers responded to the station for a call of a man physically menacing three women at three separate locations in the station. Upon arrival, officers located the man, who was acting irrationally and was being detained by three bystanders.  As officers were placing the man into handcuffs to place he…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Officers Use Narcan To Rescue 23-Year-Old Nassau County Overdose Victim Officers Use Narcan To Rescue 23-Year-Old Nassau County Overdose Victim
Officers Use Narcan To Rescue 23-Year-Old Nassau County Overdose Victim Some fast-acting first responders in Nassau County may have saved the life of a 23-year-old Long Island man suffering from a potentially fatal overdose. Officers from the Nassau County Police Department’s Sixth Precinct responded to a Meadow Lane residence at approximately 10:45 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 15 in Glen Head, where there was a report of a possible drug overdose. Police said that the officers, along with paramedics, found an unresponsive man inside the home upon arrival. A Nassau County Police officer and police medic administered Narcan to the overdose victim, who “immediately showe…

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by Zak Failla