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Brentwood MS-13 Member Gets Decades For 'Barbaric' Machete Killings Of 2 Men, Other Crimes Brentwood MS-13 Member Gets Decades For 'Barbaric' Machete Killings Of 2 Men, Other Crimes
Brentwood MS-13 Member Gets Decades For 'Barbaric' Machete Killings Of 2 Men, Other Crimes A member of the notorious MS-13 gang will spend decades in prison for his role in brutally killing two Long Island men and other crimes. Jonathan Hernandez, age 26, of Brentwood, was sentenced to over 43 years in prison in Central Islip federal court on Wednesday, Jan. 31. It followed his guilty plea to racketeering charges in May 2022 stemming from his participation in the January 2016 murder of Michael Johnson and the killing of Oscar Acosta three months later. According to prosecutors, Hernandez is a member of the Sailors clique of MS-13 and wanted to increase his status in the gang. …

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by Michael Mashburn
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‘Drug Dealer In White Coat’: Pharmacist From Long Island Admits Illegally Distributing Opioids ‘Drug Dealer In White Coat’: Pharmacist From Long Island Admits Illegally Distributing Opioids
‘Drug Dealer In White Coat’: Pharmacist From Long Island Admits Illegally Distributing Opioids A New York pharmacist is facing decades in federal prison after admitting that he made hundreds of thousands of dollars by illegally distributing opioid medications. Long Island resident Daniel Russo, age 44, of the village of Cedarhurst in Nassau County, pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including conspiring to distribute and possess oxycodone, in federal court in Brooklyn on Friday, Feb. 17. Federal prosecutors said Russo, who owned and operated Russo’s Pharmacy in Far Rockaway, Queens, conspired with other medical professionals and employees to fill fraudulent prescriptions for oxycod…

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by Michael Mashburn
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MS-13 Gang Member From Suffolk Sentenced For Role In Teen's Murder, Subsequent Shooting MS-13 Gang Member From Suffolk Sentenced For Role In Teen's Murder, Subsequent Shooting
MS-13 Gang Member From Suffolk Sentenced For Role In Teen's Murder, Subsequent Shooting A member of the notorious MS-13 gang will spend decades in federal prison for his role in brutally killing a 19-year-old Long Island man in April 2016. Nelson Argueta-Quintanilla, age 24, of Brentwood, was sentenced to more than 27 years behind bars Tuesday, Nov. 22, in federal court in Central Islip. Earlier Report: Long Island MS-13 Gang Member Admits To 2016 Murder It followed his September 2021 guilty plea to racketeering charges related to the murder of Oscar Acosta, of Brentwood, and attempted murders of suspected rival gang members, along with conspiracy to distribute drugs. Accor…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Duo Charged In Connection With Overdose Deaths Of Four On East End Of Long Island Duo Charged In Connection With Overdose Deaths Of Four On East End Of Long Island
Duo Charged In Connection With Overdose Deaths Of Four On East End Of Long Island Two Long Island men are facing charges for conspiring to distribute drugs that led to the deaths of four people in the East End last summer, federal prosecutors announced. Riverhead residents Marquis Douglas - also known as “Prince,” and “President,” age 36 - and Jesse “Jah” Pace, age 38, were charged in Central Islip federal court with conspiring to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, heroin and crack cocaine. Prosecutors said that the indictment also charges the two with the distribution of controlled substances resulting in four separate deaths on Aug. 13, 2021, and Douglas with possession of …

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by Zak Failla
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New Details Released On NY's $1.1 Billion Settlement With Nation's Biggest Opioid Distributors New Details Released On NY's $1.1 Billion Settlement With Nation's Biggest Opioid Distributors
New Details Released On NY's $1.1 Billion Settlement With Nation's Biggest Opioid Distributors New York has reached a $1.1 billion agreement with three of the nation's largest opioid distributors to help curb and prevent drug use across the state. Attorney General Letitia James announced an agreement with McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health Inc., and Amerisource Bergen Drug Corporation — three of the nation’s largest drug distributors — that will deliver up to $1.1 billion to New York state to combat the ongoing opioid epidemic.  Earlier report: NY, Other States Reach $4.5B Settlement With Purdue Pharma Over Its Role In Opioid Epidemic The agreement is the largest m…

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by Zak Failla
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Former Long Island Doctor Admits To Conspiring To Illegally Distribute Oxycodone, Feds Say Former Long Island Doctor Admits To Conspiring To Illegally Distribute Oxycodone, Feds Say
Former Long Island Doctor Admits To Conspiring To Illegally Distribute Oxycodone, Feds Say A former Long Island doctor has admitted to illegally distributing oxycodone for the better part of a decade, federal officials said. Amityville resident Tameshwar Ammar, a former doctor who operated out of Roslyn, pleaded guilty this week to conspiring to illegally distribute oxycodone. As part of the plea, Ammar agreed to forfeit $245,700 and he relinquished his medical license last month. Acting U.S. Attorney Seth DuCharme said that between 2013 and 2019, Ammar illegally prescribed thousands of oxycodone pills to two people illegally. Ammar wrote the prescriptions without any diagnostic…

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by Zak Failla
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Long Island Pair Nabbed Selling Car Stolen In Suffolk To Online Buyer, Authorities Say Long Island Pair Nabbed Selling Car Stolen In Suffolk To Online Buyer, Authorities Say
Long Island Pair Nabbed Selling Car Stolen In Suffolk To Online Buyer, Authorities Say Police nabbed four men -- two from Long Island -- as they tried to sell a car stolen in Suffolk County to an online buyer in New Jersey, authorities said. The 2014 Mercedes had been reported stolen after the owner’s daughter left it running with the keys inside in Great River, they said. The owner called police in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, at 9:30 p.m. Sunday after the tracking device showed the car at The Station At Lyndhurst Apartments on Chubb Avenue. Sgt. Richard Holicki found the four standing outside the car with the prospective buyer, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Officers Matthe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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More Than Two Dozen Nabbed In Major Suffolk Drug Ring Bust More Than Two Dozen Nabbed In Major Suffolk Drug Ring Bust
More Than Two Dozen Nabbed In Major Suffolk Drug Ring Bust Two dozen people have been arrested in connection with an alleged drug distribution ring operating primarily on the Shinnecock Reservation. The arrest of 24 people was announced on Thursday, Oct. 24, by officials who said the ring sold everything from cocaine and marijuana to opioids and more than $1 million a year in heroin laced with fentanyl. “For far too long, criminals have attempted to evade law enforcement and hide on the Shinnecock Reservation, terrorizing the law-abiding citizens of the Shinnecock Nation by selling drugs and committing various acts of violence, but that e…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Bloods Gang Member Indicted For Double Homicide, Racketeering On Long Island Bloods Gang Member Indicted For Double Homicide, Racketeering On Long Island
Bloods Gang Member Indicted For Double Homicide, Racketeering On Long Island An alleged 25-year-old member of the Bloods street gang is facing charges for racketeering and a double homicide near a Long Island Railroad station, U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue announced. Farmingville resident Taheem Smith - also known as “Ta” - was arraigned in Central Islip federal court on an 11-count indictment charging him with racketeering, murders in aid of racketeering of David Arzu and Janelle Curella, robbery, weapons charges, and drug possession and distribution.  It is alleged that on Sept. 2, 2016, Arzu, Curella, and two others were walking toward the Long Island Railr…

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by Zak Failla
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18 Accused Of Running Heroin, Cocaine Distribution Ring Across Western Suffolk County 18 Accused Of Running Heroin, Cocaine Distribution Ring Across Western Suffolk County
18 Accused Of Running Heroin, Cocaine Distribution Ring Across Western Suffolk County Eighteen suspects on Long Island are facing charges after being indicted for allegedly operating a heroin and cocaine distribution ring in Suffolk County. An investigation was launched by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office and the Suffolk County Police Department in December last year into the alleged trafficking of drugs in western Suffolk County. The investigation determined that Daniel Ayala, of Babylon, along with his co-conspirators, allegedly trafficked “significant quantities of narcotics into Suffolk County, including crack and powder cocaine and heroin." Jason Brewton…

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by Zak Failla