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'Panicked' Addict Admits Dismembering Body Of OD Victim, Scattering Remains Across Patchogue 'Panicked' Addict Admits Dismembering Body Of OD Victim, Scattering Remains Across Patchogue
'Panicked' Addict Admits Dismembering Body Of OD Victim, Scattering Remains Across Patchogue A man formally confessed to mutilating a friend’s body and scattering the woman’s remains across Long Island. Gary Cowell, 72, of Patchogue, pleaded guilty to concealing a human corpse and related charges in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, Jan. 16, in connection to the death of Yvette Leonard. Suffolk County Police interviewed Cowell after learning that he was the last person to see Leonard alive in June 2024, according to the district attorney’s office. After multiple interviews with witnesses and numerous subpoenas and search warrants, Cowell confessed to detectives that he panicked af…

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Smithtown Dealer's Fentanyl Killed 17-Year-Old Girl, DA Says Smithtown Dealer's Fentanyl Killed 17-Year-Old Girl, DA Says
Smithtown Dealer's Fentanyl Killed 17-Year-Old Girl, DA Says An admitted drug dealer was formally charged in connection with the overdose death of a 17-year-old Long Island girl. Daquan Booker, age 34, of Smithtown, was arraigned on multiple drug charges in Nassau County Court on Tuesday, Oct. 15, following the death of Garden City High School senior Grace Wrightington. Prosecutors said Booker met with the teen on at least two occasions in July 2023 and sold her purported oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl. The synthetic opioid – more than 100 times stronger than morphine – has contributed to a growing number of overdose deaths across the country in…

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by Michael Mashburn