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Jeffrey Sloan, 62, was arraigned on more than 30 drug-related charges in Suffolk County Court on Monday, March 10, after an investigation turned up enough fentanyl to kill 250,000 people, Suffolk County prosecutors said.
An investigation found that Sloan sold heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, and Xanax to a 25-year-old Brentwood man just two days before the man died from an overdose, according to prosecutors.
A search of the victim’s phone revealed he had sent text messages to Sloan ordering 13 bags of heroin and one Xanax pill in exchange for the negotiated price of $140, prosecutors said. The men reportedly arranged to meet at a 7-Eleven store on Crooked Hill Road in Brentwood on Tuesday, Feb. 4.
Suffolk County Police obtained surveillance video from the store that showed the victim withdraw cash from an ATM before Sloan gave him the drugs, according to prosecutors.
An autopsy conducted by the Suffolk County Medical Examiner found that the victim died from mixed drug intoxication after ingesting fentanyl, cocaine, ketamine, morphine, and fentanyl analogues.
Sloan was arrested following a police search of his Central Islip home and camper on Thursday, Feb. 6, two days after the man’s death. Inside, they uncovered over 16 ounces of fentanyl and heroin–enough to kill a quarter-million people, prosecutors alleged.
Police also found more than a half ounce of cocaine, over 100 assorted pills, including Xanax and oxycodone, along with a detailed drug transaction ledger, scales, cutting agents, and packaging materials, prosecutors said.
Officers also arrested Sloan’s 33-year-old relative, Rashad Sloan, after finding cocaine, a pistol, a high-capacity magazine, and cash in his bedroom, according to investigators.
In court Monday, Jeffrey Sloan was indicted on 31 counts, including thirteen counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance. He faces up to 24 years in prison if convicted on the top count.
Rashad Sloan faces six counts, including criminal possession of a controlled substance and of a firearm. He faces up to nine years in prison.
Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney said his office would continue pushing for state lawmakers to pass the so-called "Death by Dealer" statute, which would make it so drug dealers are charged with homicide for fatal overdoses they cause.
“I have said it time and time again: we will not tolerate the sale of these poisonsin Suffolk County,” Tierney said. “My office will prosecute those responsible for selling deadly drugs and causing fatal overdoses to the fullest extent possible."
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