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Hempstead's Trevor Lawry Trafficked Oxy, Xanax, More
A Long Island man has been sentenced to a stay in prison after being convicted of a yearslong scheme of forging prescriptions and reselling the drugs on the street. Trevor Lawry, age 38 of Hempstead, received his eight-year sentence on Wednesday, April 17, the United States Attorney’s Office Eastern District of New York announced. Lawry was convicted for orchestrating a conspiracy to divert Oxycodone and a myriad of other medications — including Adderall, Alprazolam (Xanax), and Promethazine with codeine syrup — from a Hempstead pharmacy to then resell. The scheme took place from Februa…
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Adderall Swipers: Police Search For Quartet Who Broke Into Long Island Pharmacy
Detectives are asking for the community’s help in locating and identifying four people who they say burgled a Long Island pharmacy and made off with cash and Adderall. The incident occurred on Monday, June 5 at the Great Neck Precision Pharmacy, located at 665 Middle Neck Road, according to Nassau County police. At approximately 4:40 a.m., four men broke the pharmacy’s glass front door and entered the building. The thieves took eight bottles of Adderall, an amphetamine commonly used to treat ADHD, and $100 cash. The quartet fled in a four-door gray SUV in an unknown direction. All s…
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Warning Issued For Fentanyl-Laced Adderall After College Student Dies From Overdose
Colleges are issuing warnings about fentanyl-laced Adderall after one student died and another is in critical condition after using the fake drug. Ohio State University in Columbus issued an urgent warning on Thursday, May 5, after three students overdosed, with one later dying and one remaining in critical condition. Columbus Public Health said the fake Adderall pills appear to contain fentanyl, causing an increase in overdoses and hospitalizations. "Our community has suffered a tragic loss with the death of one of our students earlier today," said Ohio State president Kristina M. J…
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Lethal Drugs Disguised As Prescription Pills Being Peddled On Long Island, DA Warns
Counterfeit prescription pills that are made of potentially lethal substances such as methamphetamine and fentanyl have been making the rounds on Long Island, authorities are warning. Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini has issued an alert cautioning that police on Long Island have seen a new trend of methamphetamine being pressed into pills and marketed as Adderall. Fentanyl has also been marketed as subscription Oxycodone, Sini noted, creating a potential hazard situation on Long Island. “This is an extremely alarming trend that can put users’ lives at risk,” he said. "Anytime…
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Long Island Doctor Charged With Illegally Prescribing Opioids
A 74-year-old doctor has been arraigned on a 54-count indictment charging him with allegedly selling opioids and amphetamine prescriptions on Long Island. A lengthy investigation into several opioid overdoses last year led to the arrest of George Blatti, a doctor in Rockville Centre who allegedly prescribed opioids to patients without examining them. The investigation into Blatti determined that some of his patients had an inordinate number of prescriptions for opioids that were written by Blatti, a general practitioner originally licensed to practice medicine in 1976, who had no spec…
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