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Sentenced: Heroin Dealer Feigned Addiction To Get Clients, Resulting In Fatal LI Overdose Sentenced: Heroin Dealer Feigned Addiction To Get Clients, Resulting In Fatal LI Overdose
Sentenced: Heroin Dealer Feigned Addiction To Get Clients, Resulting In Fatal LI Overdose A Long Island drug dealer who faked addiction in order to get out of jail and amass clients in rehab has been sentenced to spend three decades behind bars, authorities announced. James Tunstall, also known as “Math,” was sentenced on Thursday, July 20 to 30 years in prison for distributing heroin which led to the death of a 24-year-old Jericho man, the US District Attorney’s Eastern District of New York Office announced. According to his trial, Tunstall, aged 48, sold both cocaine and heroin regularly to customers in Nassau County. Earlier Report: Drug Dealer Guilty In Man's Overd…

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'Hit Squad' Gang Member Sold Hundreds Of Opioids Laced With Fentanyl On Long Island, Feds Say 'Hit Squad' Gang Member Sold Hundreds Of Opioids Laced With Fentanyl On Long Island, Feds Say
'Hit Squad' Gang Member Sold Hundreds Of Opioids Laced With Fentanyl On Long Island, Feds Say A suspected gang member is facing federal charges for allegedly selling hundreds of counterfeit opioid pills laced with fentanyl on Long Island. Fernando Cooper, age 21, of Ronkonkoma, is charged with conspiring to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl in Suffolk County, according to an indictment unsealed in federal court in Central Islip. Prosecutors said Cooper, also known as “Pablo,” sold and possessed with the intention of selling more than 500 counterfeit opioid pills that contained approximately 56 grams of fentanyl between December 2021 and July 2022. They were made to look lik…

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Former NY Doctor Sentenced For Conspiring To Illegally Distribute Oxycodone Former NY Doctor Sentenced For Conspiring To Illegally Distribute Oxycodone
Former NY Doctor Sentenced For Conspiring To Illegally Distribute Oxycodone A former New York doctor was sentenced for illegally prescribing thousands of oxycodone pills to two people. Long Island resident Tameshwar Ammar, age 53, of Amityville, was sentenced on Thursday, Oct. 7, to five years in prison for conspiring to illegally distribute oxycodone, according to Jacquelyn Kasulis, acting United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York. He also agreed to forfeit $245,700 in criminal proceeds. Kasulis said Ammar pleaded guilty to the charge in July of 2020. He relinquished his license to practice medicine in June of that year. He had been practic…

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by Nicole Valinote