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Three Long Island Residents Face Child Porn Charges
Three Long Island residents are among four people facing federal charges for possessing and producing child pornography.
Taylor Pick, of Calverton, Jonathan Beretta, of Centereach, and Maureen Serra, of Lake Ronkonkoma, were taken into custody by law enforcement for their roles in allegedly coercing minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct.
A fourth suspect, Benjamin Downs, of Massachusetts, was also charged.
According to the indictment, the four coerced four minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct to produce and distribute videos and pictures between January last year thr…
Brentwood Man Charged With Distributing Crystal Meth, Ecstasy
A Long Island man is facing charges after allegedly using the dark web to distribute more than a million dollars worth of ecstasy.
Lawrence Ross, 39, of Brentwood, has been charged in federal court in Central Islip for allegedly conspiring to distribute, and distributing, more than 10 kilograms of ecstasy and more than 45 grams of methamphetamine.
Between November last year and this month, Ross allegedly sold controlled substances on the dark web, communicated with customers using the Wickr encrypted messaging application, distributed the drugs through the. mail, and accepted the Bitcoin c…
