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Toddler's Death From Fentanyl, Heroin, Cocaine Leads To Manslaughter Conviction For NY Dad
A New York father whose toddler son died from a lethal cocktail of fentanyl and other hard drugs pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
Long Island resident Wilkens Adonis, 39, of Holbrook, entered the formal plea in Suffolk County Court on Monday, March 17, in the death of his 14-month-old son, Joseph.
Suffolk County Police were called to Adonis’ residence on the morning of Jan. 3, 2024, for an unresponsive child, prosecutors said. They found the boy unconscious in a bedroom shared by Adonis and the boy’s mother, Daryllee Leibrook.
The boy was taken by ambulance to Stony Brook University Hospita…
Stocks Plummet After Trump Says Tariffs On Canada, Mexico Will Start, Igniting Trade War Fears
President Donald Trump announced that tariffs on Canada and Mexico will take effect in less than a day, sending the stock market tumbling amid fears of a trade war.
Trump said on Monday afternoon, March 3, that the US will impose 25 percent rates on imports from the two neighboring nations and the United States’ primary trading partners, effectively quashing any last-minute hopes for a negotiated agreement.
“There’s no room left for Mexico or for Canada” to negotiate to prevent the tariffs from taking effect on Tuesday, March 4, Trump said at the White House, adding, “They’re all set.”
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6 Poisoned By Fentanyl, 3 Die: Dealer In Hudson Valley Gets Prison Time
A drug dealer from Rockland County will spend more than two decades behind bars for distributing fentanyl that led to the deaths of three young people and the poisonings of three others, prosecutors announced.
Justin Turnick, age 26, of Congers, was sentenced to over 21 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute fentanyl, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Thursday, Feb. 20.
According to prosecutors, Turnick regularly sold fentanyl in various forms—including pills, pure fentanyl, and fentanyl-laced powder—to membe…
Drug Raid: Fentanyl, Cocaine, Cash Seized From Poughkeepsie Pair, DA Says
A major drug bust in Dutchess County led to the arrests of two alleged high-level narcotics dealers after coordinated raids in Poughkeepsie, authorities announced.
The Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office Drug Task Force executed simultaneous search warrants on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, at a residence on Marshall Street and the Poughkeepsie Commons Apartment Complex, the DA's office announced Tuesday, Feb. 18. The operation resulted in the seizure of large quantities of cocaine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, packaging materials, scales, U.S. currency, and two vehicles, officials said.
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Fentanyl Sales Hub Shut Down In Dutchess: 20-Year-Old Man Charged, Police Say
A 20-year-old man faces charges following a raid on a Dutchess County apartment linked to narcotics sales, authorities said.
The Dutchess County Drug Task Force, acting on months of community reports about drug activity on South Clinton Street, executed a search warrant at a Poughkeepsie apartment on the evening of Thursday, Feb. 13, the task force announced on Friday, Feb. 14.
The raid, conducted with assistance from the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Service Unit (SWAT), the City of Poughkeepsie Police and Neighborhood Recovery Unit, and the Dutchess County Sheriff…
