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Holtsville Man Nabbed During Fatal Overdose Investigation, Police Say
Police on Long Island have arrested a man in connection with a fatal overdose.
Holtsville resident Nicholas Mayfield, age 40, was nabbed in Uniondale at about 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, Nassau County Police said.
According to police, Mayfield was taken into custody after authorities began investigating the fatal overdose death of a Nassau County resident.
Further details, including the victim’s name, were not released.
Mayfield is charged with:
Criminal possession of a controlled substance, two counts of varying degrees;
Criminal sale of a controlled substance, two counts of…
Hudson Valley Man Admits Selling Fentanyl In Deadly Overdose, DA Says
A Hudson Valley man has pleaded guilty to selling fentanyl to an area man who died from an overdose.
Orange County resident Timothy Lempicki, age 36, of Washingtonville, a village in Blooming Grove, pled guilty on Wednesday, April 3, to the crimes of manslaughter and criminal sale of a controlled substance in connection with the death of a man who was found dead in New Windsor on Sunday, July 17, 2022.
An autopsy revealed that the man had died due to a fatal overdose of fentanyl, said Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler.
At the time that he pled guilty, Lempicki admitted th…
Poughkeepsie Duo Nabbed With Gun, Drugs By Task Force, Police Say
A Hudson Valley man and woman were allegedly nabbed with a loaded gun and drugs during an operation by a drug task force.
The arrests took place in Dutchess County, on Thursday, Feb. 15 in Poughkeepsie.
According to Sgt. Adam Harris of the Dutchess County Drug Task Force, James E. Morris, age 51, and Jonette Drake, age 43, both of Poughkeepsie, were charged after an investigation into drug sales in the area.
The two were busted when Morris sold cocaine to the Drug Task Force multiple times, said Harris.
At the time of his arrest Drake, who was with Morris, was found to be in&nb…
Suspect Nabbed For Selling Fentanyl That Led To Victim's Death In Yorktown: Police
A 34-year-old faces charges after selling fentanyl to a victim who later died from an overdose in Northern Westchester, police announced.
The suspect, a Lewisboro resident whose name has not yet been released, was arrested on Thursday, Jan. 11 in connection with a fatal overdose that happened in Yorktown in late October 2023, Yorktown Police announced on Saturday, Jan. 13.
On the day of the overdose, Monday, October 23 at around 9:30 p.m., officers and paramedics responded to a home on Baldwin Road and attempted to save the victim's life. However, they were later pronounced dead…
Fentanyl, Cocaine, Crack: Trio Caught After String Of Island Park Drug Sales, Police Say
Three alleged drug dealers were taken into custody after police discovered they were behind a string of fentanyl and cocaine sales on Long Island.
On Friday, Oct. 6, Nassau County Police arrested the following people, all Island Park residents:
Robert Stockdale, age 38;
Christine Lyons, age 40;
Joseph Zimatore, age 58.
The three were nabbed in a 6 a.m. raid, where officers found cocaine, crack, fentanyl, meth, heroin, packing materials, and cash in the house the three shared.
An investigation determined that Stockdale and Zimatore sold the drugs to customers on at least six different o…
Deer Park Man Sold Fentanyl-Laced Pills To Undercover Cop, Jury Finds
A Long Island man was convicted by a jury of his peers for selling pills laced with fentanyl at an LIRR train station.
Anthony Alexander, age 57, of Deer Park, was found guilty Thursday, March 30, of selling the opioid-laced pills under the guise that they were oxycodone, the Suffolk County DA said.
Alexander sold what he said were oxycodone pills to an undercover investigator two times in January 2022. Subsequent testing of the pills sold to the investigator revealed that they were fentanyl, not oxycodone.
Police arrested Alexander on January 20, 2022, at the Babylon train station. Inves…
Trio Trafficked Ghost Guns, Cocaine In Port Chester, Officials Say
Three men face numerous charges after allegedly trafficking ghost guns, assault weapons, and large quantities of cocaine from Massachusetts to New York, officials said.
The trafficking operation was taken down on Wednesday, March 15 after a 16-month investigation by the New York State Office of the Attorney General’s Organized Crime Task Force and the New York Drug Enforcement Task Force, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced.
The three men charged after the take-down were Eduardo Hernandez, age 29, of Jamaica, New York; Euclides Castillo, age 30,…
Suffolk County Man Accused Of Dealing Fentanyl
A Long Island man has been arrested for allegedly dealing fentanyl throughout the area.
Following a four-month-long investigation, detectives from Suffolk County arrested Leury Rodriguez, aka "Primo," age 27, of Brentwood, after he conducted a drug deal in Islandia on Monday, Feb. 7, and was found in possession of more than a quarter kilo of fentanyl, said the Suffolk County Police.
Later that day, detectives executed a search warrant at Rodriguez’s residence and seized:
Approximately two kilograms of fentanyl, which has an estimated street value of $220,000
A loaded 9mm handgun without …
Two Suffolk County Men Arrested In Connection With Overdose Death, Police Say
Two Long Island men have been arrested in connection with an overdose death.
Two Suffolk County men, Justin Ivanditto, age 30, Bay Shore, and Kendel Burnette, age 29, of Amityville, were arrested in connection with the Sunday, Dec. 5 death of a person in North Massapequa in Nassau County.
According to Narcotics/Vice Squad detectives, an investigation into a fatal overdose of a Nassau County resident led to the arrest of the two men.
Ivanditto was charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance and resisting arrest.
Burnette was charged with three counts of criminal sa…
Man Busted Selling Drugs Near Long Island Clinic, Police Say
A Long Island has been arrested for the alleged criminal sale of a controlled substance.
David Robinson, age 62, of Huntington Station, was arrested around 7:16 a.m., Wednesday, March 17, by the Nassau County Police's Major Case Bureau in East Meadow.
According to detectives, an investigation was conducted into the sale of narcotics near the Methadone Clinic, located in the vicinity of the Nassau University Medical Center at 2201 Hempstead Turnpike. The investigation led to the arrest of Robinson, police said.
Robinson was charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance and criminal p…
