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Matthew Leshinsky, age 23, of Levittown, was indicted on over a dozen drug charges in Suffolk County Court on Monday, July 3, following a raid on his business, Quantitative Laboratories, in Ronkonkoma.
It came nearly a month after Suffolk County Police officers were called to the facility on Pond Road at around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 7, with reports of a burglary.
While searching the building for suspects, they uncovered over 20 plastic, 55-gallon drums containing Gamma-butyrolactone (GBL), which is often used as a substitute for what's commonly referred to as the “date rape drug,” according to the Suffolk County DA’s Office.
Officers also found evidence of a methamphetamine laboratory, along with cocaine, ecstasy, and $40,000 in cash.
“This defendant allegedly manufactured illicit synthetic drugs from a clandestine drug lab in Ronkonkoma, posing a grave risk to the safety and welfare of citizens of Suffolk County and the environment,” Suffolk County DA Raymond Tierney said in a statement.
In court Monday, Leshinsky was arraigned on the following charges:
- 10 counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance (felonies and misdemeanors)
- Unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine (felony)
- Unlawful disposal of methamphetamine laboratory material (felony)
- Criminal possession of methamphetamine manufacturing material
- Reckless endangerment
Leshinsky was ordered held on $500,000 cash bail or $1 million bond. He is scheduled to appear back in court on Wednesday, Aug. 2.
On his LinkedIn page, he describes Quantitative Laboratories as a “new testing laboratory opened for the quantitative analysis of cannabis within the state of New York.”
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