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Bucks Man Sentenced For Selling Pills That Led To Deadly Overdose: DA Bucks Man Sentenced For Selling Pills That Led To Deadly Overdose: DA
Bucks Man Sentenced For Selling Pills That Led To Deadly Overdose: DA A Morrisville man will spend up to 14 years in state prison in connection with a fentanyl death, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said Thursday.  Joeshae Bussey, 43, previously pleaded guilty to drug delivery resulting in death, possession of a controlled substance, criminal use of a communication facility and involuntary manslaughter, according to prosecutors.  Authorities said Bussey sold 37-year-old Ryan Dillon the pills that killed him on Dec. 23, 2022. Prosecutors said the pair had previously lived together in a recovery house.  Dillon was foun…
West Babylon Man 'Poisoned' Prominent Transgender Activist, 'Pose' Star Who OD'd: Feds West Babylon Man 'Poisoned' Prominent Transgender Activist, 'Pose' Star Who OD'd: Feds
West Babylon Man 'Poisoned' Prominent Transgender Activist, 'Pose' Star Who OD'd: Feds Two New York men are facing federal charges in the death of a prominent transgender activist, performer, and author. Long Island resident Antonio Venti, age 52, of West Babylon and Michael Kuilan, age 44, of Brooklyn, were arraigned on a four-count indictment in Brooklyn federal court on Monday, April 1. Prosecutors said Venti and Kuilan sold heroin laced with fentanyl to Cecilia Gentili. NYPD officers responded to the 52-year-old’s Brooklyn home on Feb. 6 following a 911 call from her partner. Gentili was found dead in her bedroom. An autopsy determined that she died from the combined eff…
Heroin, Fentanyl Dealer Arrested In Wildwood: Prosecutors Heroin, Fentanyl Dealer Arrested In Wildwood: Prosecutors
Heroin, Fentanyl Dealer Arrested In Wildwood: Prosecutors A Cape May County man was accused of selling heroin mixed with fentanyl, authorities said. Christian Ramos, 29, of Wildwood, was arrested on Friday, Mar. 15, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland announced in a news release. Agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Homeland Security Investigations helped police search Ramos, his vehicle, and several locations throughout Wildwood and Middle Township. Officers seized about 1,000 bags of heroin and $5,450 in cash. Laboratory analysis determined that previously seized heroin tested positive for fentanyl and xyl…
Rio Grande Man Found With More Than 2,000 Heroin Bags: Prosecutors Rio Grande Man Found With More Than 2,000 Heroin Bags: Prosecutors
Rio Grande Man Found With More Than 2,000 Heroin Bags: Prosecutors A Cape May County man was charged after police found him with more than 2,000 bags of heroin, authorities announced. Kelvin Claudio, 35, of Rio Grande, was arrested on Friday, Feb. 23, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland announced in a news release. His arrest came after an investigation that included agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations. Police executed a search warrant on Claudio and several locations throughout Middle Township. Officers seized about 2,100 bags of suspected heroin and $1,373 in cash. Suspected h…
Islip Terrace Couple's Fentanyl With 'Zombie Drug' Sold Outside Nursing Home, Feds Say Islip Terrace Couple's Fentanyl With 'Zombie Drug' Sold Outside Nursing Home, Feds Say
Islip Terrace Couple's Fentanyl With 'Zombie Drug' Sold Outside Nursing Home, Feds Say A Long Island couple is facing federal charges after allegedly selling enough fentanyl to potentially kill hundreds of thousands. Levar Jackson, age 44, and Jaclyn Misuraca, age 45, both of Islip Terrace, were arraigned on charges of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in Central Islip federal court on Wednesday, Feb. 7. Prosecutors said the pair sold nearly 270 grams of the drug in public locations across Long Island between May 2023 and January 2024. The drugs were allegedly sold in broad daylight, including in residential areas and outside of stores. Several of the transactions took plac…
Undercover Op. Seizes 400K Doses Of Fentanyl, Heroin, Xylazine Worth $3.6 Million: Montco DA Undercover Op. Seizes 400K Doses Of Fentanyl, Heroin, Xylazine Worth $3.6 Million: Montco DA
Undercover Op. Seizes 400K Doses Of Fentanyl, Heroin, Xylazine Worth $3.6 Million: Montco DA Two Philadelphia men and approximately 400,000 doses of drugs were taken off the streets in an undercover operation by the Liberty Mid-Atlantic High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, Drug Enforcement Administration–Philadelphia Field Division, Pennsylvania State Police–Drug Law Team, Upper Merion Township Department of Public Safety, and the Montgomery County District Attorney's office according to a joint release on Friday, Jan. 25.  Richard Nunez, 45, and Javier Cornelio Fabian, 43, were arrested on Thursday on "multiple felony charges related to oper…
Patchogue Man Admits Selling Fentanyl, Cocaine While Awaiting Sentence In Separate Drug Case Patchogue Man Admits Selling Fentanyl, Cocaine While Awaiting Sentence In Separate Drug Case
Patchogue Man Admits Selling Fentanyl, Cocaine While Awaiting Sentence In Separate Drug Case Not even a pending prison sentence could stop this admitted dealer from selling dangerous opioids on the streets of Long Island. Randheer Shewprashad, age 25, of Patchogue, pleaded guilty to drug and weapons charges in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, Jan. 18. Prosecutors said Shewprashad was first arrested in May 2023 after he sold fentanyl and cocaine to undercover officers on two different occasions between March and April 2023. When the Suffolk County Police Department executed a search warrant at his Patchogue home, they reportedly found cocaine and fentanyl, as well as two semi-auto…
Dealers Behind Fatal ODs Would Be Charged With Manslaughter Under NY Bill: 'This Is A Crisis' Dealers Behind Fatal ODs Would Be Charged With Manslaughter Under NY Bill: 'This Is A Crisis'
Dealers Behind Fatal ODs Would Be Charged With Manslaughter Under NY Bill: 'This Is A Crisis' Drug dealers in New York could soon face manslaughter charges for selling narcotics that result in fatal overdoses. State lawmakers are considering a bill that would make selling, delivering, or otherwise administering a controlled substance eligible for manslaughter charges if someone later dies from an overdose. Under current law, a person who provides an illicit drug that results in death can typically only be charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance, a non-violent felony. Related Report: 'Gone Forever': Yonkers Mom Recounts Teen's Overdose On 'Red Table Talk' The bi…
Drug Dealer From Kent Convicted After Being Linked To Fatal Overdose: 'Career Criminal' Drug Dealer From Kent Convicted After Being Linked To Fatal Overdose: 'Career Criminal'
Drug Dealer From Kent Convicted After Being Linked To Fatal Overdose: 'Career Criminal' A Hudson Valley drug dealer faces decades in prison after being convicted of selling a dangerous drug concoction that caused a fatal overdose, officials announced.  Putnam County resident William Mancusi III of Kent, age 47, was convicted on charges in connection to a fatal drug overdose that happened in November 2021 in Southeast, Putnam County District Attorney Robert Tendy announced on Wednesday, Jan. 17.  According to Tendy's office, the events leading up to Mancusi's conviction began on Nov. 12, 2021, when New York State Police investigators responded to a fatal ove…
24-Year-Old Charged In Connection With Ellington Man's Overdose Death 24-Year-Old Charged In Connection With Ellington Man's Overdose Death
24-Year-Old Charged In Connection With Ellington Man's Overdose Death A young man has been arrested and is now facing manslaughter charges after he allegedly sold narcotics to a Connecticut resident who later fatally overdosed, police said. Tolland County resident Charles R. Lewis III, age 24 from the town of Ellington, was arrested on a warrant on Monday, Jan. 8 for his supposed connection to a man’s September 2023 death, according to the Connecticut State Police. Just after 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, a 24-year-old man (whose name has not been released) was found dead in his Ellington bedroom of what was determined to be an overdose of fentanyl a…
Couple Charged In 6-Year-Old Norristown Boy's Overdose Death: DA Couple Charged In 6-Year-Old Norristown Boy's Overdose Death: DA
Couple Charged In 6-Year-Old Norristown Boy's Overdose Death: DA A man and a woman are charged in connection with the overdose death of a 6-year-old Norristown boy over the summer, say Montgomery County prosecutors.  Kristen Sabatino, 31, and Matthew Santiago, 35, were the only adults in their Willow Street home when Dominic Lyons was found unresponsive on the morning of July 16, according to the District Attorney's Office.  The 6-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene, and the Coroner's Office later determined he died from "drug intoxication from fentanyl and xylazine," authorities said.  Sabatino, the boy's mother, initially tol…
'Sadness, Anger' After 8 Fatal Drug Overdoses In 8 Days Reported In Schenectady 'Sadness, Anger' After 8 Fatal Drug Overdoses In 8 Days Reported In Schenectady
'Sadness, Anger' After 8 Fatal Drug Overdoses In 8 Days Reported In Schenectady Police in the region are sounding the alarm after eight people died from drug overdoses in as many days. All eight deaths occurred in Schenectady between Saturday, July 1, and Saturday, July 8, according to police. The most recent occurred in the city’s Stockade neighborhood. An autopsy revealed that the person died from drug intoxication. “Each of these overdoses have left a wake of sadness and anger throughout our community,” police said, adding that overdoses have occurred in neighborhoods across Schenectady, including in Bellevue, Hamilton Hill, Downtown, Mont Pleasant, and Northside.…
Trio Charged With Selling Montco Woman Deadly Drug Combo Of Fentanyl, Horse Tranquilizer Trio Charged With Selling Montco Woman Deadly Drug Combo Of Fentanyl, Horse Tranquilizer
Trio Charged With Selling Montco Woman Deadly Drug Combo Of Fentanyl, Horse Tranquilizer Three people were arrested in connection with the overdose death of a Montgomery County woman, authorities said. Jonathan Heffren, 27, of Reading; Michael Lavelle, 23, of Plymouth Meeting; and Marrissa Roman, 29, of Douglassville, have been charged with drug delivery resulting in death, possession with intent to deliver and related charges stemming from the May death of 41-year-old Jessica Martin, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said in a joint release. Officers responded to a report of a cardiac arrest at a home on Providence Forge Road in Upper Providence Township…