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08.30.2024 News

Eight arrested in North Fork drug trafficking raids

A fatal fentanyl overdose in Albany last summer sparked a long-term investigation that resulted this week in the arrests of eight North Fork residents for narcotics trafficking and other...

07.24.2024 News

Riverhead dealer linked to 2021 fentanyl overdose deaths gets 25 years

Marquis Douglas of Riverhead was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison for his role in the sale of fentanyl-laced cocaine that killed four North Fork residents in one...

05.28.2024 Government

Officials call for Chelsey’s Law, look to charge fentanyl dealers with manslaughter

With the New York State legislative session waning, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney’s office united elected officials from both sides of the aisle and parents who lost children...

08.21.2023 Community

Two years later, fentanyl crisis persists, straining area first responders

This month marks two years since six North Fork residents suffered fatal overdoses from cocaine laced with fentanyl over the course of three shocking days. The oldest was 40,...

04.28.2023 Editorials

Editorial: Fentanyl-related arrests hark back to local horrors

In August 2021, a scourge of overdoses traced to fentanyl-laced cocaine led to six deaths in Southold Town and Shelter Island. Four of them occurred on just one day....

05.03.2022 Featured Story

Four arrested on drug charges after police execute search warrants at two Riverhead homes

An East End Drug Task Force investigation led to the arrest of four people in Riverhead Saturday following community complaints of drug dealing, according to Riverhead Town police. Police...

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