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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 Police

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...

12.09.2021 Police

Wading River woman sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling narcotics, firearm possession

A drug trafficker from Wading River who sold dangerous drugs like fentanyl was sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Amber Schatz, 33, was...

12.03.2021 News

Federal grand jury indicts Riverside man for selling fentanyl-laced cocaine and heroin

A previously convicted drug dealer twice sold cocaine laced with fentanyl near his home in Riverside in purchases made this fall as part of a joint investigation by federal...

05.24.2020 COVID-19

DA issues ‘urgent public safety alert’ after series of overdoses linked to fentanyl-laced cocaine

A series of overdoses possibly linked to fentanyl-laced cocaine in Riverhead Town resulted in at least one fatality, one arrest and an “urgent public safety alert” from Suffolk County...

05.20.2020 Police

Arrests made in connection to fatal fentanyl overdose in Riverhead last month, DA announces

A Lake Grove couple has been arrested in connection with the fatal overdose of a Riverhead man, Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini announced Wednesday. Late last month, Riverhead...

10.24.2019 Police

DA: Flanders men tied to ‘massive drug ring’ at Shinnecock Reservation

Two Flanders men were among 24 people arrested in connection with “a massive drug ring” that operated on or near the Shinnecock Reservation, according to the Suffolk County District...

09.20.2019 Podcasts

Greenport man acquitted of top manslaughter charge in fatal overdose case

Brought to you by: A Greenport man who prosecutors said knowingly sold heroin laced with fentanyl that caused a fatal overdose in Riverhead was acquitted of second-degree manslaughter Thursday.

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