LI Middle School Weed Gummy Suspect Fled For Canada, Busted At Border: Authorities
The man accused of giving weed gummies to a Long Island middle school student was arrested trying to flee the country at the Canadian border, authorities said Thursday, April 30.
Wilmer Castillo Garcia, 22, was busted at the Lewiston Bridge north of Niagara Falls while trying to enter Canada, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said.
After Castillo Garcia, a Guatemalan citizen, was arrested at the Canadian border on Oct. 4, 2025, he was placed in ICE custody for deportation proceedings, according to the district attorney’s office. However, Suffolk County authorities requested his …
Dark Web Dealer 'MamaKnowsBear' Gets 15 Years For Nationwide Drug Ring Based In Centereach
A woman who ran a nationwide drug operation from her Long Island home using the dark web, cryptocurrency, and mail carriers was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Carolyn Tolin, 46, of Centereach, was sentenced in Suffolk County Court Thursday, Jan. 22, after pleading guilty to criminal possession of a controlled substance and attempted operating as a major trafficker.
Tolin operated under the online alias “MamaKnowsBrown,” selling fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine from her Centereach home to customers across the country, according to the Suffolk County DA’s office. She admitted to possessing and…
Trio Arrested After Lengthy Narcotic Task Force Investigation In Manchester
Police say three men face narcotics charges after an investigation into drug trafficking in and around Manchester.
Jerry Mercado, 39, of Hartford, and Yosti Vega, 45, of East Hartford, were arrested last week after investigators with the East Central Narcotics Task Force stopped their vehicle. He said officers seized fentanyl, cocaine, PCP, and cash during the stop.
Mercado faces several charges. Those include possession with intent to sell a narcotic substance, possession with intent to sell one ounce or more of a narcotic substance, possession of a controlled substance, operating a drug f…
Men Busted With Pounds Of Meth, Fentanyl, And MDMA In Hagerstown Apartment Raid: Police
Two men from Maryland are behind bars after police found a massive stash of meth, fentanyl, and other drugs during a raid at a Washington County apartment, authorities announced.
On Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, the Washington County Narcotics Task Force executed a search and seizure warrant on Wayside Avenue in Hagerstown, with help from the Maryland State Police and local police.
Inside, agents uncovered what they described as a large-scale drug operation — seizing approximately 2.2 pounds of methamphetamine, 32 grams of fentanyl, 450 grams of MDMA, 99 grams of cocaine, and $4,589 in cash.
Two …
Drunk, Coked-Up Driver Admits Mowing Down Bicyclist In Westbury: 'Peak Of Cowardice'
A Long Island man confessed to being drunk and high on cocaine when he struck and killed a bicyclist in Westbury.
Wilfredo Blanco Molina, 41, of Hicksville, pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide and related charges in Nassau County Court on Tuesday, Sept. 30, in the death of 69-year-old Robert McCarthy.
Molina was driving a Chrysler Sebring eastbound on Old Country Road in Westbury around 3:40 a.m. on Oct. 27, 2024, when he struck McCarthy near the intersection of State Street, according to the DA’s office.
McCarthy, of Westbury, was thrown into a telephone pole and died at the …
