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Stony Brook Student Arrested For Dorm Room Drug Deals: Police
A Stony Brook University student was busted selling meth and ketamine out of his dorm room on Monday, April 27, police said.
William Turri, 20, was charged with four counts of possession and one count of selling controlled substances and will be held overnight until his arraignment Tuesday, April 28, the Suffolk County Police Department said.
Following an investigation, cops searched Turri’s dorm room in Mount Hall on the Suffolk County campus around 12 p.m. Monday, police said. They found “methamphetamines, ketamine, and items used for drug sales,” authorities said.
Turri, originally from…
CT Sex Offender Gets Sentenced To Decades For Exploiting 4 Teens In New York: Feds
A repeat sex offender with a conviction in Connecticut, who targeted teenage girls and recorded the abuse, will spend decades in federal prison, authorities said.
Taiel Gookool, 31, was sentenced earlier this year to 35 years behind bars, followed by 20 years of supervised release, according to federal authorities, according to the US Attorney's Office, Northern District of New York.
Prosecutors said Gookool exploited four minors and possessed child pornography in 2024. He engaged in sexual acts with all four victims and recorded the abuse, or had the victims record it.
"Mr…
16,500 Fentanyl Packages Found On NYC Man Traveling To Capital Region: DA
A man hauling 16,500 packages of fentanyl and heroin from New York City to the Capital Region was busted in a traffic stop, authorities said Monday, April 27.
Ramon Riveras, a 35-year-old Bronx man, was traveling through Albany around 7:45 p.m. on March 1 when he was stopped by New York State Police, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said.
During the traffic stop off the Washington Avenue Extension, officers found 16,500 glassine envelopes containing fentanyl and heroin, authorities said.
Riveras was arraigned Monday on first-degree and third-degree possession of a controlled su…
Murder: Mom With Neck Injury Leads Police To 2 Children Found Dead In Mass Home, Cops Say
A 49-year-old accupuncturist found bleeding in Vermont led police to a horrific discovery in Massachusetts, authorities said.
Janette R. MacAusland, 49, of Wellesley, Massachusetts, is charged as a fugitive from justice tied to a murder investigation after two children were found dead inside her home, according to police in Vermont.
According to The Independent, MacAusland's husband of nine years, Samuel MacAusland, had filed for divorce last October. The two were allegedly involved in a bitter custody battle over the 6- and 7-year-old children.
The Bennington Police Department was contact…
Coke, Fentanyl, Cash: Albany Man Sentenced In Major Drug Bust
A New York man who had 391 grams of cocaine and 125 grams of fentanyl in his possession has been sentenced to several years in prison, authorities announced Friday, April 24.
Quentin Rowlett, 37, was sentenced to eight years behind bars followed by five years of probation after pleading guilty to felony drug possession charges, the Albany County District Attorney’s office announced.
The guilty plea for Rowlett, of Albany, marked his second felony drug conviction, prosecutors said.
Albany County Sheriff’s deputies and the FBI searched Rowlett’s home on Marshall Street on Aug. 21, 2025, as p…
