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 …
Repeat ‘Poison Peddler’ Caught With Cocaine, Fentanyl In Newburgh, Deerpark Pleads Guilty: DA
A 39-year-old repeat drug dealer is facing a decade behind bars after being caught twice with cocaine and fentanyl in Orange County, prosecutors announced.
On Monday, Sept. 15, 39-year-old Joshua Conklin of Port Jervis admitted to two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced on Thursday, Sept. 18.
The charges stem from two separate incidents. According to court documents, the first occurred around 3:30 a.m. on Dec. 18, 2024, when Town of Newburgh Police stopped Conklin’s vehicle on…
24K Folds Of Heroin, Guns Seized In Massive Elizabeth Drug Bust: Prosecutor
Eight people were arrested and thousands of folds of heroin seized in a major narcotics operation in Elizabeth, authorities said.
On Friday, Sept. 12, members of the Union County Prosecutor’s Office Intelligence and Narcotics Division, Elizabeth Police Department Narcotics Unit and Emergency Services Unit, the DEA, Department of Homeland Security, the Union County Sheriff’s K-9 Unit, and Union County SWAT executed multiple search warrants across the city, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel said.
The raids turned up 24,920 folds of suspected heroin, 1,460 grams of suspected cocaine, 2…
