Three Suffolk County men accept been accusable on accuse they acclimated a Port Jefferson Station barbershop to advertise hundreds of bags of dollars account of the baleful narcotics fentanyl, heroin and cocaine — alike as accepted barter paid for haircuts, admiral said Wednesday.
A 53-count allegation apparent Wednesday alleges the biologic sales, which admiral said netted about $50,000 monthly, took abode alpha in January at the Man Cave barbershop on Route 112.
While the barbershop provided haircuts to some customers, others were in and out in bristles account afterwards to purchasing drugs, said Suffolk County Commune Attorney Timothy Sini. Authorities did not articulation any of the narcotics allegedly awash at the barbershop to overdoses, Sini said.
“The Man Cave gave barbershop barter a best of beard styles and a best of drugs,” Sini said in Riverhead at a account appointment announcement the indictments. “When they should accept been absorption on acid hair, these defendants were in the backroom, acid fentanyl and cocaine.”
Charged in the allegation was Juan Lopez-Enriquez, 41, of Coram, the administrator of the barbershop endemic by his wife, who authorities said accommodating the biologic sales and additionally cut hair.
Lopez-Enriquez, who additionally goes by "Willy," faces assorted abomination counts of control and auction of a controlled substance, bent control of a firearm, and several counts of possessing biologic paraphernalia.
Santiago Tavarez, 64, of Rocky Point, who goes by "Jose Rosado" or "Old Man," and is a beautician at the shop, faces assorted abomination counts of control and auction of a controlled substance.
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If convicted, Lopez-Enriquez and Tavarez anniversary face a best book of 8 to 20 years in prison.
Carlos Encarnacion, 33, of Port Jefferson Station, is answerable with two counts of second-degree bent auction of a controlled actuality and four counts of catechize bent control of a controlled substance. He faces a best book of 3 to 10 years in prison, if convicted. Encarnacion additionally frequented the boutique socially, authorities said.
Sini said both Tavarez, a aborigine of the Dominican Republic who has a final displacement adjustment adjoin him, and Encarnacion, a Dominican Republic built-in who overstayed a visitor’s visa, will be accountable to displacement proceedings.
Lopez-Enriquez and Encarnacion were arrested on Oct. 4. Tavares was arrested Monday.
All three pleaded not accusable at their arraignments. Lopez-Enriquez was ordered captivated on a $500,000 band or $200,000 banknote band at his allegation Wednesday; Encarnacion's band was set at $200,000 band or $100,000 cash. Tavarez was captivated on $400,000 band or $200,000 banknote bail.
Attorneys for the men could not be accomplished for comment.
The commune attorney's Heroin Task Force, in affiliation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office and Suffolk County police, in January and acclimated concrete and cyberbanking surveillance, including wiretaps, Sini said.
The men awash about 1 kilogram of narcotics a month, and frequently awash fentanyl to buyers who anticipation they were accepting heroin.
When badge accomplished chase warrants on Oct. 4 at the barbershop and added locations, they begin a loaded semiautomatic handgun, a box of armament cartridges; a hydraulic kilo press; two scales; packaging materials; about 20 grams of cocaine; and about 200 grams of crumb acid agent, which authorities said is acclimated to adulterate narcotics to accomplish them added profitable.
Also begin was a can with a dog aliment label.
“Sure enough, it’s a hollowed-out can, and paraphernalia, drugs and banknote were put in a Kibbles 'n Bits dog aliment can,” Sini said.
Nicole Fuller is Newsday's chief bent amends reporter. She began alive at Newsday in 2012 and ahead covered bounded government.
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