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Long Island Man Accused Of Disguising, Selling Fentanyl, Heroin, More
A Long Island man has been charged for reportedly selling heroin, cocaine, oxycodone, and fentanyl, leading to at least one overdose death.
The indictment against Ryan Mueller of Lynbrook was announced by the United States Attorney’s Office Eastern District of New York on Thursday, April 4.
Over the last few years, Mueller, age 32, is accused of conspiring with several other unnamed people to distribute controlled substances like heroin and cocaine.
According to the USAO, Mueller’s conspiring is related to the December 2022 death of a 49-year-old victim.
The man was found inside of hi…
Long Island Man Admits Selling Fake Pain Pills With Fentanyl, Causing 2 Fatal Overdoses
A 24-year-old from Long Island is the latest in a trio of people to admit to a scheme of selling fake pain pills that actually had fentanyl in them, leading to two overdose deaths.
Devon Thurmond, a Glen Cove resident, pleaded guilty to running the scheme that caused two deaths on Friday, March 22, according to the US Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York.
From 2021 to 2023, Thurmond conspired with two other Glen Cove residents — Cartier Funderburke, age 24, and Melissa Trimarchi, age 37 — to sell fentanyl that was disguised as oxycodone pills.
One of the victims Thurmond…
Covid-19: Orange County Active Cases Surge To Near 3,000; Here's Latest Rundown By Community
The number of active COVID-19 cases is approaching 3,000 after dipping to approximately 1,100 early last week.
Health officials in Orange County are currently monitoring 2,995 active COVID-19 cases on Monday, Jan. 11 after reporting just 2,395 as recently as Friday, Jan. 8.
The state Health Department was reporting 322 new cases reported in the past 24 hours.
There have now been 25,515 COVID-19 confirmed positives reported in Orange County out of more than 400,000 tests administered, according to the Department of Health.
According to the Department of Health, there are 157 COVID-19 patie…
Covid-19: Here's Five-Day Hudson Valley Positivity Testing Rate; New Cases For Each County
Positive test results for COVID-19 in the Hudson Valley remained steady, according to brand-new five-day data released by New York State on Tuesday, Aug. 4.
Of the 70,993 test results reported on Monday, Aug. 3 to New York State, 746, or 1.05 percent, were positive.
In the Hudson Valley, the positive percentages in the last five days are as follows:
Thursday, July 30: 0.9 percent
Friday, July 31: 1.0 percent
Saturday, Aug. 1: 0.8 percent
Sunday, Aug. 2: 0.9 percent
Monday, Aug. 3: 1.0 percent
A total of 746 new COVID cases were reported on Monday, bringing the s…
Covid-19: These Are 10 Most Underlying Health Issues Related To Deaths In NY
Since the onset of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, health officials have cautioned that the elderly, those with compromised immune systems, or underlying conditions are more at risk.
As of Wednesday morning, April 15, these underlying health issues led to the following number of fatalities in New York, according to the state health department:
Hypertension: 6,142;
Diabetes: 4,061;
Hyperlipidemia: 2,146;
Coronary Artery Disease: 1,329;
Dementia: 1,164;
Renal Disease: 1,161;
COPD: 885;
Atrial Fibrillation: 870;
Cancer: 805;
Congestive Heart Failure: 717.
COVID-19 Total Cases, Deat…
