Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said 96 heroin users, including 41 from Smithtown were arrested in an investigation called “Operation Heroin Highway”, according to a report on Newsday.
Twenty of the users involved were from Kings Park, 14 from Smithtown and seven were from Nesconset.
According to the report, drug purchases were made in city restaurants or in areas off highways such as the Long Island Expressway. The buyers in the drug deal were typically 20 to 25 years old.
Insp. Michael Bryan of the NYPD is quoted in the article and characterized the users as people coming from "good families seemingly having it all."
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A voice said that there was a body in the Aztakea Woods. There, in a shallow grave, they found the remains of Gary Lauwers, 17, a local who had not come home since June 15. Despite the advanced decomposition of the corpse, which had been left unburied, the Suffolk county medical examiner could still find 32 knife wounds, in the face, back and neck. The murderer had gouged out his eyes.Police rapidly zeroed in on a suspect, Ricky Kasso, 17, a local troublemaker, well-known in the community for his use of LSD and angel dust. Kasso had been boasting about the killing since June 17, even taking friends to the site to admire his handiwork. Rumors started flying, and eventually, one of his gal pals decided it might be a good idea to let the authorities know. Police arrested Kasso four days later, along with a buddy, James Troiano, 18, in their car as they slept off an Independence Day drug party. Confessions came quickly. Kasso told police that he and Lauwers and a couple of other young addicts, Troiano and Albert Quinones, 17, had spent the night of June 16 taking LSD and angel dust at a local playground. They entered the woods in the middle of the night, where they lit a bonfire, then beat, kicked and stabbed Lauwers to death. READ THE STORY http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/justice-story-satan-runs-amok-i-a-teen-confesses-grisly-murder-article-1.983918?pgno=1
The programs offered in the schools are laughable. Ask any kid. If they were any good why would 20 people be under arrest? Parenting is the key! Talk to you children. Listen to your children! Know where they are and who they are with! Set boundaries! Why are our teens out at 2:00/3:00 in the morning? Why does a kid fall off the back of a car after riding the back bumper and die at 2:00 in the morning? Why does a kid drive his unregisterted dirt bike into the side of a car and die? Where are the parents saying "no, thats a bad idea"??? Being a kid means being stupid. Any adult on this site knows what I mean. Wer've been there/done that. Your job is not to turn away and avoid the argument, it's to set standards of maturity and responsibility and say "NO" Protect your children. They are not your friend; they are your child. They are your most precious commodity! Pay attention!
These are your children! This is your family! You are the expert!!! Youi're waitng for the cooperation of school administration. They're going to do the lease expensive alternative! Stop waiting for someone to counsel your kid. Do it yourself!!! Sitting back and waiting to blame someone else for failing to fix your problem is what is what got our country to where it currently is. Everybody .... go rush out to buy your Lotto tickets instead of getting a job!!!
My parents are pretty old school. There was no staying out late, they knew all of my friends, they always asked where I was & called if I was late, I had to get a job at 16 & there was absolutely no drinking or drugs. If I broke the rules, I was grounded. If they didn't want me to go somewhere or do something, they sternly said NO, and I listened. I have an immense amount of love and respect for my parents because they raised me well- the way parents are supposed to. People need to stop making excuses. "I work late hours", "She doesn't talk to me", "He would never get into trouble." Just because you work late does not get you out of knowing your own child, make her talk to you, and how would you know if he doesn't get into trouble if you don't keep tabs on his life. If you suspect something, do something. If she won't talk, roll up her sleeves and look for track marks. Search their rooms, they'll hate you now but it could save their life. Talk to them, watch Intervention on A&E once a month together. Make Sunday Night "Family Dinner Night" to get conversations flowing. Go to a homeless shelter and volunteer to demonstrate what could happen if drugs take over your life. This drug problem can not be combated by the community, it has to happen in the home.
giving out traffic tickets. There's no money for the county in actually fighting real crime!