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Thursday, April 17, 2025 ~ Volume 70 ~ Issue Number 26 ~ $1.00
Tierney Brings 109-Count Indictment in Drug Trafficking Ring By Matt Meduri In a bombshell report, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney (R) has announced a massive indictment against twenty-one defendants charged with narcotics trafficking with members of a violent criminal organization involved. On Friday, Tierney outlined the results of a long-term investigation in the large-scale narcotics trafficking within Suffolk County, which includes over 2.5 kilograms of heroin and fentanyl. Larell Campbell, 32, of Copiague, and Carolyn Tolin, 46, of Centereach, were charged with Operating as Major Traffickers. Tolin allegedly operated a narcotics business, not just within the county, but across the nation through the Dark Web right from her Centereach home. She allegedly shipped narcotics, including the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl, through the United States Postal Service (USPS) and UPS to customers around the country. She allegedly received payments in cryptocurrency.
‘Overdose Cards’ found at a Centereach residence involved in a nationwide narcotics rings (Credit - Office of Suffolk County District Attorney)
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Case Dismissed: Judge Tosses Pride Flag Case Against Connetquot By Matt Meduri In September 2022, the Connetquot School District, namely Connetquot High School, gained national notoriety over debate of perhaps one of the most contentious hotbutton issues of the current political zeitgeist: pride flags. A symbol of the LGBT community, outrage was sparked when Connetquot senior staff and the School Board asked a math teacher to remove a “progress pride” flag from her classroom. The progress pride flag differs from the conventional rainbow-styled pride flag, in that it includes symbols and colors to represent the transgender community as well as “communities of color.” Continued on page 12
The October 2022 Connetquot Board meeting regarding the pride flag (Credit - Matt Meduri)
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Connetquot Baseball Notches 950th Win Page 3
Local Scholars Honored Page 17
Zeldin Addresses Long Island Association Page 23