Hempstead, NY - May 26, 2015 - As part of the Long Island Heroin Initiative, Narcotics/Vice Bureau detectives report the arrests of two Hempstead men which occurred on Monday, 05/25/15 at 10:15 P.M. in Hempstead.

According to detectives, Reginald Thorton, 22, acting in consort with Daquan McCall, 21, while on Ingraham Street sold Oxycodone to another for an agreed upon amount of money.  Subsequent to the arrest a loaded handgun was found inside the automobile.

Thorton is being charged with four (4) counts of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3^rd degree, three (3) counts of Criminal Possession Controlled Substance 3^rd degree and Criminal Possession of a weapon 2^nd degree.  McCall is being charged with Criminal Sale Controlled Substance 3^rd degree and Criminal Possession of a weapon 2^nd degree.

Both defendants will be arraigned on Tuesday, 05/26/15 in First District Court, Hempstead.