Merrick / Bellmore, NY - October 2, 2016 - The Nassau/Suffolk Heroin Task Force reports the arrests of four (4) males for Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance that occurred on various dates in September 2016 in Merrick and Bellmore.
According to detectives, defendants Daniel Cymerys, 30, of East Meadow and Raymond Budney, 33, of Merrick agreed to sell a quantity of heroin to another for US currency on several different dates in September. Nassau/Suffolk Heroin Task Force Detectives along with Officers from the Bureau of Special Operations arrested the above defendants on September 27, 2016 in Merrick. Defendant Cymerys was found to be in possession of 6 bags of alleged heroin at the time of his arrest. Defendant Budney agreed to a search of his room where detectives recovered $16,480 in cash along with 305 wax paper bags containing a powdery substance believed to heroin.
On September 27, 2016 Detectives along with Officers from the Bureau of Special Operations arrested two Merrick men, defendants Kyle Gleason, 32, and Colin Poore, 34. Both men agreed to sell a quantity of heroin on the above date for US currency in Bellmore. A small clear plastic Ziploc bag containing four (4) white round pills imprinted ASC 116 believed to be Methadone Hydrochloride 10 mg and $1368.00 in cash was recovered in defendant’s Gleason vehicle.
Defendants Cymerys and Budney are being charged with 3 counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd Degree and 3 counts of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd Degree. Defendant Budney has an additional charged of Criminal Possession of Controlled Substance 3rd Degree.
Defendants Gleason and Poore are being charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd Degree and Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd Degree. They were all arraigned on September 28, 2016 at First District Court, Hempstead.