DEER PARK MAN SENTENCED TO 16 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SELLING PILLS LACED WITH FENTANYL AT BABYLON TRAIN STATION

(SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y.) – Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Anthony Alexander, 57, of Deer Park, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after a Suffolk County jury found him guilty in March for selling oxycodone pills that were laced with fentanyl to an undercover police officer.

“Even though we only managed to take one drug dealer off the street during this trial, in doing so, we may have just saved countless lives. That is just how dangerous fentanyl is,” said District Attorney Tierney. “Thanks goes out to our Fentanyl Task Force and the hard work they put forth into this investigation. As District Attorney of Suffolk County, I will continue my push to strengthen the penalties surrounding fentanyl laws, as well as the creation of a death by dealer statute in our state.”

The evidence at trial established that in January 2022, during the investigation into Alexander’s narcotic dealings, an investigator assigned to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office Heroin Task Force contacted the defendant and arranged to purchase a quantity of oxycodone pills.

Alexander sold the undercover investigator pills that purported to be oxycodone on January 13, 2022, and January 18, 2022. Both sales occurred at the Babylon train station. Subsequent testing revealed the pills Alexander sold to the investigator were fentanyl, not oxycodone.

On January 20, 2022, Alexander was arrested at the Babylon train station. At the time of his arrest, Alexander was found with metal knuckles and a quantity of pills including oxycodone, alprazolam, and suboxone films.

On March 30, 2023, Alexander was convicted after a jury trial heard before Acting Supreme Court Justice, the Honorable Steven A. Pilewski, for three counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, a Class B felony; two counts of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, a Class B felony; and two counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Fifth Degree, a Class D felony. On June 1, 2023, Alexander was given a determinate sentence of 16 years in prison, followed by three years post-release supervision. He is represented by Chris Cassar, Esq.

The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Fentanyl Task Force is comprised of investigators from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department, and the Suffolk County Police Department.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Robert Archer of the Narcotics Bureau with  the assistance of Investigator Leo O’Hara of the Heroin Task Force. 

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