2 Suffolk Men Indicted In Connection To Fatal Fentanyl Overdose Of Former H.S. Acquaintance: DA

SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY — Two Suffolk County men were indicted on Thursday in connection with selling fentanyl that allegedly led to a deadly overdose, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said.

Steven Pesantez, 29, of Brentwood, and Isaiah Skees Pierre Louis, a.k.a. Isaiah Skees, 27, of Bay Shore, were charged with multiple counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and several related charges, Tierney said.

Pesantez is accused of selling fentanyl that allegedly caused the death of a former high school acquaintance, Tierney said.

According to the investigation, on February 12, a 4-year-old discovered her father deceased
in Brentwood. The Suffolk County Medical Examiner would later rule the death was the result of
fentanyl intoxication, prosecutors said.

In their attempt to locate the source of the supply of the fatal batch of fentanyl, police separately began to investigate Skees as an alleged supplier of pressed fentanyl pills in the Amityville area, Tierney said.

On July 22, Pesantez was arrested for an unrelated burglary, for allegedly breaking and entering
into the home of his former girlfriend. At the time of the arrest, a probation search was
executed at Pesantez’s home, at which time law enforcement allegedly recovered a quantity of
blue M30 pills believed to be Percocet, a highly addictive opioid usually prescribed by doctors to
treat pain, Tierney said.

The pills were identical in size, color, and markings to those allegedly sold by Skees to
the undercover officer. Also, allegedly recovered was a quantity of cocaine and a digital scale.

“No child should ever have to find their parent dead from an overdose,” said Tierney. “Public safety demands that we treat each of these deaths not as accidents, but as preventable tragedies caused by deliberate criminal conduct.”

Pesantez was held on $50,000 cash, $200,000 bond or $300,000 partially secured bond. He is due back in court on September 26, and faces up to 12 years in prison if convicted on the top count. He is represented by attorney George Duncan.

Skees was ordered held on $25,000 cash, $100,000 bond or $250,000 partially secured bond. He is due back in court on October 1, and faces up to nine years in prison if convicted on the top count. He is being represented by attorney Pierre Bazile.