Trio Accused Of Trafficking Fentanyl, Cocaine and Guns On LI: DA

ISLIP, NY — A man and two women from Long Island have been indicted on narcotics and weapons trafficking, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced Thursday.

Travis Austin, 30, of Islip, Jessica Carr, 42, of Setauket, and Meghan Moore, 22, of Bay Shore, were indicted in a 54-count indictment following a long-term narcotics and weapons trafficking investigation by the Suffolk County Police Department District Attorney’s Squad, the DA said.

The investigation led to the seizure of more than a quarter kilogram of fentanyl, multiple guns, including five unserialized guns, a high-capacity magazine, ammunition, cocaine, and other drug paraphernalia, the DA said.

According to the investigation, between June and September, Austin, Carr and Moore participated in numerous large-scale sales of fentanyl and cocaine throughout Suffolk County, the DA said. Austin also illegally sold a loaded pistol and arranged the sale of four additional pistols during that time period, the DA said.

During his arrest on Oct. 1, Austin’s car was seized and searched, and police found five unserialized guns with 3D printed component parts, fentanyl and felony-weight cocaine inside his car, the DA said.

On the day he was arrested, police executed a search warrant on a storage unit belonging to Austin and found two kilo presses used to form narcotics into their signature brick shape, along with other drug paraphernalia consistent with drug dealing, the DA said.

When Carr was arrested on Oct. 1, she was in possession of methamphetamine, fentanyl, and felony-weight cocaine, the DA said.

"This indictment is another great example of my office’s commitment to keeping illegal guns and deadly poison off the street," Tierney said. "If you possess, sell or bring illegal guns and drugs to Suffolk County, we will find you and you will face the consequences."

On Oct. 21, Carr was arraigned before Acting Supreme Court Justice Steven A. Pilewski and charged with one count of first-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, a Class A-I felony; six counts of second-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, a Class A-II felony; two counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, a Class B felony; and 16 counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a Class B felony, the DA said.

Pilewski ordered Carr held on $250,000 cash, $500,000 bond or $2,600,000 partially secured bond during the pendency of the case, the DA said. She is due back in court on Nov. 21 and faces 24 years in prison if convicted on the top count, the DA said. She is being represented by Christopher
Cassar who was not immediately available for comment.

On Oct. 23, Austin was arraigned on the indictment before Pilewski and charged with three counts of first-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, a Class A-I felony; six counts of second-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, a Class A-II felony; six counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a Class C violent felony; criminal Possession of a high-capacity ammunition feeding device, a Class D violent felony; six counts of third-degree criminal sale of firearm, a class D felony; and 18 counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a Class B felony, the DA said.

Pilewski ordered Austin remanded during the pendency of the case. He is due back in court on Nov. 20, and faces 30 years in prison if convicted on the top count, the DA said. He is being represented by Chase Brown who was not immediately available for comment.

On Oct. 23, Moore was arraigned on the indictment before Pilewski and charged with one count of first-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, a Class A-I felony; and two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a Class B felony, the DA said.

Pilewski ordered Moore held on $250,000 cash, $500,000 bond or $2,500,000 partially secured bond during the pendency of the case, the DA said. Moore is due back in court on Nov. 13 and faces 20 years in prison if convicted on the top count, the DA said. She is being represented by Robert
Macedonio who was not immediately available for comment.