Cops: Bellmore Woman Found with Drugs During Stolen Computer Sale

Five people were found with an assortment of illegal drugs when they tried to sell a stolen computer to cops in Lynbrook Wednesday, according to Nassau County Police.

Detectives met the group at the corner of Saperstein Plaza and Ross Plaza at around 3 p.m., cops said. Police had arranged the meeting under the guise of buying a stolen computer, officials said.

Jamel Turner, 21, of Bellport, Oscar Oliva, 22, of Melville, Oscar Ortez, 21, of Huntington Station, Jeanette Patterson, 19, of Amityville, and Shannon Copelin, 30, of Bellmore, arrived at the location in a 2005 BMW, cops said.

Inside the car, police found heroin, cocaine, marijuana, and Suboxone pills, officials said.

The five were charged with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Turner was additionally charged with third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and third-degree criminal possession of stolen property. All five will be arraigned Thursday at First District Court in Hempstead.

Photo: Clockwise from top left: Jamel Turner, Jeanette Patterson, Oscar Oliva, Shannon Copelin, and Oscar Ortez. Credit: NCPD