Nassau Man Sentenced For Running Narcotics Ring: Nassau DA

UNIONDALE, NY — A Uniondale man was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Monday for his role in a major narcotic trafficking ring that operated in the Hempstead area, prosecutors said.

Orlando Ramsay, 49, pleaded guilty on May 21, to charges that included: operating as a major narcotics trafficker, three counts of first-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and three counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

The defendant was also sentenced to five years of post-release supervision.

"Orlando Ramsay was a major trafficker in a Hempstead narcotics ring that supplied dangerous opioids and other drugs to smaller dealers across Nassau County and promoted violence in and around Hempstead. The defendant was arrested in possession of drugs with a street value of more than $500,000 including a kilogram of heroin,” said District Attorney Anne Donnelly. “This defendant is one of the last to be sentenced as part of a multi-partner operation that resulted in the indictments of 40 individuals, including several major traffickers from Hempstead."

In October of 2020, Ramsay was pulled over with approximately 350 grams of cocaine in his vehicle on his way to deliver the narcotics to a co-defendant, Donnelly said.

A search of his home a day later recovered:

• Approximately 1500 grams of cocaine (1 and a half kilograms)
• Approximately 1 kilogram of heroin
• 200 grams of Morphine
• 12 grams of fentanyl
• Four firearms, including three loaded handguns and a shot gun
• $185,000 in cash
• Various drug paraphernalia

In total, the street value of the narcotics recovered from the search warrant was estimated to be approximately $500,000, Donnelly said.