Man Sentenced To Prison For Selling Heroin In Glen Cove, North Shore Area

A Queens man was sentenced to nine years in prison for selling and conspiring to sell up to 600 bags of heroin to an undercover officer in Glen Cove in 2016, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced.

On Oct. 25 2016, Jeffrey Ventura, 30, and two other men, Queens residents Jairo Bisono and Brian Chattoo, were arrested during a traffic stop where police recovered approximately 600 bags of heroin, 19 bags of cocaine and packaging material, the DA said. The drugs were located inside a trap inside a Nissan Maxima when the entire center console was lifted up.

The traffic stop was the result of a three-month-long investigation into heroin being sold in Queens, Glen Cove and the North Shore area. Ventura and the two other men were set up after they agreed to sell heroin to an undercover detective, the DA said. Ventura also sold 30 bags of heroin to an undercover detective during the course of the investigation.

“We have treatment resources available to addicts and educational programs to prevent drug abuse, but we have no tolerance for the dealers like this defendant who profit from selling this deadly poison in our communities,” Singas said in a press release.

Ventura was convicted on June 29 of second-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, two counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, five counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, second-degree conspiracy, two counts of fourth-degree conspiracy and two counts of second-degree criminal use of drug paraphernalia.

The jury deliberated for two days.

Images via Glen Cove Police