Heroin Supplier For '110 Crew' Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison: DA

A Long Island man was sentenced to eight years in jail on Thursday for his role in a heroin ring that operated along Route 110 in Nassau and Suffolk counties, according to Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas.

In June, Reinardo Adames, 28, of West Babylon, also known as Tito, pleaded guilty to attempted operating as a major trafficker and second degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, the DA said.

Adames was one of 35 people indicted in April in one of largest narcotics takedowns in Long Island history. A pregnant woman and a volunteer firefighter were among those indicted.

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He was among those who supplied large quantities of heroin to 15 members of a group dubbed the "110 Crew” by investigators, the DA said.

Authorities say these distributors sold heroin to hundreds of people every day in parking lots all along Route 110: outside of hotels, restaurants, strip malls, retailers and coffee shops. These dealers stood out from other dealers for the boldness of their operation, Singas said. Drug operations normally operate in the shadows and behind closed doors. The “110 Crew,” however, was “unusually flamboyant and overt in their behavior,” Singas said.

The “110 Crew” drove high-end vehicles, such as a Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Maserati and a Lamborghini when meeting their customers at all hours of the day, including the busiest hours of the day, Singas said.

“They even counted cash and measured out their products in broad daylight,” she said.

Adames along with Joe Rodriguez and Elvin Rosario, known as the “Papi’s,” stored the drugs at homes in Farmingdale, Lindenhurst and West Babylon, the DA said.

Rodriguez, also known as Cutie, pleaded guilty on July 7 to second-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal possession of a firearm, according to Singas. He will be sentenced on Sept. 8 to seven years in prison and five years of post release supervision.

Together, the trio sold large quantities heroin – typically 10 sleeves or 100 individual bags – to the "110 Crew," the DA said.

They operated as a network, oftentimes in shifts, and were able to cover a large area, allowing the dealers to allegedly collect tens of thousands of dollars each week. They also made hundreds of sales a week sometimes earning as much as $8,000 in a week, according to the DA.

It is estimated that the "110 Crew" sold 4,000 individual bags of heroin a week, with an estimated street value of $40,000 to $50,000, the DA said.

The arrests were the result of a nine-month long investigation into local heroin distributors.

“Heroin is poisoning our families and communities here on Long Island,” Singas said in a statement. “This defendant, and members of his network, pumped large amounts of heroin into Nassau and Suffolk counties. We are using every tool at our disposal and working with every law enforcement agency in the region to stop the flow of heroin into our neighborhoods.”

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