Crime & Safety
Police: Port Jeff Station Man Had $5.5K Worth of Heroin in Apartment
Juan Diaz, 21, is arrested Monday afternoon, police say.
A Port Jefferson Station man faces multiple drug-related charges after a search warrant was executed at his home on Ontario Street Monday afternoon, police said.
Officers seized more than 17 grams of heroin with an estimated street value of $5,500 and drug paraphernalia from a basement apartment at 73 Ontario Street at 4:30 p.m, police said.
Juan Diaz, 21, was arrested and charged with two counts of third degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, as well as seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, second degree criminal use of drug paraphernalia and unlawful possession of marijuana. Diaz was also charged with endangering the welfare of a child for having a 15-year-old person in his apartment, police said.
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Diaz will be held overnight at the Sixth Precinct for arraignment at First District Court in Central Islip Tuesday.
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