The Times of Huntington-Northport - September 17, 2015

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Volume 12, No. 23

September 17, 2015

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Help for heroes

Affordable rental housing for veterans is in the works

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Members of the East Northport Fire Department participate in the annual 9/11 memorial service on Friday. For more photos of Sept. 11 memorial events in Huntington Town, see page A27.

Drugs, weapons uncovered in bust By RoHMa aBBaS

Suffolk County police say they arrested two gang members after searching a Huntington home last Thursday and uncovering drugs and loaded weapons. Police executed a search warrant at the Cedar Drive home in Huntington, and investigators seized a loaded .40 caliber Smith and Wesson semiautomatic handgun, cocaine, marijuana, cash, digital scales and an assortment of drug packaging equipment, cops said in a statement. The drugs had a street value of more than $3,000. Wesley Erickson, 31, a resident of the home, was charged with second-degree criminal

possession of a weapon, two counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, two counts of second-degree criminal use of drug paraphernalia and unlawful possession of marijuana. Andre Knox, 37, of Huntington Station, was charged with third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance. Erickson and Knox, who police said are both members of the Old Station Soldiers gang, were held overnight at the 2nd Precinct and are scheduled for arraignment at First District Court in Central Islip on Sept. 11. The police units involved

Photos from SCPD

Wesley Erickson, of Huntington, and andre Knox of Huntington Station.

included Narcotics Section detectives, 2nd Precinct Special Operations Team detectives, Criminal Intelligence Bureau detectives, and officers from the 2nd Precinct Gang Unit, Emergency Service Section and Canine Section.

In a statement, Cops said the execution of the search warrant was “part of the Suffolk County Police Department’s continuing enforcement efforts in the Town of Huntington.” Attorney information for the pair was not available.


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