'Major drug trafficker' gets lengthy prison sentence after leaving OD victims to go to Wendy's: authorities
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On Tuesday, Russell Defreitas, a drug kingpin from New York, received a lengthy prison sentence after being convicted of 92 charges. He defended himself in court.
He was sentenced to 53 years in prison, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. In a press release Tuesday, the office said Defreitas was involved in "a large-scale cocaine and fentanyl trafficking operation in Suffolk County which caused two fentanyl overdose deaths." Andrea Margolis is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Readers can follow her on X at @andreamargs or send story tips to andrea.margolis@fox.com.
The incident happened May 9, 2023, when the two victims — a male and a female — were in a hotel room booked in Defreitas' name.
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