Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced on Friday that Carlos Reyes-Redrovan, 32, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. His supplier and co-defendant, Akim Slater, 45, was sentenced to 8 years.
The former Riverhead resident and current Ronkonkomian pled guilty earlier this summer to Operating as a Major Drug Trafficker and Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree, respectively.
Slater was the supplier for Reyes-Redrovan, who had relocated to Philadelphia by the time of his conviction. Court documents revealed that Reyes-Redrovan sold undercover Suffolk officers over 37 ounces of cocaine across 15 different occasions between August 2023 and March 2024.
Reyes-Redrovan was finally arrested on June 20th, 2024, when he sold an undercover officer 300 grams of heroin for $10,000.
An “eavesdropping warrant” was court-authorized to record Reyes-Redrovan’s phone calls, which helped investigators identify Slater as his cocaine “connect.” When a search was conducted of Slater’s abode, cocaine, digital scales and a loaded .40-caliber semi-automatic pistol were recovered.
Slater was arrested on July 2nd.
“Drug trafficking, especially when coupled with illegal firearms, is a deadly threat to public safety,” said DA Tierney. “Wherever dangerous drugs are being sold in our county, the Suffolk County law enforcement community will act to hold those responsible.”
The Suffolk County District Attorney’s East End Drug Task Force consists of District Attorney Investigators, the East Hampton Town Police Department, the New York State Police, the Riverhead Police Department, the Southold Police Department, the Southampton Town Police Department, the Suffolk County Police Department and the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office.