Matthew Leshinsky, 23, of Levittown, was arraigned at Suffolk County Court after the Quantitative Laboratories facility in Ronkonkoma was raided on Monday, July 3 He was charged with more than a dozen drug offenses.
Nearly a month ago, at approximately 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 7, Suffolk County Police were called to the facility on Pond Road following reports of a burglary.
While searching the building for the suspect, police reportedly found chemicals and equipment consistent with the manufacture of methamphetamine and dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a hallucinogenic substance.
Investigators reported finding $40,000 in cash, as well as large quantities of ecstasy, cocaine and more than 625,000 milligrams of ketamine.
According to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, they also found more than two dozen 55-gallon plastic drums containing gamma-butyrolactone (GBL), a substance commonly used as a drug commonly known as a “date rape drug.” “Substances for substances.
Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney said in a statement: “The defendants’ alleged manufacture of illegal synthetic drugs from a clandestine drug laboratory in Ronkonkoma is a threat to the safety and well-being of the citizens of Suffolk County. and the environment pose a serious threat.”
Lesinski was arraigned in court on Monday on the following charges:
- 10 criminal counts of possession of a controlled substance (felonies and misdemeanors)
- Two counts of third-degree unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine (felony)
- Unlawful disposal of methamphetamine laboratory material (felony)
- Second Degree Criminal Possession of Methamphetamine Manufacturing Material (Misdemeanor)
- Second degree reckless endangerment (misdemeanor)
Leshinsky was ordered to be held on $500,000 cash bond or $1 million bond. He is due to appear in court again on Wednesday, August 2.
in his LinkedIn pagehe described the Quantitative Lab as “a new testing laboratory for the quantitative analysis of marijuana opened in New York State.”
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