Joseph Sweeney, Methamphetamine Trafficking, New York 2023

In a major blow to the methamphetamine trade, three individuals, including Joseph Sweeney, have been arrested and charged with narcotics and firearms offenses in the Southern District of New York.

According to the allegations contained in the Complaint, from at least 2020 up to the present, Sweeney, Jasmine Tabak, and Kevin Turner conspired to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine, some of which was obtained from suppliers in New York, New York. Law enforcement officers seized at least approximately 1.5 kilograms of methamphetamine from the defendants during controlled purchases and a parcel seizure.

In multiple recorded conversations with an undercover law enforcement officer and a cooperating witness, Turner claimed that Sweeney manufactured methamphetamine at Sweeney’s Suffolk County residence.

On November 23, 2020, Sweeney was arrested in Suffolk County after law enforcement officers observed Sweeney engage in a hand-to-hand narcotics sale. In connection with the November 23, 2020, arrest, law enforcement officers seized methamphetamine and a loaded .38 caliber revolver from Sweeney.

In addition, on January 18, 2021, in connection with an undercover purchase of methamphetamine, Turner told an undercover law enforcement officer that Sweeney pointed a 9mm firearm at Turner’s head because Sweeney suspected that the undercover was a law enforcement officer.

Sweeney, 39, Tabak, 34, and Turner, 43, all from Bayport, New York, are each charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute, or possess with intent to distribute, methamphetamines, a charge that carries a maximum term of life in prison and a mandatory minimum term of 10 years in prison.

The defendants are expected to be presented in Manhattan federal court.

Mandatory Facts: Defendant Joseph Sweeney, exact criminal charges: one count of conspiracy to distribute, or possess with intent to distribute, methamphetamines, city and state: New York, exact date: 2020-2023, sentence or outcome: currently pending, dollar amounts: none.

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