(SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y.) – Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Daniel Fink, 23, of Sound Beach, was sentenced to eight years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision after pleading guilty in June to two counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, and several related charges, for possessing illegal weapons and narcotics in a home that housed a 7-year-old child.
“We will not tolerate the endangerment of children through illegal drug and weapons activities,” said District Attorney Tierney. “This defendant’s decision to store illegal narcotics and firearms where a 7-year-old child was present is unconscionable. This case highlights the tragic reality of how drug crimes often put our most vulnerable citizens at risk.”
According to court documents and the defendant’s admissions during his guilty plea allocution, on January 15, 2025, members of the Suffolk County Police Department executed a court-authorized search warrant at Fink’s Sound Beach residence. Fink shared the residence with his girlfriend and her 7-year-old child, who were both home at the time. Upon searching the residence, officers recovered four loaded and operable semiautomatic pistols: a 9mm Luger; a Glock .380-caliber; a Davis Industries .32 caliber; and a Glock (Austria) 9mm Luger. They also recovered one loaded and operable assault weapon, two loaded and operable revolvers, four large capacity ammunition feeding devices, two digital scales, and plastic bags used to package narcotics.
In addition to cocaine, Fink also possessed MDMA (also known as ecstasy or molly), psilocybin (or mushrooms), ketamine, clonazepam, buprenorphine, and oxycodone.
On June 12, 2025, Fink pleaded guilty before Acting Supreme Court Justice Richard I. Horowitz to the following charges:
- Two counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, Class B felonies;
- Eight counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, Class C felonies;
- One count of Criminally Using Drug Paraphernalia, a Class A misdemeanor; and
- One county of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, a Class A Misdemeanor.
On July 25, 2025, Fink was sentenced to eight years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision. He was represented by Jeremy Scileppi, Esq.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Emma Pearce of the Narcotics Bureau and the investigation was conducted by the Suffolk County Police Department Narcotics Section.
