(SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y.) – Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Dontel Wills, 35, of Holbrook, was indicted for Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree and several related charges, for allegedly running a drug distribution operation out of two Holbrook apartments.
“Drug trafficking operations are a deadly threat to public safety. Here, the defendant allegedly had enough fentanyl to kill nearly 55,000 people,” said District Attorney Tierney. “My office works tirelessly to eliminate the supply of these poisons into our community.”
According to the investigation, on July 18, 2025, members of the Suffolk County Police Department executed a court-authorized search warrant at Wills’ Holbrook residence, as well as an alleged “stash house” used by Wills to store and package narcotics. During the execution of the search warrant at Wills’ home, officers allegedly recovered a loaded and operable 9mm SCCY semiautomatic pistol, as well as approximately $9,000 in cash and multiple cellphones.
During the search of the stash house location, officers allegedly seized over a kilogram of cocaine and over four ounces of fentanyl (enough to fatally overdose 55,000 people). Police also allegedly recovered drug paraphernalia used to store, manufacture and distribute narcotics, such as a 6-foot hydraulic kilo press, packaging material, scales, a strainer, a mixer, measuring cups, latex gloves, masks, and cutting agents.
On August 4, 2025, Wills was arraigned on the indictment before Supreme Court Justice Timothy P. Mazzei, for the following charges:
- One count of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree, a Class A felony;
- One count of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Second Degree, a Class A felony;
- Two counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, Class B felonies;
- One count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, a Class C felony; and
- Three counts of Criminally Using Drug Paraphernalia, Class A misdemeanors.
Justice Mazzei ordered Wills held on $250,000 cash, $500,000 bond or $5,000,000 partially secured bond during the pendency of the case. Wills is due back in court on September 10, 2025, and faces 24 years in prison if convicted on the top count. He is being represented by Christopher Gioe, Esq.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney William Nash of the Narcotics Bureau, and the investigation was conducted by the Narcotics Section of the Suffolk County Police Department.
