(SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y.) – Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Joshua Oltchick, 26, of West Babylon, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance and Attempted Criminal Possession of a Weapon for illegally possessing over 2,700 pressed fentanyl pills and a loaded firearm.
“Every fentanyl pill that this armed prior felon intended to sell in Suffolk County is a potential fatal overdose and, thankfully, our Suffolk County police officers interrupted his crimes with good police work,” said District Attorney Tierney. “This ten-year sentence should send the message that we will not tolerate those who sell poison in Suffolk County.”
According to court documents and the defendant’s admissions during his guilty plea allocution, on September 16, 2023, members of the Suffolk County Police Department responded to the corner of 7th Avenue and 15th Street in West Babylon, on reports of a male slumped over behind the steering wheel of a parked vehicle. Upon arrival, the officer observed the defendant’s vehicle parked facing the wrong direction with its engine still running. The officer approached the vehicle and saw a firearm between the defendant’s legs on the driver’s seat, which was ultimately found to be a loaded Beretta USA Corp. .380 auto caliber semiautomatic pistol. The officer was able to open the vehicle door, reach in, and turn the engine off. A subsequent search of the vehicle resulted in the recovery of 8.25 ounces of pressed fentanyl pills, 1,930 milligrams of cocaine, and 1,080 milligrams of amphetamine, all packaged in a manner consistent with street-level drug sales. Moreover, detectives found drug packaging material, dilutants which are used to extend the supply of narcotics, two digital scales, two cell phones, and $3,319 in cash.
On October 2, 2024, Joshua Oltchick pleaded guilty before Acting Supreme Court Justice Steven Pilewski to Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Second Degree, a Class A felony, and Attempted Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, a Class C violent felony.
On November 4, 2024, Oltchick was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision. He was represented by David Adhami, Esq.
Oltchick has a prior conviction from 2022 for Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree.
This case was prosecuted by Dennis Jay Wouters of the Narcotics Bureau, and the investigation was conducted by the Suffolk County Police Department First Precinct.
