Two people were arrested for criminal possession of a controlled substance after Nassau County Narcotics Vice Squad detectives investigated a fatal overdose.
On July 24 at 4:50 p.m., an investigation into a fatal overdose that occurred in Nassau County led detectives to 55 Nassau Place in Hempstead. William Billups, 54, of 55 Nassau Place, Apartment 2C, and Tomeko Bradely, 51, of 81 Stevens Street, Freeport, were arrested at the scene without incident.
While at the scene, detectives recovered 43 grams of a substance believed to be cocaine, 52 grams of a substance believed to be crack cocaine, six grams of a substance believed to be heroin, 110 envelopes containing a substance believed to be heroin and five pills believed to be oxycodone/acetaminophen.
Billups was charged with seven counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, two counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Fourth Degree and one count of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Fifth Degree. Police charged Bradley with six counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, one count of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Fourth Degree and one count of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Fifth Degree. They were scheduled to be arraigned on July 25 at First District Court in Hempstead.