Two Others Also Arrested for Possession, Sale of a Controlled Substance
A Mastic man was arrested for allegedly selling gummies containing marijuana to a middle school student in March who then passed them on to his classmates.
Following an investigation by Suffolk County Narcotics Section detectives and Seventh Precinct Crime Section officers into 13 William Floyd Middle School students ingesting cannabis gummies on March 3, investigators obtained information about the man who provided the gummies to the student who distributed them to fellow students.
Investigators executed a search warrant on May 27 at 66 Van Buren St. in Mastic and seized cocaine, cash and evidence of narcotics sales.
Breiner Mayen-Balcarcel, 20, and Carlos Mendez-Aviles, 21, both of 66 Van Buren St., were arrested at the residence. Wilmer Castillo-Garcia, 22, of 106 Bedford Ave., Mastic, was arrested outside his residence.
Castillo-Garcia was charged with two counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, two counts of unlawful sale of cannabis or concentrated cannabis, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and one count of endangering the welfare of a child for supplying the middle school student with marijuana gummies.
Mayen-Balcarcel was charged with two counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Mendez-Aviles was charged with eventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.
Castillo-Garcia and Mayen-Balcarcel were held overnight at the Seventh Precinct and scheduled for arraignment at First District Court in Central Islip on May 28. Mendez-Aviles will be arraigned at a later date.