Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Charles Evans, 38, of Patchogue, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, followed by five years post-release supervision, for selling cocaine and fentanyl to an undercover officer, as well as illegal gun possession, all while he was on parole for a 2003 Manslaughter conviction.
“This defendant made a mockery of our justice system by continuing to break the law while he was on parole supervision for Manslaughter,” said District Attorney Tierney. “Now, he will go right back to prison where he can no longer disregard our laws and threaten the safety of our community.”
According to the investigation and the defendant’s admissions during his guilty plea allocution, between October and November 2022, undercover Narcotics Section officers with the Suffolk County Police Department purchased cocaine and fentanyl from Evans at his Patchogue residence on two separate dates. Evans was arrested on December 16, 2022, after police executed a search warrant at his residence. During the search of Evans’ home, police recovered fentanyl, cocaine, two semi-automatic pistols, three assault rifles, and three high capacity feeding devices.
At the time of his arrest in this case, Evans was on parole for a July 2003 conviction in Suffolk County for Manslaughter in the First Degree. Evans was sentenced to 19 years in prison for that conviction but was released from prison and placed on parole in September 2020.
On June 21, 2023, Evans pleaded guilty before Supreme Court Justice, the Honorable Timothy A. Mazzei. At the time of his plea, he admitted that on November 11, 2022, he sold a quantity of fentanyl to an undercover police officer and illegally possessed a weapon in connection with the execution of the warrant search on December 16, 2022.
On October 2, 2023, Judge Mazzei sentenced Evans to 10 years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision. He was represented by Steven Wilutis, Esq.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Danielle Davis of the Narcotics Bureau.
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