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Crimes of the week: Drug possession, doctor sentenced, caught with a gun Today 8:00 AM Raid nets arrest of man, 63, for alleged possession of crack cocaine, heroin and meth Police raided an apartment on Park Avenue in Port Richmond. Police raided an apartment in Port Richmond where they allegedly confiscated illegal drugs including crack cocaine, heroin and meth. William Dale, 63, was arrested when officers armed with a search warrant raided his apartment on Park Avenue at 6 a.m. on April 22, according to the criminal complaint based on an investigation by Narcotics Borough Staten Island. On a table, officers allegedly found several loose rocks of crack cocaine and a plastic zipper bag containing that stimulant, four glass pipes with crack-cocaine residue, three glassine envelopes of heroin and a straw with residue of that opioid, plus empty plastic zipper bags of the type typically used to package drugs, according to the criminal complaint and police. ....
UPDATE: A doctor who admitted keeping patients from New Jersey hooked by trading opioids for sex was sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison.Joseph Santiamo, 65, of Staten Island must serve just about all of the 57-month sentence … ....
Eltingville doctor sentenced to 57 months in prison in opioids for sex scheme Updated May 06, 2021; Posted May 06, 2021 Dr. Joseph Santiamo, of Eltingville, seen in this 2005 photo, was sentenced for writing scripts for more than 100,000 opioid pills when there was no legitimate medical purpose. He also allegedly sought sexual favors from some patients, said authorities. Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. An Eltingville doctor who previously pleaded guilty for prescribing opioids in exchange for sexual favors was sentenced to 57 months in prison Thursday, the United States Department of Justice announced. The various schemes resulted in more than $800 million in fraudulent medical insurance claims, officials previously said. ....
Staten Island Doctor Who Traded Opioid Prescriptions for Sex Sentenced to 5 Years Th 65-year-old owned and operated an internal medicine and geriatric care practice from Jan. 2012 through May 2018, prescribing large amounts of oxycodone without legitimate medical reasons for treatments, prosecutors said, and solicited sexual favors from younger patients in exchange for opioid prescriptions Published May 6, 2021 • Updated on May 6, 2021 at 11:33 pm Getty Images A New York doctor who illegally distributed painkillers and solicited sexual favors from some younger patients in exchange for opioid prescriptions has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison, federal prosecutors in New Jersey announced Thursday. Joseph Santiamo, 65, of Staten Island, had pleaded guilty last December to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. He received a 57-month prison term and will have to serve three years of supervised release once he s freed. ....
NJ locks up doctor who traded pills for sex with younger patients TRENTON A New York doctor who illegally distributed painkillers and solicited sexual favors from some younger patients in exchange for opioid prescriptions has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison, federal prosecutors in New Jersey announced Thursday. Joseph Santiamo, 65, of Staten Island, had pleaded guilty last December to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. He received a 57-month prison term and will have to serve three years of supervised release once he s freed. Santiamo owned and operated an internal medicine and geriatric care practice from January 2012 through May 2018. He prescribed large amounts of oxycodone without legitimate medical reasons for the treatments, prosecutors said, and also solicited sexual favors from some younger patients in exchange for opioid prescriptions. ....