Possessed, Attempted To Sell Drugs In Hicksville

By Hicksville News Staff Posted on July 26, 2016

The Nassau–Suffolk Heroin Task Force arrested Leo M. Duchnowski, 25, of Hicksville at 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 29.

According to detectives, Duchnowski possessed and agreed to sell to another person 10 blue-colored pills believed to be Oxycodone. He was arrested on North Broadway in Hicksville without incident. A search incident to his arrest revealed a clear plastic bag containing a greenish brown leafy substance believed to be marijuana.

Duchnowski was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal sale of a controlled substance. He was arraigned in First District Court in Hempstead.

—Submitted by the Nassau–Suffolk Heroin Task Force