When 11 students in William Floyd Middle School got sick at the same time on March 3, their sudden illnesses were all linked back to marijuana-laced gummies they’d eaten. Now police say they found the men who gave it to them.
Breiner Mayen-Balcarcel, 20, Carlos Mendez-Aviles, 21, and Wilmer Castillo-Garcia, 22, all from Mastic, were arrested on May 27 for allegedly providing a middle schooler with the weed gummies. Suffolk County police executed a search warrant at their home where investigators also say they found cocaine, cash, and evidence of drug sales.
Castillo-Garcia was charged with endangering the welfare of a child for supplying the middle school student with the marijuana gummies. He and Mayen-Balcarcel were both charged with illegally selling cannabis. Mendez-Aviles was charged with criminal possession of marijuana.
Castillo-Garcia and Mayen-Balcarcel will be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on May 28. Mendez-Aviles will be arraigned at a later date. Attorney information for the trio was not immediately available.
