You are reading

2 Glendale Men Arrested in Heroin and Fentanyl Operation Linked to Overdose Death

via Edward Kimmel on Flickr

Dec. 21, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan

Two Glendale men were arrested yesterday for their involvement in a nine-month-long opioid distribution operation in Queens, the New York Eastern District Attorney announced yesterday.

Douglas “Dougie” Marra and Joseph “Max B” McClean, both 34, were charged with conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl in a scheme that resulted in the overdose death of one person in the borough.

The two men allegedly operated in Queens between January and September of this year, and were arrested after Homeland Security Investigations and NYPD learned that the overdose victim had obtained heroin from Marra, who worked in McClean in the operation.

Multiple law enforcement agencies then began a series of undercover operations soliciting drugs from Marra.

During one of their interactions, Marra even told an undercover police officer, “This stuff is hot. My friend died off of it,” the U.S. Eastern District Attorney’s office said.

“Our communities have been plagued with fentanyl related deaths, and it is because of individuals like those arrested today, those who prey on vulnerabilities with no regard for life,” stated HSI Special Agent-in-Charge Melendez.  “McClean and Marra are now in custody, unable to keep pushing these deadly drugs as alleged, and law enforcement will continue working opioid investigations and removing relentless drug dealers from our city streets.”

If convicted, Marra and McClean will face a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison, with the possibility of life imprisonment.

email the author: news@queenspost.com

4 Comments

Click for Comments 
Disgusted!

Should be charged with murder! Everyone knows fentanyl kills! No sympathy for dealers nor drug users. Look what is happening to parks and other public areas where our ” mayor ” had boxes placed where users can dispose of their used needles! Turned our parks into drug dens. Drug addiction is treated as an “illness”? Disgusted with people who do not take responsibility for their actions be behaviors!

Reply
Ed Schantz

Way does it take so long to arrest someone the police make a buy from..How many people have too die first…And way don’t they get charged with murder…They know what’s going to happen…SINFUL..OME..

Reply

Leave a Comment
Reply to this Comment

All comments are subject to moderation before being posted.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Recent News

Holden calls out Mayor Adams—will he reopen ICE office on Rikers Island and tackle migrant crime?

One day after Mayor Eric Adams expressed his willingness to collaborate with the incoming Trump administration on addressing the migrant crisis and signaled a readiness to meet with former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) head Tom Homan, Council Member Robert Holden called on the mayor to reopen the ICE office on Rikers Island.

Holden, who represents District 30 in Queens, which encompasses Maspeth, Middle Village, and parts of Glendale, Ridgewood, Elmhurst, and Rego Park, has been advocating for changes to the city’s sanctuary policies since July. In a letter, he previously urged the mayor to roll back laws that restrict local law enforcement agencies—including the NYPD, Department of Correction, and Department of Probation—from cooperating with ICE.