Crime & Safety
Teen Found Unconscious On Halloween, Drug Dealer Arrested: Police
The teen had ingested drugs and was rushed to the hospital, police say.
EAST HAMPTON, NY — A drug dealer was arrested after a teen was found unconscious in East Hampton on Halloween, police said.
According to East Hampton Village Police, officers and ambulance personnel responded to a home at 7:30 p.m. on Halloween where a 15-year-old was found unconscious.
Officers and EMTs provided critical medical care to the teen who was transported to
Southampton Hospital and later transferred to Stony Brook University Hospital, police said.
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The teen had ingested "an unknown type of drug," police said. Further investigation by East Hampton Village detectives, working with East End Drug Task Force officers, were able to locate and arrest a person alleged to be the source drug dealer involved, police said.
No further information was immediately available and the name of the teen will not be released, police said.
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