A Long Island scientist who ran a “Breaking Bad”-style methamphetamine lab first came on police radar last year when he reported a break-in at the facility, prosecutors said. .
Matthew Lesinski, 23, called 911 around 3:30 a.m. June 7 to report a robbery in progress at the purported Quantitative Laboratories LLC in Ronkonkoma. , accidentally called the police on himself. This was announced by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.
When Suffolk County police arrived on the scene, officers found broken glass at the entrance to the lab, which ultimately revealed methamphetamine and other controlled substances, including the hallucinogen dimethyltryptamine, were secretly manufactured and leaked. The district attorney’s office announced that they had noticed that.
More than 100 pieces of laboratory equipment, chemical reagents, and solvents used in meth were discovered, as well as more than 3 ounces of meth, 625,000 milligrams of pure ketamine, and 20 plastic jugs of “gamma-butyrolactone” (GBL). was discovered. “Date rape drug” GHB, prosecutors said.
Approximately $40,000 was also seized by police.
“This defendant was running a ‘Breaking Bad’-style drug lab and tried to cover it up under the guise of a legitimate business,” Suffolk District Attorney Ray Tierney said in a lawsuit filed by the chemistry teacher in a meth lab. He said this in reference to the fictional television series that will launch the series.
“To the officers of the Suffolk County Police Department who astutely identified evidence of a clandestine drug lab during the initial response to the scene, and to the prosecutors and law enforcement officers who worked with us to further investigate and bring this defendant into custody.” “I would like to thank the members of the enforcement agency who are responsible for distributing deadly drugs on the streets of Suffolk County,” he continued.
Lesinski claimed on his LinkedIn page that Quantitative Laboratories LLC analyzes cannabis.
Although he admitted producing the powerful and deadly drug, his lawyer tried to paint a positive picture of his client.
attorney david besso told Newsday His client was a “brilliant” scientist who investigated drug addiction “in the public interest” but denied selling meth outside the lab.
He said Lesinski had applied for a Department of Environmental Conservation license but was working without the proper qualifications at the time of his arrest.
“Unfortunately, he took a wrong turn,” Besso told the paper.
According to the District Attorney’s Office, the Farmingville resident has fully admitted to 13 charges related to the incident, including multiple counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance and unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine.
His sentencing is scheduled for March 20th.
