Hempstead Man accused of allegedly executing an operation to fight fentanil and dogs

A man of Hempstead was prosecuted on Wednesday for 34 serious crimes to direct a fentanyl operation and fight against dogs outside his mother’s house.

Kevin Brown, 39, declared herself innocent of dozens of possession of drugs and weapons and kept seven combat dogs in miserable conditions in the backyard of the direction of Willow Avenue of her mother.

The judge of the Supreme Court, Caryn Fink, extended her bail of $ 100,000 from a previous charges for drug charges and ordered her to stay away from the dogs.

“It is not allowed to control or custody of any animal,” said the judge.

Brown’s lawyer, Marc Gann, said that dogs, weapons and drugs did not belong to his client and that he does not live in Willow Avenue’s house with his mother.

“I don’t think he was the owner of these dogs,” said the defense lawyer. “I think the DA has made assumptions about the dog fight that I don’t think it is accurate.”

He said that one of the dogs was a pure race, not a fight dog, which belonged to Brown’s mother, who is over 70 years old.

“I know there are accusations of a significant amount of drugs that are in a residence, not one in which he lived,” Gann said. “I think there are serious questions about their connection with those drugs too.”

Nassau County District Prosecutor Anne Donnelly said that Brown’s arrest was the culmination of an investigation of months that began with a joint investigation of the Dea County Police and Nassau County on an overdose in Unionndale in September 2024.

The undercover researchers were taken to the Hempstead house of Brown’s mother, where they made three drug purchases in the coming months until the researchers obtained a search warrant to attack the house. Inside, they found a cache of more than 1,100 pills, with a weight of more than 130 grams, most of which were positive for fentanyl, Nassau prosecutors said.

Donnelly said the pills were pressed to resemble the oxycodone analgesic, but contained fentanyl.

The researchers said they also confiscated pain pills, ketamine and a 9 mm Smash & Wesson loaded with eight live rounds and another clip that contains the same amount of ammunition.

In the dirty and crowded backyard, prosecutors say they found seven dogs, all but chained to the boxes “without signs of food and water”.

The Nassau County Society for the prevention of cruelty towards animals was called the house, where they identified Paraphernalia de Lucha Dogs, including a running tape and a spring post. Animal researchers say there was some indication that two of the dogs were raised.

All dogs had scars in their bodies consisting of the dog fight, prosecutors said. A canine had cut ears that are often found in fighting dogs and an open wound, according to the district prosecutor’s office.

“This is not just cruel, it is a serious crime,” Donnelly said at a midday press conference. “The dog fight encourages violence already often goes hand in hand with drug activity, which is what we saw in the case of this defendant. This operation exploited people and animals to make financial gains. And let me be very clear, this office will not be tolerated by my office.”

A 7 -month Brown Brown Brown puppy, nicknamed Bruce Willis, found on the property also attended the press conference. He has doubled his weight of 23 pounds when he was found up to 47 pounds now, according to his NCSPCA controller.

“As owner of a dog, I personally offend what Mr. Brown did to these dogs,” said Nassau police commissioner Patrick Ryder, at the press conference. “I should live in the same misery in which he put these poor dogs and let him learn that little lesson in life.”

Brown’s defense lawyer said his client was a family man who has always returned to his judicial appointments in the past.

Donnelly, however, said he was a repeated drug offender, who has an history of animal abuse.

He will return to the Court on April 30.