(NewsWorthy.news) – A New York resident recently pleaded guilty to charges related to drug manufacturing, an act in which he was caught thanks to calling police to his illicit business due to a robbery.
23-year-old Matthew Leshinsky entered a plea of guilty on February 15, conceding his responsibility in a variety of second, third, fourth, fifth and seventh-degree charges related to his work of running a drug lab in Long Island.
The charges included criminal possession of a controlled substance and methamphetamine manufacturing materials, illegal manufacturing and disposal of methamphetamine and reckless endangerment, according to the District Attorney’s Office in Suffolk County.
The press release from the District Attorney explained that Leshinsky had inadvertently exposed his illicit business when he called authorities to the lab’s location to report a burglary. This occurred on June 7 before four in the morning. Leshinsky’s business was called Quantitative Laboratories and is located in Ronkonkoma.
County police arrived on the scene and discovered broken glass near the building’s entrance, later finding what was described as “a clandestine laboratory” manufacturing both methamphetamine and a hallucinogenic substance called dimethyltryptamine.
Law enforcement officers then obtained a search warrant and uncovered more than 100 pieces of lab equipment, including chemical materials and solvents that are used to develop methamphetamine. $40,000 in cash, at least three ounces of meth, and over 625,000 milligrams of ketamine were found at the lab. Additionally, officials discovered the hallucinogenic stimulant drug ecstasy along with a powerful chemical called Gamma-butyrolactone.
The operation was described by District Attorney Raymond Tierney as a “Breaking Bad-style drug lab”—referring to the crime TV show that ran from 2008-2013—and noted that Leshinsky had “tried” to hide his illegal acts with the “guise of a legitimate business.”
The drug manufacturer conceded to 13 different charges, according to the county release, and is scheduled to appear in court once again on March 20 for a sentence hearing.
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