Shomer Shabbos Drug Dealer Gets Five Years in Prison
Eduard Sorin arrested last year in sting operation called ‘Only After Sundown’
January 29, 2014
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The Shabbat-observant drug dealer busted early last year has been sentenced to five years in prison, plus an additional five years under supervision, Gothamist reports. Eduard Sorin was arrested as part of a drug ring that reportedly sold large quantities of heroin, Oxycontin, Xanax, and Suboxone out of a basement in Sheepshead Bay, N.Y.
The group’s unorthodox business hours were revealed in text messages released by police.
Awesome batch of dob just came!!!” read one mass text from April 12. “Open from now till 7:30 also blues stix & subs,” referring to a newly acquired Xanax supply and the approaching sundown.
“We are closing 7:30 on the dot and we will reopen Saturday 8:15 so if u need anything you have 45 mins to get what you want,” specified another.
Along with the drugs, the sting operation, which cops called Only After Sundown (get it?), uncovered a sawed-off shotgun, ammunition, a drug ledger, and a BlackBerry filled with the incriminating texts.
Hopefully he’ll at least get to opt for kosher food behind bars.
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Stephanie Butnick is the founder of GOLDA, a Jewish lifestyle newsletter. She hosted the Tablet podcast Unorthodox, co-authored The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia: From Abraham to Zabar’s and Everything in Between, and worked as a writer and editor at Tablet.
