Popping the drug molly could land a disgraced NYPD officer in a federal lockup.
Merlin Alston, 34, faces narcotics conspiracy charges for his alleged role helping, driving, and protecting a drug dealer for four years.
To make their case for Alstonâs role in a drug conspiracy, prosecutors from Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bhararaâs office will argue he was tight with other dealers, according to court papers.
While partying, Alston worked to earn dealersâ trust, âincluding by occasionally using the drug molly, and getting in fights,â prosecutors said.
The feds will also argue Alstonâs apparent preference for the drug shows he knew dealing was taking place around him.
Alstonâs lawyers had unsuccessfully fought prosecutorsâ push to bring his alleged drug use up in court, arguing that clubbing and fighting, as well as ingesting molly, arenât evidence of conspiracy.
But Manhattan Federal Judge Colleen McMahon agreed with prosecutors â and said Alstonâs alleged molly use could show he was aware of a drug conspiracy.
The fact Alston got molly from a cooperating witness and took it with him âtends to show that the defendant knewâ the cooperator was distributing the euphoria-inducing stimulant, McMahon wrote.
In addition, Alstonâs bail was recently revoked after a key witness in his upcoming trial, Robert Bishun, was found strangled and stuffed in the back of a BMW.
Alstonâs lawyer, Jeffery Greco, said McMahon's opinion "simply does not make concrete sense.â
The reasoning, he said, âis as illogical as reasoning that one who eats Girl Scout cookies must they, themselves, be a Girl Scout.â
âThat is akin to saying that everyone who buys or uses illicit drugs recreationally is part of a drug cartel, or drug conspiracy simply because they helped consume the drugs that were being sold, and were therefore a cog in the wheel of narcotics trafficking,â he added.
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