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A Bay Shore man who ran a cocaine distribution operation out of his Deer Park auto shop was found guilty Thursday of drug sale and possession charges, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney announced.
Uriel Rose, 43, faces 12 to 24 years in state prison when he returns to court for sentencing on Dec. 1.
Acting state Supreme Court Justice Philip Goglas, who heard the case in a bench trial, convicted Rose of first-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, seven counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, and eight counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.
“This defendant, a repeat offender, turned an automotive shop into a hub for narcotics distribution, selling drugs repeatedly to an undercover detective and maintaining a stash of cocaine,” Tierney said.
“Following a 10-month-long investigation, our prosecutors proved this operation in a court of law. Today’s verdict will allow us to hold the defendant accountable for selling poison in our community.”
Garage under surveillance
Suffolk Police began investigating Rose’s operation in June 2024, according to evidence presented at trial. Detectives targeted his Deer Park shop, Beema Boyz, Tierney said.
Police surveillance was conducted over 10 months, while an undercover detective purchased cocaine from Rose on seven separate occasions, prosecutors said.
In April 2025, police executed a search warrant at the garage. With officers coming through the door, Rose made a run for it — from the bathroom toward the shop’s exit, prosecutors said.
Officers recovered what prosecutors described as a significant quantity of cocaine from the toilet, along with more than eight ounces of cocaine from Rose’s office desk.
‘Godson’ packages
The raid also turned up cash, a money counter, drug ledgers, scales and packaging materials, prosecutors said.
In his office’s garbage can, police found packages believed to have been used to move kilograms of cocaine. The packages were labeled “Ahijado,” which is Spanish for “Godson.”
Long rap sheet
Rose is no stranger to the courts. His prior felony convictions include three for third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, in April 2002, December 2002 and 2016, and one for first-degree reckless endangerment in 2002, Tierney detailed.
He also has misdemeanor convictions for two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance in 2015, unauthorized use of a vehicle in 2002 and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in 2001.
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