Crime & Safety

21 Arrested in Heroin Bust, Tied to Two Yorktown Overdoses

Thomas Plant, 22, and Gwendolyn Farrell, 21, found dead in March of a heroin overdose. Police have arrested 21 people who allegedly supplied them with the heroin.

A multi-agency investigation has lead to the arrest of 21 people in a Bronx heroin ring who allegedly sold heroin to the two young Yorktown residents  in March. 

According to a Journal News article, the takedown took place on Oct. 27, the same place in the same Bronx neighborhood from where the heroin that killed , had come. According to the article, in addition to the arrests, nearly 9 pounds of heroin and a cache of firearms were seized.

Plant and Farrell were in her parents' home on Hanover Street on March 26. Police said they found five packets of heroin in the bedroom.

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 as a passionate young woman, who was adventurous, sweet, loving, and had a vivacious personality and free spirit. They told Patch, she was a talented musician who had been awarded two music scholarships. 

Plant has been described by his family as a talented guitar player who wrote short stories and poems. He had been studying computers at Westchester Community College, according to The Journal News

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