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Sleepy Hollow Resident Convicted of Dealing Date Rape Drug
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June 1, 2016
By Rick Pezzullo
A former police officer who lives in Sleepy Hollow was found guilty by a jury in late April of possessing and distributing a so-called date rape drug, earning more than $1.2 million in a five-year period.
Robert Smutek, 52, a former cop in Dutchess County and member of a drug task force, could spend the rest of his life in prison when he is sentenced September 8 after being convicted of four counts of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance —following a five-day trial before U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas April 28.
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During the trial, Smutek, who operated an Internet website that sold patent medicines, testified he sold more than 200,000 one-ounce bottles of Potion 9, described as a “mood enhancer” that makes users feel euphoric.
“Robert Smutek was a modern-day drug dealer, dealing a date rape drug over the Internet out of his suburban home,” said Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. “Despite his bucolic surroundings, Smutek was as much a drug dealer as those who sell on street corners, and he will now face the consequences of running a narcotics enterprise for more than five years.”
Following the verdict, Smutek was remanded to prison.
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