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Sound Beach Man Sentenced to Eight Years for Drugs, Illegal Firearms in Home With Child

By George Mcgregor
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23-year-old Sound Beach man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for possessing illegal drugs and firearms in a home where a young child was living,
Daniel Fink, 23, of Sound Beach, was sentenced to eight years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision after pleading guilty in June to two counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, and several related charges, for possessing illegal weapons and narcotics in a home that housed a 7-year-old child. Image: Suffolk County District Attorney

SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. — A 23-year-old Sound Beach man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for possessing illegal drugs and firearms in a home where a young child was living, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced Friday.

Daniel Fink was sentenced on July 25, 2025, after pleading guilty last month to multiple felony drug and weapons charges, along with child endangerment and related offenses. His sentence includes five years of post-release supervision.

Authorities say the investigation began on January 15, 2025, when Suffolk County Police executed a court-authorized search warrant at Fink’s Sound Beach residence. Fink was living at the time with his girlfriend and her 7-year-old child, both of whom were home during the raid.

Inside the home, detectives recovered an arsenal of illegal weapons, including four loaded semiautomatic pistols, two loaded revolvers, and a loaded assault weapon. Also seized were four high-capacity ammunition feeding devices, narcotics packaging materials, and digital scales.

Police also found a variety of illegal drugs in Fink’s possession, including cocaine, MDMA (ecstasy), psilocybin mushrooms, ketamine, clonazepam, buprenorphine, and oxycodone.

On June 12, Fink entered a guilty plea before Acting Supreme Court Justice Richard I. Horowitz to the following charges:

  • Two counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree (Class B felonies)
  • Eight counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree (Class C felonies)
  • One count of Criminally Using Drug Paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor)
  • One count of Endangering the Welfare of a Child (Class A misdemeanor)

Fink was represented by attorney Jeremy Scileppi. The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Emma Pearce of the Narcotics Bureau. The investigation was led by the Suffolk County Police Department’s Narcotics Section.

District Attorney Tierney emphasized that the presence of a child in the home at the time of the offenses underscores the severe risk such crimes pose to vulnerable individuals.

Important: This story is categorized as a crime story and thus it is important to note that charges are accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
George Mcgregor

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