Stony Brook University student arrested on felony drug charges

Suffolk County Police, with assistance from Stony Brook State University Police, arrested a Stony Brook University student on more than a dozen drug charges following an extensive narcotics investigation.

Members of the Stony Brook University Police Department contacted Suffolk County Police Narcotics Section detectives last month regarding a student possibly selling drugs on campus.

Suffolk police said that following a joint investigation, it was determined Domingo Zaba, 41, who lived on campus, was allegedly selling drugs through social media. Detectives arrested Zaba on October 28 and then executed a search warrant at Zaba’s dorm room. Investigators seized drugs including fentanyl, cocaine, mushrooms, Xanax, ketamine and marijuana.

Zaba was charged with 15 felonies—three counts each of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 2^nd Degree, Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3^rdDegree, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3^rd Degree, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 5^th Degree and one count each of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 2^nd Degree, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 4^th Degree and Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 5^thDegree. He was also charged with three counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 7^th Degree, a misdemeanor.

Zaba is scheduled to be arraigned today at First District Court in Central Islip.

A criminal charge is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.