Uriel Rose, 41, of Bay Shore, used auto shop to traffic drugs, prosecutors say

A Bay Shore man has been charged with selling drugs out of his Deer Park auto shop, officials said.

Uriel Rose, 41, was arraigned Wednesday on an array of drug charges following a 10-month investigation focused on his "Beema Boyz” shop, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney announced.

In June, Suffolk police began investigating the narcotics trafficking network Rose allegedly ran out of his garage, Tierney’s office said. In addition to conducting surveillance, an undercover detective purchased cocaine from Rose on seven different occasions during the 10-month operation, the office said in a news release.

Authorities executed a search warrant at Beema Boyz on April 10, according to the district attorney’s office. Rose was apprehended with what authorities said was cocaine residue on his clothing as he tried to flee from the bathroom to the building’s exit.

Rose "allegedly flushed much of the cocaine he possessed” down the toilet when police executed the search warrant, according to a news release from Tierney. Police recovered a quantity of cocaine from the toilet and over eight ounces of cocaine from Rose’s office desk, the release said.

Officers also found cash, a cash counter, drug ledgers, "a hot plate used for cooking crack-cocaine,” and other drug paraphernalia, including scales and packaging materials. In an office trash can, officials retrieved packages labeled "Ahijado,” a Spanish word that translates to "godson,” which they believe were used to transport kilograms of cocaine.

On Wednesday, Rose was arraigned before acting Supreme Court Justice Philip Goglas at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead on first-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree, seven counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, eight counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, one count of tampering with physical evidence and two counts of criminally using drug paraphernalia, according to Tierney’s office.

Rose pleaded not guilty to all 19 counts, according to Matthew Tuohy, the defense attorney representing Rose.

“Right now we’re maintaining his innocence,” Tuohy added in a telephone interview Wednesday afternoon.

Goglas ordered Rose held on bail of $1.5 million cash, $3 million bond or $6 million partially secured bond throughout the case, according to the district attorney. Rose is scheduled to return to court June 17 and faces 12 to up to 24 years behind bars if convicted on the top count.