Bail Set at $2 Million Each for Two Alleged East Hampton Cocaine Deliverymen

Bail was set at $2 million by County Judge Steven Pilewski at separate arraignments for each of two defendants accused by East Hampton Town Police of being part of a narcotics delivery ring that covered East Hampton, from Montauk to East Hampton Village.

The two made over $1 million in the past year, prosecutors said during the arraignments.

Michael Khodorkovskiy, 44, of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, was arraigned August 15 on 47 felony counts related to possession of and sale of cocaine, almost exclusively in the Village of East Hampton on Newtown Lane over the past year. Four of the charges are for selling a controlled substance in the first degree, because, according to the Suffolk County crime lab, more than 2 ounces of cocaine were involved in four sales.

Khodorkovskiy was picked up by New York Police Department officers around noon on August 2 on a warrant. After his arrest, detectives searched his house and said they came up with more than a kilogram of cocaine.

His co-defendant, Alexandr Dyatchin, was arraigned on Friday, August 16, on 37 felony counts, including one of sale of a controlled substance in the first degree. The summer residence in Springs that Dyatchin was renting was raided simultaneously with his arrest at about the same time Khodorkovskiy was picked up.

Unlike Khodorkovskiy, whose charges all involve cocaine, Dyatchin is also charged with possessing with intent to sell, and selling, MDMA, a party drug known as molly or ecstasy.

Rob Archer, an assistant district attorney, indicated that more charges are coming and that both defendants will likely be charged under the state’s drug kingpin law and could face a sentence of 25 years to life or more if convicted.

Dyatchin, 38, was born in Russia and now is a citizen of Serbia. His visa and passport have expired, Archer said Friday.

According to the charges, the two worked in concert, with Khodorkovskiy handling sales in East Hampton Village, while Dyatchin worked the Montauk party scene, as well as making many sales to undercover agents on the Yacht Club property, and in Amagansett, as well.

None of the businesses connected to the addresses named in the indictment have been accused of any wrong-doing.

Khodorkovskiy, according to his attorney, Tony Mirvis, operated a private ride share service. Dyatchin was previously identified in court as an Uber driver. Khodorkovskiy is currently on probation after being convicted in New York City of choking a woman, Archer pointed out.

According to Archer, who is with the Suffolk County district attorney’s narcotics division, Khodorkovskiy’s and Dyatchin’s “modus operandi” involved picking up clients, taking them for a short drive, and making the cocaine sales.

Detectives also found over $100,000 worth of gold coins and determined that Khodorkovskiy’s bank account held $130,000, Archer said. He indicated that the duo face even more charges, including A1 felony charges under the state’s drug kingpin laws, with sentences of 25 years to life or even more in the offing if convicted.

Mirvis, who was privately retained, argued that the $2 million bail request was excessive, as did Kenneth Russo, Dyatchin’s privately retained attorney. He pointed out that his client has no criminal record, and had family in the courtroom audience. Archer countered both arguments, pointing to the high likelihood of several more first degree-type charges being brought, and the possibility of sentences of 25 years to life in prison if convicted.

Pilewski agreed with Archer’s arguments in setting bail.