New York man pleads guilty to running ‘Breaking Bad-style’ meth lab

Brilliant' scientist Matthew Leshinsky turned himself in after calling the police to report a burglary at his lab in Suffolk county

A New York man, whose attorney said is a brilliant" scientist who researched drug addiction for the public good", has pleaded guilty to running a meth lab in a case that prosecutors compare to the series Breaking Bad.

But Matthew Leshinsky's chemistry skills took him only so far. The 23-year-old was busted for running the meth operation in Ronkonkoma, New York, after calling the police to report a burglary at his cannabis analyzing side-hustle, Quantitative Laboratories.