(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York) Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Delano A. Reid, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ('ATF'), and William J. Bratton, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department ('NYPD'), announced charges against three individuals for the December 28, 2014, murder of Rashaun Nicholson, which occurred in Lower Manhattan. Specifically, CORY HARRIS, a/k/a 'Hop,' a/k/a 'P,' FRANK JENKINS, a/k/a 'Frizz' and RAHEEM MALDONADO, were charged with participating in a conspiracy to commit murder for...
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Three Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With December 2014 Fatal Shooting In Manhattan And Eleven ...
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Twenty Individuals Charged With Narcotics Trafficking Involving Firearms In The Bronx (NYPD - New York ...
(Source: NYPD - New York City Police Department) Twenty Individuals Charged With Narcotics Trafficking Involving Firearms In The Bronx Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Diego Rodriguez, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), and William J. Bratton, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department...
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Twenty Individuals Charged with Narcotics Trafficking Involving Firearms in the Bronx (Federal Bureau of Investigation ...
(Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation - New York Field Office) Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Diego Rodriguez, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), and William J. Bratton, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department ("NYPD"), announced the unsealing today of an Indictment charging 20 defendants with participating in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of heroin and crack cocaine in the vicinity of Hoe Avenue and Aldus Street in the Bronx. Six of the 20 defendants were also charged with possessing firearms in furtherance of the...
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Extradition Of Pakistani Nationals For Conspiring To Commit Narco-Terrorism And To ...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York) Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Mark Hamlet, the Special Agent in Charge of the Special Operations Division of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA"), announced today the extradition of PIRZADA KHAWAJA ABDUL HAMEED CHISHTI, a/k/a "Abdul Hameed Chishti Pirzada Khawaja," a/k/a "Benny," and PIRZADA KHAWAJA ABDUL WAHAB CHISHTI, a/k/a "Abdul Wahab Chishti Pirzada Khawaja," a/k/a "Angel." Both are citizens of Pakistan residing in Spain and are charged with conspiring to commit narco-terrorism, to...
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges Seven Additional Members and Associates of Genovese and Bonanno Organized Crime Families with Narcotics Trafficking Conspiracy and Loan Sharking (FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation)
(Source: FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation) Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; George Venizelos, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and Raymond W. Kelly, the Police Commissioner of the City of New York (NYPD), announced today the unsealing of charges in Manhattan federal court against seven additional alleged members and associates of the Genovese and Bonanno organized crime families, including a Genovese capo, for offenses including narcotics trafficking conspiracy and loan sharking. Five other defendants, including a solider in the Genovese organized crime family, were...
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Defendant Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 30 Years In Prison For Shooting At Police ...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York) Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DARREN MORRIS was sentenced yesterday in Manhattan federal court to 30 years in prison on firearms charges relating to a July 2009 Bronx murder and a November 2009 attempted shooting of a New York City Police Department ('NYPD') police officer. Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said: 'As part of a Bronx robbery crew, Darren Morris lived a life of violence, including participating in a July 2009 murder and a November 2009 attempted shooting of a police officer. With his conviction and sentence, Morris will no longer...
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48 Members And Associates Of 2 Rival Bronx Street Gangs Charged In Federal Court (NYPD ...
(Source: NYPD - New York City Police Department) Racketeering Offenses, Including Three Murders, Narcotics Trafficking, And Firearms Offenses Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Delano A. Reid, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ('ATF'), James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the...
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Oneil Scott Arrested And Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Violent Attempted Robbery And Kidnapping ...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York) Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael Greco, the Southern District of New York United States Marshal ('USMS'), and William Bratton, the Police Commissioner of the City of New York ('NYPD'), announced the arrest of ONEIL SCOTT on charges of robbery conspiracy, attempted robbery, kidnapping conspiracy, kidnapping resulting in death, and firearms offenses. At the time he was charged, SCOTT was serving a federal sentence on a robbery conviction arising from his participation in a Bronx armed robbery in approximately September 2010. Two other defendants, ALVIN HENRY...
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Man Arrested, Charged With Violent Attempted Robbery & Kidnapping (NYPD - New York City Police ...
(Source: NYPD - New York City Police Department) United States Attorney's Office Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE Monday, January 25, 2016 James Margolin, Dawn Dearden, http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys Christian Saint-Vil NYPD USMS Stephen Davis Kevin Kamrowski (646) 610-6700 (212) 331-7126 ONEIL SCOTT ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT WITH VIOLENT ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AND KIDNAPPING OF BRONX MAN RESULTING IN HIS DEATH Kidnappers Allegedly Placed Victim's Body in Vehicle Parked in Bronx Alleyway and Set It Afire as Part of Attempted Cover-Up Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern...
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Bronx Trinitarios gang members busted and charged
Last night and early this morning, ATF agents and officers from various law enforcement agencies did a coordinated strike in the Fordham and Kingsbridge neighborhoods of the Bronx and arrested another 19 members of the Trinitarios street gang. The strike was part of a two-year long investigation, “Operation Patria,” conducted by federal and local law enforcement officers working with the...
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Forty Individuals Charged with Drug Trafficking Conspiracy in the Municipality of Ponce (Federal Bureau of Investigation - San Juan Field Office)
(Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation - San Juan Field Office) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Today federal authorities arrested 34 members of a drug trafficking organization which operated in the Santiago Iglesias Public Housing Project, in the municipality of Ponce, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Police of Puerto Rico Ponce Strike Force are in charge of the investigation. On March 3, 2016, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a six-count indictment against 40 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances,...
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GANG ALLIANCE THAT RAVAGED WEST BRONX WITH GUNFIRE AND NEW ENGLAND TOWNS WITH DRUGS IS DISMANTLED (NYPD - New York City Police Department)
(Source: NYPD - New York City Police Department) For Immediate Release March 10, 2016 GANG ALLIANCE THAT RAVAGED WEST BRONX WITH GUNFIRE AND NEW ENGLAND TOWNS WITH DRUGS IS DISMANTLED In Largest Gang Takedown In Bronx History, 84 People Are Indicted On Charges Related To 22 Shootings, Narcotics Trafficking; 15 Guns and 16 Kilos of Drugs Seized and Major Suppliers Identified Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark, New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt today announced the indictment of 84 alleged gang members connected to 22 shootings in the west Bronx and who flooded towns in Massachusetts and New...
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DISTRICT ATTORNEY VANCE AND POLICE COMMISSIONER BRATTON ANNOUNCE INDICTMENT OF TWO MAJOR HEROIN, PCP RINGS (The New York County District Attorney's Office)
(Source: The New York County District Attorney's Office) 20 Defendants Indicted for Large-Scale Distribution of Heroin and PCP in Manhattan and the Bronx 14 Firearms, 14 Kilograms of Heroin, a Gallon of Liquefied PCP, and More Than $100,000 in Cash Recovered by Detectives Executing Search Warrants Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., and New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton today announced the indictment of 20 defendants for their roles in two related drug trafficking organizations that possessed and sold large quantities of heroin and Phencyclidine ('PCP') in Manhattan and the Bronx. The charges in the indictment filed in New York State Supreme Court include...
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Leader Of Bronx Narcotics Organization Sentenced To Life For Murder (United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York)
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York) Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ADONY NINA, the leader of a drug trafficking organization (the 'Organization') that operated in the Bronx, was sentenced yesterday to life in prison for running the Organization and murdering Aisha Morales in June 2011. NINA was convicted after an October 2013 trial of one count of conspiring to distribute heroin and crack cocaine and one count of discharging a firearm in relation to a narcotics conspiracy. NINA was further convicted after a May 2015 trial of one count of intentionally causing the killing of Aisha...
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Leader of Bronx Narcotics Organization Sentenced to Life for Murder (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) New York Field Division)
(Source: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) New York Field Division) Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ADONY NINA, the leader of a drug trafficking organization (the 'Organization') that operated in the Bronx, was sentenced yesterday to life in prison for running the Organization and murdering Aisha Morales in June 2011. NINA was convicted after an October 2013 trial of one count of conspiring to distribute heroin and crack cocaine and one count of discharging a firearm in relation to a narcotics conspiracy. NINA was further convicted after a May 2015 trial of one count of intentionally causing the killing...
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Leader of Bronx Narcotics Organization Sentenced to Life for Murder (ATF - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives)
(Source: ATF - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ADONY NINA, the leader of a drug trafficking organization (the 'Organization') that operated in the Bronx, was sentenced yesterday to life in prison for running the Organization and murdering Aisha Morales in June 2011. NINA was convicted after an October 2013 trial of one count of conspiring to distribute heroin and crack cocaine and one count of discharging a firearm in relation to a narcotics conspiracy. NINA was further convicted after a May 2015 trial of one count of intentionally causing the killing of Aisha Morales while...
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Member of Albanian Drug Gang Called the ‘Wolfpack’ Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to 135 Months in Prison in Connection with Narcotics and Firearms Offenses (Federal Bureau of Investigation - New York Field Office)
(Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation - New York Field Office) Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Frankie Frokaj, a leader of an Albanian drug gang called the "Wolfpack," was sentenced today by United States District Judge George B. Daniels to 135 months in prison in connection with his role in the organization. Frokaj pled guilty in April 2013 to one count of conspiring to distribute 1,000 kilograms and more of marijuana. All 13 members and associates of the Wolfpack originally charged in this case in September 2012 have pled guilty, and 10 have now been sentenced to terms ranging from probation to 168 months in prison....
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Eleven Members of Yonkers Gang Charged in White Plains Federal Court with Narcotics Trafficking and Firearms Offenses (FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation)
(Source: FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation) Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; George Venizelos, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Charles Gardner, the Commissioner of the Yonkers Police Department; and George N. Longworth, the Commissioner of the Westchester County Department of Public Safety, announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging 11 defendants with a series of crimes, including the distribution of narcotics and the use of firearms in Yonkers, New York. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara stated, "Our drive to remove armed drug gangs from Yonkers remains...
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Major Drug Trafficker Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to Life Plus 30 Years in Prison for Two Murder-for-Hire Conspiracies, Attempted Murder, and Narcotics and Firearms Offenses (Federal Bureau of Investigation - New York Field Office)
(Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation - New York Field Office) Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROGER KEY, a/k/a "Luchie," a violent and large-scale drug trafficker who operated in Manhattan and the Bronx, New York, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to life plus 30 years in prison in connection with his role in carrying out two murder-for-hire conspiracies-resulting in the murder of one victim and the near-fatal shooting of an innocent bystander-attempted murder, and narcotics and firearms offenses. KEY was convicted in April 2014 following a three-week...
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FnD Gang Members Plead Guilty to Racketeering and Narcotics Charges, Including Mother’s Day Shooting (United ...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana) U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that AKEIN SCOTT, a/k/a "Keemy," age 22; SHAWN SCOTT, a/k/a "Shizzle," age 26; and STANLEY SCOTT, a/k/a "Stizzle," age 23, all pled guilty today in the racketeering conspiracy case involving the Frenchmen/Derbigny gang, or "FnD." AKEIN SCOTT pled guilty to eight counts of the Third Superseding Indictment and admitted guilt to the Mother's Day shooting, which the Indictment alleged was a shooting that was committed in furtherance of the drug trafficking conspiracy and the RICO conspiracy. Additionally, AKEIN SCOTT pled guilty to...
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