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Hudson Valley Street Gang Member Sentenced For 2016 Murder, Racketeering Hudson Valley Street Gang Member Sentenced For 2016 Murder, Racketeering
Hudson Valley Street Gang Member Sentenced For 2016 Murder, Racketeering The last of three gang members charged in the death of a Hudson Valley teen has been sentenced to prison. Dutchess County resident Dimetri Moseley, age 28, of Poughkeepsie, a member of the "Uptown" gang, was sentenced on Wednesday, Dec. 14, said Damian Williams, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Moseley was sentenced to 25 years in prison for racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to distribute heroin in connection with the 2016 murder of Caval Haylett and the distribution of heroin, said the US. Attorney's Office. He had previously pled guilty to participation in…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Ex-Con Sentenced To Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin In Rockland Ex-Con Sentenced To Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin In Rockland
Ex-Con Sentenced To Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin In Rockland A Paterson ex-con is headed to federal prison for 25 years for distributing heroin by the pound in Bergen, Passaic and Rockland counties. Reinaldo “Memo” Rodriguez, 30, was part of a network that that stretched from the Bronx to Paterson and into suburban towns in all three counties, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. One ring member, Edwin Lopez of Elmwood Park, was sentenced to 13½ years in federal prison in July 2017 as part of a plea. Another, Carolina Almonte of the Bronx, also negotiated a deal and got four months in May 2017.  Rodriguez opted instead for a trial, whi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Four Members Of Middletown Drug Trafficking Organization Charged With Distributing Heroin Four Members Of Middletown Drug Trafficking Organization Charged With Distributing Heroin
Four Members Of Middletown Drug Trafficking Organization Charged With Distributing Heroin Four suspects are facing life in prison after being charged for their roles in a multi-year heroin distribution ring in Orange County. U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman announced that an indictment has been unsealed alleging that from 2015 through last year, Luis “Colla” Ortiz, Felix Velez, Carmen “Evaliz” Torres and Jose Colon conspired to distribute more than a kilogram of heroin in Middletown. Three were arrested in Orange County, and a fourth suspect was also arrested in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and was presented in federal court. The indictment alleges that the traffickers dis…

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by Zak Failla
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U.S. Attorney: Accomplice Of Rockland Heroin Dealer Indicted U.S. Attorney: Accomplice Of Rockland Heroin Dealer Indicted
U.S. Attorney: Accomplice Of Rockland Heroin Dealer Indicted STONY POINT, N.Y. -- Federal grand jurors indicted an accused accomplice of an admitted Stony Point heroin dealer in connection with an organized ring that distributed pounds of the drug in Rockland, Bergen and Passaic counties. Reinaldo “Money” Rodriguez, 29, was part of a network that that stretched from the Bronx to Paterson and into suburban towns in three counties, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said. The ring included included Joseph Trimarco, 30, of Stony Point, NY, who worked out a deal with federal prosecutors in exchange for a guilty plea. Trimarco is awaiting senten…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Retail Orange County Heroin Store Operators Sentenced Retail Orange County Heroin Store Operators Sentenced
Retail Orange County Heroin Store Operators Sentenced A group of area men is heading to prison after pleading guilty to running an organized heroin ring out of an Orange County storefront. Geoffrey Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced the sentencing of Victor R. Rivas this week, who will spend the next seven years behind bars for his role in operating the heroin-selling organization out of the storefront on Broadway in Newburgh. Berman said that beginning in 2016, Victor M. Rivas, with the assistance of Julio Davila, Victor R. Rivas, Ronald “Louis” Matias and Edward Cardona ran an organization enga…

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by Zak Failla