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Leader Of Westchester Street Gang Gets 40-Year Sentence
The 33-year-old leader of a Mount Vernon street gang known as "Boss Playa Family," was sentenced on Thursday, March 15, In White Plains Federal Court to 40 Years In prison for racketeering offenses Including two murders of rival gang members in 2008.
Jamel Upson, also known as Flynt, was the leader of the “Boss Playa Family” or “BPF” street gang and committed several shootings, including two murders, in furtherance of the gang, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Upson was sen…
10 Hudson Valley Gang Members Face New Charges
Nearly a dozen members of a Newburgh street gang face additional racketeering and firearms charges, according to the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan.
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, David M. Hoovler, the Orange County District Attorney, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the FBI, Ashan M. Benedict, the New York Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), and Aaron Weaver, the Acting Chief of the City of Newburgh Police Department, announced add…
