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Accused Cop Shooter Charged With Attempted Murder For 'Senseless' Attack On Suffolk Officer
The 20-year-old man accused of shooting a Long Island police officer on the job could spend decades behind bars.
Janell Funderburke, age 20, of Coram, was formally arraigned on over a dozen criminal charges, including aggravated attempted murder, in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, May 25.
Suffolk County Police officers were surveilling Funderburke’s Coram home, located on Homestead Drive near Norfleet Lane, as part of an armed robbery investigation on Thursday, May 11, according to the Suffolk County DA’s office.
Earlier Report: Watch: Suffolk County Officer Gets Hero's Send-Off Fr…
Long Island Man Indicted For Sex Trafficking, Exploitation Of Minors
A "Bloods" gang member from Long Island has been charged with alleged sex trafficking, interstate prostitution, and child pornography.
Joshua Lampley-Reid, age 26, of West Hempstead, a member of the Makk Balla set of the Bloods, was arrested and Wednesday, June 9, and arraigned on the charges on Thursday, June 10, according to Mark J. Lesko, acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
Lampley-Reid was charged with sex trafficking, coercion, and enticement of minors, sexual exploitation of a minor, transportation of child pornography, and interstate prostitution.
“As alleged,…
Suffolk Man Admits To Murder, Racketeering
An associate of the Red Stone Gorilla “set” of the Bloods street gang on Long Island admitted to his role in racketeering, murder, robberies, narcotics trafficking and firearms offenses on the East End.
Terrill Latney, also known as “Motis,” and “Mo,” 39, of Mastic Beach, pleaded guilty in Central Islip federal court to racketeering, including conspiring to distribute narcotics and participating in the murder of Thomas Lacolla on Nov. 17, 2015.
U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue said that Latney participated in the distribution of crack cocaine, cocaine and heroin in the Riverhead area for near…
Bloods Gang Members, Associates Indicted For Racketeering, Violent Crimes On LI's East End
Six alleged members of the Red Stone Gorillas “set” of the Bloods street gang are facing a host of charges for racketeering, murder, robberies, narcotics trafficking and firearms offenses on the East End of Long Island.
It is alleged that six Bloods gang members committed acts of violence and distributed large quantities of crack cocaine, powder cocaine and heroin in the Riverhead area for nearly a decade.
Those charged:
Terrill Latney, 39, of Riverhead;
Corey Belcher, 34, of Riverhead;
Jimmy Dean, 41, of Calverton;
Roger Foster, 22, of Baiting Hollow;
Eric Ross, 27, of Flanders;
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Bloods Gang Member Indicted For Double Homicide, Racketeering On Long Island
An alleged 25-year-old member of the Bloods street gang is facing charges for racketeering and a double homicide near a Long Island Railroad station, U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue announced.
Farmingville resident Taheem Smith - also known as “Ta” - was arraigned in Central Islip federal court on an 11-count indictment charging him with racketeering, murders in aid of racketeering of David Arzu and Janelle Curella, robbery, weapons charges, and drug possession and distribution.
It is alleged that on Sept. 2, 2016, Arzu, Curella, and two others were walking toward the Long Island Railr…
Six Bloods Members, Associates Charged With Narcotics Trafficking On Long Island
Six members of the Bloods street gang on Long Island are facing charges after being arrested for their roles in drug distribution in and around Babylon.
An 11-count indictment was unsealed in Central Islip federal court charging Rashaan Corbin, of Mastic, Andre Turner, Sharied Legette, Taieek Smith, all of Wyandanch, Alex Murphy, of West Babylon, and Miles LaMarca, of Babylon, for allegedly distributing heroin, fentanyl, fentanyl analogues, cocaine or crack cocaine.
U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue said that the six often used guns to “protect their turf” and drugs from members of other …
