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Area Duo Sentenced For Selling Fentanyl That Led To At Least Four Deaths, Feds Say
Two area men have been sentenced to prison in connection with the fentanyl overdose deaths of four people.
Frank Moss, aka "Jigga," a Poughkeepsie drug dealer who sold fentanyl to two women who later died, was sentenced to almost 22 years in prison, said Geoffrey S. Berman, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Arnold Melendez, aka "Frankie," another Poughkeepsie drug dealer, who sold fentanyl leading to the overdose deaths of two men, was sentenced to almost 16 years in prison, Berman said.
Both men pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent …
ICE, Nypd: 'Money-Sucking' Crew With Bergen, Hudson Members Scammed Elderly 2X
Ten people -- six of them from Bergen and Hudson counties -- were charged by federal authorities with convincing unwitting elderly victims to invest their money in various businesses, pushing them into debt, and then scamming them again with a bogus debt-relief program.
Those charged include two Hillsdale residents, identified as Joseph Ciaccio and Joseph Depaola, both 30; two Elmwood Park residents, identified as Derrek Larkin, 36, and Mattie Cirilo, 28; and one from Washington Township, Joseph Minetto, 32.
Also charged were Anthony Cheedie, 34, of Jersey City, two people from Arizona, ano…
College Of New Rochelle Controller Sentenced, Must Repay Millions For Fraud
The former controller at the College of New Rochelle will spend time behind bars and repay millions after admitting to doctoring the school’s books by nearly $34 million dollars, forcing the 115-year-old institution to close its doors.
Keith Borge, 62, of Valley Cottage, has been sentenced to three years in prison, $25,000 in fines and will pay restitution that reaches as much as $13.2 million after pleading guilty securities fraud and failure to pay $20.4 million in payroll taxes.
As part of the plea, Borge, a resident of Valley Cottage in Rockland County, admitted to filing fina…
$40,000 Bergen Jewel Thief Who Also Killed 2 Rivals Gets 40 Years
The theft of $40,000 of jewelry from a Bergen County store was directed by a Westchester gang leader who was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in federal prison for killing two rivals just months earlier, authorities said.
Jamel "Flynt" Upson, 33, ran the Mount Vernon-based "Boss Playa Family" -- or "BPF" -- which waged open warfare on its rivals, authorities said.
Upson, in particular, displayed "disturbing indifference to the lives of others," including two rivals he shot down in cold blood, said Geoffrey S. Berman, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern …
