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"Come Monday, most likely they'll scale shit back. "Dice usually be smoking weed on the stoop of his cousin's house after school," he says. His casket is ivory white and narrow, just wide enough to fit his body inside its purple velvet walls. Former Deputy Comm. & Permanently Injuring Victim in Car, Three Men Sentenced to Prison Time for 2016 Assault & Kidnapping, Statement from District Attorney Madeline Singas on Lake George Fatal Boat Crash Conviction. But the day after James is buried, he makes his way to the graveyard to pay his respects. Tuesday, they'll be even less of them. Massive speakers and a 60-inch plasma TV sit atop an entertainment center in the corner. When that doesn't work, he lowers his head and cries. As the gang war spreads, police are seemingly powerless to stop it. But the truth is, 99 percent of these niggas around here would be jobless and making no money if I didn't do what I do in this community. The fiend eyes it gratefully before sliding it into his sock and strolling off, whistling the opening notes to Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing.". "Aight," says Dice, who's wearing a bulletproof vest beneath his blue Yankees jersey. The investigation is called Operation Honeycomb because a large volume of drugs was allegedly packaged and stored at a defendants home, which was frequently referred to as the honeycomb by co-defendants in wiretapped calls. The disruption of this operation serves as a strong reminder that activities such as drug trafficking and the violence that is associated by these types of crimes will be relentlessly be pursued by law enforcement.. Nassau County will continue cracking down on those dealing addiction and violence into our communities.. He handled corner dealing, lookout and runner duties before taking over the crew's burgeoning prostitution business, and is now being groomed to take on more responsibility. 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Such terrain is ideal for drug dealers, since it steals the element of surprise from police as well as enemy gangs. In Hempstead and other economically struggling communities across the country, the Great Recession has left lasting damage, while also spawning a new generation of Bloods, Crips and other drug-dealing gangs. "And in the process, we discovered a significant amount of cash.". His first night back, he got his girlfriend pregnant. "What you have here is a situation where both crews have a great product, and neither is open to being bought out," Ice says. Depending on whom you ask, Tyrek is either the most ruthless, sadistic gangster in the New York metropolitan area or a gentleman hustler who runs his drug business more like Bill Gates than Scarface. There are multiple parking options available for those looking to attend the Houston Rodeo. "But he chose sides; he wasn't there by accident. Ricky Jackson, an inmate at a Massachusetts prison, gave the order to Darren Devane to take possession of the 100 grams of the drug that was at Angelique Whites home, according to the indictment. There is another defendant that has yet to be arraigned. Officials seized the vehicle and further investigation led them to find 18 pounds of cocaine and two handguns, according to reports. People are dying every day because of the types of drugs these men are accused of selling in Nassau County, said William Sweeney, the FBI New York Assistant Director-in-Charge. ", Tyrek doesn't attend the funeral, certain that police will be in attendance and leaning on people to snitch. "Anybody gets shot around here, they put it on TV," Flex says. New Zealand police made the largest drug bust in the country's history, seizing 3.5 tons of cocaine worth $316 million that were found floating in the ocean. one Crip shouts to a pair of junkies walking down the block. "Going to be my prince. Waller County Jail is located in Waller County, Texas. But now, we at war, man. We all know our rights and asked for lawyers.". On two occasions in April and June, Joseph Robertson is accused of traveling from Brooklyn to Hempstead to sell pistols, which were wrapped in T-shirts. He looks cramped in the open casket, but peaceful. "I knew how to run a business, and this ain't so different, really," he says. poster hanging in the living room beside a dartboard and Nerf hoop. "I hear whispers in the hood, people saying I brought war to their blocks over a couple of corners. We confiscated several cars," Singleton said. cries another gangster at an approaching car. Scheller declined to comment on the allegations because he hasnt seen the prosecution's evidence. Like many Bloods and Crips, he also survived a gunshot wounda bullet to his left ankle that left him with a permanent limp. "Everybody take one," Flex says. Five defendants allegedly sold a cocktail of heroin, fentanyl and cocaine. Former N. Hempstead Employee Sentenced for Embezzling More Than $98,000 from Waste Management Auth. Using the U.S. Mail for gifts, greeting cards, and on-line purchases, an absolute YES; Illegal drugsan absolute NO. Defense attorneys for the otherscharged could not be reached for comment Thursday night. Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. He had plenty of time to absorb the classics while serving five years in prison for selling crack. Ten feet away lay a baby-faced Crips member, "Little James" Carter, with a quarter-size hole in his forehead. And that's what you seeing now. Then a second, and third. "Why I can't wake you?" Among the guns seized were three .40-mm pistols, two .38-mm revolvers and a 30-round extended magazine. The sheer quantity of deadly drugs seized by law enforcement amount to a weapon of mass destruction against our residents, said County Executive Laura Curran. It's all systematic and planned, all the positions and responsibilities and assignments. If their lives lack meaning and purpose outside their gangs' territories, they're plainly meaningful and purposeful within them. But they a small-ass force, yo. Gang members from the Bloods, walk across a graffit covered foot bridge on 45th Ave and 94th street in Corona, Queens, New York. The sweep, they hope, will lead someone to identify James's killer in exchange for a deal with prosecutors promising leniency. Syosset Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Throwing Cinderblocks onto Meadowbrook Pkwy. Among the 24, three defendants -- Justin Eleazer, 29, of Southampton;Ryan Kellis, 32, of Southampton; andBenjamin Diaz, 47, of the Bronx -- were charged with operating as a major trafficker, an A1 felony known as the "kingpin statute," and face 25 years to life in prison if convicted. That's just the code. Dice directs Charlie toward the side of an apartment building. Walk my son home from school every day? 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