Bridget G. Brennan announced today the indictment and arrests of 13 individuals as a result of a long-term investigation into criminal street gang involvement in an open air drug market operating in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan.

Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced the arrest and indictment of a New York City firefighter on multiple counts of Conspiracy, Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance and Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance on or near School Grounds.

Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, announced that a jury has convicted Santino Boderick, 23, on all top counts charged in connection with his role in gang turf warfare between the Brooklyn street crew “GS9” and multiple rivals, which resulted in shootings in New York City and Miami.

Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced the extradition of an alleged Colombian drug trafficker who conspired to smuggle multi-kilogram quantities of heroin and cocaine to New York City aboard the emblematic Royal Spanish Navy training vessel, the Juan Sebastian de Elcano, between April and May of 2014. The extradition of another Colombian national involved with the case is also anticipated in the near future.

Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced the arrest and indictment
of five individuals on conspiracy, narcotics and weapon possession charges following a long-term undercover investigation. The defendants were involved in three overlapping narcotics operations. Approximately $300,000 cash, two pounds of cocaine and firearm in Farmingdale, L.I. home.

Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, announced the sentencing of Ackquille Pollard to seven years in prison and five years post-release supervision for Conspiracy in the Fourth Degree and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree in Manhattan Supreme Court.

New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan announced the the arrest 17 individuals as a result of a long-term investigation into round-the-clock narcotics sales in the vicinity of the AK Houses, a privately-owned affordable housing complex in East Harlem, Manhattan. The Crime Strategies Unit for the office of New York County District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. assisted in the investigation.

Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced the arrest of two men charged with possessing at least 30 kilograms of heroin (over 65 lbs.) hidden in the axle of a truck’s trailer. The defendants were intending to sell the heroin for up to $2.3 million wholesale to distributors in New York City, Long Island and across the Northeast. When repackaged for street level distribution the shipment would have yielded well over half a million individual doses of heroin.

Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced the indictment and arrest of Steven Bernhard, a former practitioner of osteopathic medicine, for selling amphetamine diet pills to patients long after his medical license was revoked for dangerous prescribing practices. The indictment includes charges related to a 65-year old female patient with a history of heart disease who died while taking amphetamine pills obtained from the former doctor.

New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan announced the indictment and arrest of nine individuals in connection with sales of cocaine at Sin City Cabaret, a gentlemen’s club located at 2520 Park Avenue in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx.

Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced the seizure of 52 kilograms of cocaine found concealed in fake Latin American root vegetables from a basement apartment in the Soundview section of the Bronx. The apartment is located across the street from P.S. 196, an elementary school, and close to two other schools: P.S. 691, also called Bronx Little School, and The Cinema School, a public high school. Drug stash house found across the street from P.S. 196 in the Bronx.

New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan announced the seizure of 64 kilograms of packaged heroin (140 lbs.) from a single-family private residence located in the University Heights section of the Bronx. One of the largest heroin mills dismantled in NYC: Nine arrested and $300,000 seized.