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25 Albany Residents Busted For Drugs, Racketeering

Posted on Friday, 30 of October , 2009 at 3:33 pm

ALBANY—Two dozen Albany men and one Albany woman were charged in a federal indictment unsealed Thursday.

Twenty-three individuals were charged with conspiracy to commit racketeering activity and all 25 were charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base (crack cocaine), cocaine and marijuana.

The indictment alleges that 23 defendants were members of, and conducted racketeering activity through, a criminal organization known as the Original Gangsta Killers (also known as the “OGK”) gang. The indictment further alleges that the gang has operated within the City of Albany from approximately 2000 through the present.

The 23 defendants were charged with conspiring to engage in a pattern of racketeering activity which includes multiple acts of drug trafficking, robbery and attempted murder. The defendants named in the Indictment include:

NAME STREET NAME AGE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS
Terrence ANTHONY “T-Black”; “Blacc” 29 incarcerated
Elijah D. CANCER “Sleeze”; “Sleezy” 23 222A Sherman Dorm, SUNY Oneonta, Oneonta, NY
Mundhir S. CONNOR “Major”; “Montana” 29 93 Morris Street, Albany, NY
Wister J. FARMER “Wist Daddy”; “Wisk”; “Wister” 24 170 Ida Yarborough, Albany, NY
Eric D. FOSTER “E-Nasty 30 50 North Swan Street, Albany, NY
Owen Z. FURTHMAN “Diz” 23 26 Barker Street, Colonie, NY
Justin P. GADDY “J-Black” 22 52 North Swan Street, Apt. 3, Albany, NY
Ladawn H. HARRIS “Nana”; “Nash” 26 incarcerated
Anairian R. KITTLE “AK” 23 130 4th Avenue, Albany, NY
Michelle P. KNICKERBOCKER   43 313 2nd Avenue, Albany, NY
Kwon S. LILLARD “K”; “Killah” 21 103 A Lark Street, Albany, NY
Kolby J. MARTIN “HG”; “Holly G” 25 Not yet apprehended
Jomeek L. McNEAL “Streets”; “Meek Meek” 22 incarcerated
Winfield C. NICHOLSON “Champ”; “Bamp” 19 33 Elberon Place, Albany, NY
Alfonso PARKER “Fat Fat”; “Phat Phat”; “Phatz14″ 25 incarcerated
Marcel D. PERRY “Juxx”; “Jooks” 22 incarcerated
Kenyan D. POOLE “KP” 29 64 Plum Street, Albany, NY
Dushawn J. POUGH “Sixx”; “Six” 24 incarcerated
Derrick D. RUFFIN “D-Black” 29 incarcerated
Elijah J. SIMS “E”; “E-Head” 24 146 Franklin Street, Albany, NY
Nahmel C. STRATTON “Kidco”; “Kid”; “Biddy” 27 incarcerated
Nakeem B. STRATTON “Bayshon”; Little Bay” 24 incarcerated
Dyjuan S. TATRO “DY” 23 incarcerated
Kanan D. TATRO “D-Black”; “Kanya”; “Kane” 22 incarcerated
Charles M. THOMPSON “Chuck”; “Bula” 23 202 Delaware Avenue, 2nd Floor, Albany, NY

The indictment further alleges that members of the OGK gang: (1) maintained control over a specific geographic territory, located generally in the South End of the City of Albany, within which they and their associates conducted their primary income producing venture, which included the distribution of crack cocaine, cocaine and marijuana; (2) protected their narcotics distribution territory with violence if necessary, including physical assaults and shootings; (3) possessed and engaged in acts of violence with firearms, including robberies and shootings of rival gang members and associates; (4) traveled out of state to obtain firearms and transported them back to Albany, New York so that they could be made available to other OGK members; (5) participated in the production of music CDs, videotapes and DVDs, some of which were posted on the Internet, that communicated their violent methods and warned of their intention to commit violent acts and retaliate for violent acts committed upon their own members; and (6) utilized telephones and written correspondence to communicate with each other regarding gang related matters, request assistance from other gang members and update each other on the status of the members of rival gangs.

The charges carry maximum penalties of imprisonment for life, supervised release for life, and a fine of $4,000,000, and statutory minimum penalties of imprisonment for 10 years and supervised release for five years. If convicted, the defendants with prior drug felony convictions face statutory minimum penalties of imprisonment for 20 years and supervised release for 10 years.

Law enforcement authorities arrested 14 defendants at various locations in the Albany area early Thursday morning. Ten defendants were previously incarcerated. One defendant, Kolby J. Martin, remains at large.

Searches were conducted by the authorities at various locations in the City of Albany Thursday morning. Among the items of evidence seized were quantities of crack cocaine (approximately two ounces), .22 caliber ammunition, drug paraphernalia, including a scale used for weighing narcotics, and gang related material, including photographs, DVDs, CDs, and clothing.   10-30-09

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