Leibys "Celly" Mercedes of the Bronx was found guilty of conspiring to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin in Yonkers following a four-day trial. The jury unanimously found him guilty of distributing the heroin to other dealers in the area.
... repeat customers. Packaging for medical marijuana is displayed at Vireo Health of New York, a dispensary in White Plains, N.Y., in this January 2016 file photo. Adding to the difficulty is the fact that less than 900 doctors have completed the ...
Top officials at the parent company of the White Plains medical marijuana dispensary have been accused of smuggling marijuana-based drugs to New York. Vireo Health officials accused of smuggling medical marijuana to NY Top officials at the parent company of the White Plains medical marijuana dispensary have been accused of smuggling marijuana-based drugs to New York.
PRESENT: REENA RAGGI, DENNY CHIN, RAYMOND J. LOHIER, JR., Circuit Judges.APPEARING FOR APPELLEE: SCOTT A. HARTMAN, Assistant United States Attorney , for Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, New York. APPEARING FOR APPELLANT: THEODORE S. GREEN, Green & Willstatter, White Plains, New York.
Packaging for medical marijuana is displayed at Vireo Health of New York, a dispensary in White Plains, N.Y. New York is loosening some restrictions in its year-old medical marijuana law to boost patient access, but to the dismay of some pot advocates, there is no sign the state is in any hurry to join seven other states in embracing full legalization. Maryland patients are several months away from being able to legally obtain medical cannabis to treat chronic conditions.
... of a conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. Tartaglione pleaded not guilty on Monday in White Plains federal court, and remains in custody. The four men went missing on April 11. They left Middletown in a 2010 Chevrolet ...
A crooked retired cop in White Plains killed four men in a bar over a deal for 5 kilos of cocaine, prosecutors charged Tuesday. Nicholas Tartaglione, 49, who once worked as a Briarcliff Manor police officer, was charged with killing Martin Luna, Urbano Santiago, Miguel Luna and Hector Gutierrez in Chester, N.Y., in April as part of his involvement in a drug conspiracy, officials said.
Fifteen people, using a music business, "Outta They League," as a front for a drug distribution operation in southern and central New York, were charged Thursday in White Plains federal court for drug trafficking, according to Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Calling themselves OTL, after the music business, the 15 members are accused of distributing multiple kilograms of cocaine throughout southern and central New York, including Poughkeepsie, Bharara said.
DEA agents bring Jamaican gang leader Christopher "Dudus" Coke From Westchester County Airport to a waiting vehicle, Thursday, June 24, 2010, in White Plains, New York. Judge David A. Tapp, right, address a group of members of the Supervision Motivation Accountable Responsibility and Treatment program, also known as SMART probation at the Pulaski County Courthouse in Somerset, Ky., Thursday, April 9, 2015.
A short-term investigation by Greenburgh police resulted in the arrests of three men on drug possession and drug-dealing charges on Monday. Police said they initially arrested Calvin Barksdale, 57, of 60 Gibson Ave., White Plains, for third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and Terry Joyiens, 59, of the 300 block of County Center Road in White Plains for seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.
A White Plains firefighter, who was suspended last year after being accused of tampering with evidence in a car crash investigation, could face a multitude of penalties, including the loss of his job, according to a report by lohud.com. Brian Noonan, one of the first responders at the scene of the fatal 2014 collision, was charged with throwing away a prescription pill bottle he found in the car of one of the drivers, fellow firefighter Erik Refvik, lohud.com reported.
Manville man gets life sentence for drug-deal murder Despite pleas for leniency from his parents and other relatives, a Manville man was sentenced to life in prison Check out this story on mycentraljersey.com: http://mycj.co/2bkIfJJ A Manville man has been sentenced to life in federal prison for murdering a Westchester, New York, man over a drug deal. WHITE PLAINS, New York - Despite pleas for leniency from his parents and other relatives, a Manville man has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering and robbing a Westchester County man over a drug deal in August 2014.
A resident of Manville, N.J., was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for robbing and murdering a resident of Ossining, and conspiring to distribute marijuana and heroin, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. The defendant, Anthony Grecco, 35, was convicted of the crimes in January, following a nine-day trial in White Plains federal court before the Honorable Kenneth M. Karas, who imposed Wednesday's sentence.
A New Jersey drug trafficker convicted of robbing and murdering an Ossining man for money to expand his narcotics business was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday at the federal courthouse in White Plains. Anthony Grecco was convicted of killing Ryan Ennis earlier this year.
JC medical marijuana company tied to Minnesota probe Vireo Health, the parent company of the Johnson City medical marijuana dispensary, has been accused of smuggling Check out this story on pressconnects.com: http://press.sn/1sRyEyG Packaging for non-smokeable forms of marijuana, such as liquids and oils for vaporization and capsules, at Vireo Health of New York's medical marijuana dispensary in White Plains. Vireo Health, the parent company of the Johnson City medical marijuana dispensary, has been accused of illegally smuggling $500,000 of marijuana-based drugs from Minnesota to New York, court records show.
A prominent Yonkers gang member has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to murder, racketeering and narcotics charges earlier this year. Da'Quan Johnson, 25, a member of the GMF street gang, was sentenced on Friday in White Plains federal court to three decades in prison for his role in a racketeering conspiracy and for conspiring to murder rival gang members which resulted in the death of Tyrone Arthur.
