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.
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.
A "sizable amount of marijuana" and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash were seized in Pleasantville following a lengthy investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies in Westchester County, according to a police spokesperson. Washington Avenue resident Ronnie Bordin, 60, was taken into custody at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Thursday by officers from the Westchester County Police Narcotics Unit and the Yonkers Police Department following the investigation by a county narcotics task force.
More than two dozen alleged drug dealers and 400 bags of heroin and other drugs are off the street following the "Operation Trick-or-Treat" bust in Westchester, authorities announced Tuesday. Yonkers Police Commissioner Charles Gardner said that during the multi-jurisdictional bust, 25 dealers were apprehended, and undercover officers seized more than 400 bags of heroin, crack cocaine, angel dust and other drugs during the Halloween-themed operation.
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano will be joined by Westchester County Public Safety Commissioner George Longworth, members of the police department and members of the DEA and Westchester County District Attorney's Office for a news conference at 2 p.m. at Yonkers Police Headquarters to discuss a "major narcotics operation" involving multiple arrests.
A Westchester drug kingpin who had $50 million worth of heroin seized by the DEA is heading to prison for his role running an extensive narcotics operation. Bridget Brennan, New York City's Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced this week that 49-year-old Jose "Hippie" Mercedes Sr. of Yonkers has been sentenced to 14 years in state prison, followed by five years post-release supervision for possession of more than 150 pounds of heroin.
... according to Gothamist. Officials said that Zamora-Vega turned up his nose at the first choice - an apartment in Yonkers, New York - because he thought the ventilation wasn't adequate. They said he approved of the Paterson warehouse and called ...
... discuss storage locations and crystal meth-making facilities, officials said. They later looked at an apartment in Yonkers, N.Y., and the New Jersey warehouse where the bust occurred. The so-called 'meth candles' came into Long Island on Tuesday, ...
... discuss storage locations and crystal meth-making facilities, officials said. They later looked at an apartment in Yonkers, N.Y., and the New Jersey warehouse where the bust occurred. The so-called 'meth candles' came into Long Island on Tuesday, ...
Two people arrested at the Cross County Shopping Center in Yonkers on Wednesday with 10,000 glassine envelopes of heroin were part of a larger investigation that included the seizure of $4 million worth of heroin in the Bronx, authorities said. Marvin Rosa, 27, and Cheyenne Baker, 20, were arrested in Yonkers after heroin, labeled "7up," was observed being exchanged in a gray backpack in a black Jeep at the Cross County Shopping Center, the Drug Enforcement Administration said.
... 11:30 a.m., a man toting a grey backpack got into a black Jeep, and drove to the Cross County Shopping Center in Yonkers, where he met Cheyenne Baker, 20, and Marvin Rosa, both of Lebanon, Pa. Examples of stamps used that were discovered at the ...
Fourteen people who were part of a violent drug crew from Westchester and the Bronx are facing federal weapons, drug and robbery charges following an indictment on Tuesday by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York In the indictment, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said the 14 sold drugs and firearms for several years in the Bronx and Yonkers, and that four of those indicted took part in robberies in the Bronx and Manhattan. "As alleged, the defendants arrested today plagued the Bronx and Yonkers with drug dealing, guns, and commercial robberies," said Bharara.
... location information for the cellphone, referring instead only to the fact that the cellphone was "located in Yonkers, New York." But the inclusion of the more precise cell-location information would have buttressed rather than undermined the ...