Early morning on July 13, at about 6 AM, a Roosevelt Island Tipster noticed:
NYPD folks in mostly black shirts & pants & bulletproof vests, some
with guns & longer guns around and in 580 Main Street. Mostly unmarked
SUVs and Sedans parked by crosswalk.
The Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) Public Safety Daily Blotter reported:
07/13/22 0604 580 Main Street NYPD Activity NYPD, PSD Responded
Report Filed
I contacted the NYPD several times this past week but they had no information
available on the July 13 Roosevelt Island incident.
Now we know what happened.
According to a July 19 press release from Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz , NYPD officers were executing search warrants in multiple locations including a Roosevelt Island apartment which:
… yielded four illegal firearms (including a MAC-11 submachine gun), more than five kilograms of heroin and cocaine, and cash….
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| Image From Queens DA Press Release |
It is not clear what weapon was found in the Roosevelt Island apartment.
Yesterday, Queens District DA Melinda Katz announced a Queens Grand Jury indictment of 4 men, including a Roosevelt Island resident, charged with:
… conspiracy and criminal sale of a controlled substance for allegedly
packaging and selling an assortment of narcotics to walk up customers-
including heroin, cocaine and fentanyl- from an open-air drug market on a
dead-end Jamaica street on multiple occasions between May 2021 and June
2022….
According to this July 19 press release from the Queens DA’s Office, the Roosevelt Island resident was:
… charged in a 68-count grand jury indictment with criminal sale of
a controlled substance in the first degree, criminal sale of a controlled
substance in the second degree, criminal sale of a controlled substance in
the third degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third
degree and conspiracy in the fourth degree. … Additionally, the defendant
was arraigned last Friday before Queens Criminal Court Judge Denise Johnson
on a five-count criminal court complaint charged with criminal possession of
a controlled substance in the first degree, operating as a major trafficker,
conspiracy in the second degree, possession of a controlled substance in the
third degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the third
degree….**Criminal complaints and indictments are accusations. A defendant is presumed
innocent until proven guilty.
Click here for the full Queens District Attorney press release for more information.
