'137th Street Crew,'Gang Case Arrests Are Made,2 Mafia Family' and 'Goons on Deck' gangs

Gang Case Arrests Are Made - WSJ.com: "arrested 14 alleged gang members who they charged had held their central Harlem community 'hostage' by conspiring to turn it into a drug zone using guns, beatings and intimidating fellow members from cooperating with police.


Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. announced the indictments of 14 members of a street gang called the '137th Street Crew' on Wednesday.

Known as the '137th Street Crew,' the gang of mostly teenagers was a collaboration between the '2 Mafia Family' and 'Goons on Deck' gangs, according to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance. He said the gangs operated on 137th Street between Lenox and Seventh avenues.

'The gang over years created an environment where residents lived in a state of fear, waiting for the next gunshot, or the next drug deal or the next act of violence,' Mr. Vance said. He said defendants recruited children under 16 to haul guns, transport drugs and participate in shootings, and used young women to 'move firearms to reduce the likelihood of guns being detected by authorities.'"

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