What’s News, Breaking: Wednesday, February 1, 2023
JURY CONVICTS EAST NEW YORK GANG MEMBER FOR DRUG DEALING AND FRAUD
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — News broke late Wednesday, Feb. 1, that a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Quandel Smothers on both counts of an indictment charging him with racketeering conspiracy and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. These charges are in connection with his leadership of the East New York- based Elite Assassin Millas (E.A.M.), a set of the Bloods street gang. As proven at trial, E.A.M. operated primarily in East New York, which the gang referred to as “Gun Town,” and they profited through fraud and narcotics dealing, particularly the sale of crack cocaine and marijuana.
Six other members and associates of E.A.M. previously pleaded guilty after being charged in June 2020. When sentenced, defendant Smothers faces a maximum of life in prison and a mandatory minimum sentence of five years.
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