United States Attorney Richard S.
Hartunian announced that on June 26, 2012, Richard Anderson, 24, of
Schenectady, pled guilty to Conspiracy to violate the Racketeering Influenced
and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) before United States District Court Judge
David N. Hurd. He faces up to life in federal prison when sentenced by Judge
Hurd in Utica, New York on November 16, 2012.
On June 26, 2012, Judge Hurd also
sentenced Curtis Perkins, 24, Arsheen Montgomery, 20, and Jose Serrano, 21, all
of Schenectady, on their convictions of the crime of Conspiracy to violate the
Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). Perkins was
sentenced to 83 months in federal prison (to be served concurrently with a New
York State sentence that he is currently serving) to be followed by five years
of supervised release. Serrano was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison to
be followed by three years of Supervised Release. Montgomery was sentenced to
48 months in federal prison followed by five years of Supervised Release.
Perkins, Serrano, Anderson and
Montgomery were indicted in May 2011, along with fifteen others, for the crime
of Conspiracy to violate the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations
Act (RICO), with an Indictment that charged the defendants with being members
and associates of a criminal organization in Schenectady, New York, known as
the “Four Block Gang,” whose members and associates engaged in acts involving
attempted murder, travel in interstate commerce in furtherance of racketeering
activity, and drug trafficking.
The RICO Conspiracy charge remains
pending against five defendants and trial is scheduled for October 9, 2012 in
Utica.
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