BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr.
announced today that Uda Hidalgo, 31, of Buffalo, pleaded guilty to
racketeering conspiracy before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The
charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph M. Tripi, who is handling the
case, stated that between 2000 and 2012, Hildalgo was a member of the Cheko’s
Crew/7th Street Gang which was responsible for drug trafficking and violent
crime on Buffalo’s West Side. During this time, as a part of the rivalry with
the 10th Street Gang, the defendant participated with others in the murder of
10th Street Gang associate Eric Morrow. Hildalgo provided one of the firearms
used by other gang members to shoot and kill Morrow on August 11, 2009. The
defendant also sold illegal narcotics on Buffalo’s West Side.
The please is the culmination of an investigation on the
part of Special Agents of the FBI, New York State Police, under the direction
of Major Michael Cerretto, the Buffalo Police Department, under the direction
of Commissioner Daniel Derenda and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,
and Explosives, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge James S.
Higgins, New York Field Division.
Sentencing is scheduled for May 26, 2015 at 12:30 p.m.
before Judge Arcara.
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