BOSTON – A member of the Latin Kings man was sentenced
yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston for drug and gun possession.
Luis Lopez, 31, of New Bedford, was sentenced by U.S.
District Court Judge Rickard G. Stearns to 15 years in prison and three years
of supervised release. In October 2016, Lopez pleaded guilty to one count of
being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of possession with
intent to distribute heroin.
The police sought and received a search warrant for Lopez’s
residence in New Bedford, where approximately $2,000, cell phones, a digital
scale, packaging materials, heroin and a Glock 9mm handgun with 16 rounds of
ammunition were recovered.
Lopez has previously been convicted of drug dealing and
committing violent crimes. Lopez is also an alleged Latin King gang leader,
which, among other things, is evidenced by tattoos that adorn his face,
including a Latin Kings crown and “shoot to kill.”
United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Mickey D.
Leadingham, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms, & Explosives, Boston Field Division; New Bedford Police Chief
Joseph B. Cordeiro; and Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn, made the
announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Glenn A. MacKinlay of Ortiz’s Organized
Crime and Gang Unit prosecuted the case.
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