Eight accused of robbing, torturing drug dealers

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Eight accused of robbing, torturing drug dealers

NEW YORK (AP) -- A gang of police impersonators abducted and tortured cocaine traffickers, forcing them to hand over multimillion-dollar stashes by holding their families hostage or threatening to squeeze their testicles with pliers, authorities said Tuesday.

An indictment unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charged eight men with robbery conspiracy, drug dealing and an array of other crimes.

Since spring 2003, the gang injured about 100 people while committing 100 holdups targeting large-scale traffickers in New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Florida, investigators said.

The take: $4 million in cash and more than 1,650 pounds of cocaine worth $20 million, which authorities say the men sold on the streets of New York. Sometimes, abduction attempts led to shootouts between the robbery crew and associates of the drug dealers, authorities said.

The scheme "was breathtaking in the scope of its crimes and in the danger it posed to our communities," U.S. Attorney Benton Campbell said.

Authorities seized several kilograms of cocaine, more than 20 handguns, handcuffs, police scanners and vehicles equipped with lights and sirens.

The men, court papers said, "were particularly sophisticated in their tactics," often conducting surveillance on the drug dealers for weeks before arming themselves with handguns and making "a police-style car stop" in cars equipped with lights and sirens.

Other times, the gang gained entry into victims' homes by identifying themselves as police officers and then holding entire families hostage at gunpoint for days on end.

The victims were handcuffed, bound with duct tape and subjected to various means of torture during interrogations, including "simulated drowning through repeated submerging of victims' heads in water for extended periods of time," the court papers said.

One victim told investigators that during a 2005 abduction, two of the defendants "applied a pair of pliers to the victim's testicles and threatened to squeeze the pliers if the victim did not talk," the papers added.

Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson described the crime spree as "a dangerous dance of alleged criminals preying upon alleged criminals, who themselves profited from the desperation of drug abusers."

The defendants, all from the Dominican Republic, were ordered held without bail after pleading not guilty Tuesday in Brooklyn. If convicted, each faces a sentence of 40 years to life behind bars.

[Lookyhere]

Wow

[omentheduck]

Originally Posted by Lookyhere

Wow

wow is right!

[warriorsoul]

I see some testicle squeezing in their future.

[dizzydank]

well thas fucked up. funny how they found 100 big time drug dealers as crooks and the dea didnt find any lol.

[greenie]

one more reason to legalize... holy shit.

[weed4all]

this happend around here a few years back, called themselves the "lick boyz" lol, not to this extent though. its not too uncommon nowadays with most of the new rap encouraging it.

[Lookyhere]

Modern day land pirates, preying on dealers, thinking that they will be pretty safe with dealers not wanting to call the feds.

[prism1234]

Throw the bastards in jail and throw away the key... This type of crime is just maddening.. These bastards come to this country and use violence, intimidation and torture to get paid with no respect for human life in general... I don't care if the victims were considered criminals for selling coke. These guys are Assholes!!

[Lazlo]

I wonder how they ended up getting caught?

[muppypud]

WOW that really sucks. glad those thugs got caught.

[steeq]

Originally Posted by prism1234

Throw the bastards in jail and throw away the key... This type of crime is just maddening.. These bastards come to this country and use violence, intimidation and torture to get paid with no respect for human life in general... I don't care if the victims were considered criminals for selling coke. These guys are Assholes!!

Agree 100%

[real_psily]

Wonder how those assholes will enjoy prison?? I've heard that drug dealers have friends in those places.....hehe

[lyqwyd]

i think someone probably ratted them out... home invasions are pretty common, but not this well organized or on this scale. the abduction of families might have had something to do with it. when did this occur/

[weed4all]

in no way am i justifying what they they did or anything and i know im probably gonna catch some flack for this but do remember that these dealers are at the top for a reason. they themselves use violence and intimidation to keep territory and make money and i wouldn't be surprised if some of the dealers they got were murderers themselves. i see drug related violence all the time in my city.

Other times, the gang gained entry into victims' homes by identifying themselves as police officers and then holding entire families hostage at gunpoint for days on end.

....this however, is just fucked up.

[wendal]

Wow.

If they would have called it quits at that measley 4million and couple pound pile of coke.......they might have gotten away with it haha

[Seee]

wasnt Denzel washington in this movie?

[Hippie3]

Originally Posted by greenie

one more reason to legalize... holy shit.

one more reason to strap up.