The subset of the Trinitarios gang operated mainly in and around Washington Heights, but also in the Bronx and Queens, and is known for extreme violence.
Federal prosecutors in New York unsealed a superseding indictment Tuesday charging more than a dozen members of the criminal street gang Own Every Dollar, or OED, with racketeering, robbery, illegal firearms, narcotics trafficking, attempted murder and murder.
The 16 defendants were charged with selling fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, crack, oxycodone and marijuana. The defendants sold drugs to, among others, undercover police officers, and were frequently arrested in possession of drugs packaged for resale, according to the indictment.
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