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<\/a>BRONX HALL OF Justice Photo by S\u00edle Moloney<\/p>\n
Bronx District Attorney (DA) Darcel D. Clark and Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch announced May 20 that four men have been indicted in a firearms trafficking conspiracy in which nine guns were sold to an undercover police officer out of a building in the\u00a0Concourse section of\u00a0the Bronx. One of the guns was a .300 Blackout semi-automatic rifle.<\/p>\n
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Clark said that the defendants, Junior Alvarado, 29, Brandon Suero, 29, Erick Martinez, 24, all of\u00a0the Bronx, and Tajamar Daishah Hyatt, 29, of Florida, were variously charged in a 51-count indictment with criminal sale of a firearm, conspiracy, criminal sale of a controlled substance, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminal possession of a firearm, rifle or shotgun in a sensitive location; and possession of ammunition.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThese defendants allegedly provided high-powered pistols, and a semi-automatic rifle that fires ammunition suited for hunting and close-range combat. They allegedly brought a loaded gun into a playground,\u201d the district attorney said. \u201cWe will not tolerate such wanton disregard for public safety, and I applaud the\u00a0NYPD undercovers who risk their lives to stop gun traffickers.\u201d<\/p>\n
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According to the\u00a0investigation by Narcotics Borough Bronx and\u00a0the Bronx DA\u2019s special investigations bureau, from July 2, 2025, to Nov. 6, 2025 NYPD detectives conducted a series of undercover purchases of guns, narcotics, and controlled substances from Alvarado on East Clarke Place in the Concourse neighborhood. The court heard that he is charged with first-degree criminal sale of a firearm for allegedly unlawfully selling three or more firearms within a year.<\/p>\n
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Further investigation revealed Suero, Hyatt and Martinez allegedly provided some of the guns for Alvarado to sell. Prosecutors allege in one incident, on July 7, 2025, the\u00a0parties\u00a0met at about 6:30 p.m. in a playground area on East Clarke Place, with Hyatt having a black backpack containing a loaded Ruger 9-mm pistol. They said Alvarado allegedly counted out cash and took possession of the\u00a0backpack, which he then brought to\u00a0the undercover agent and allegedly sold it. They said the transaction was captured on video surveillance.<\/p>\n
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The court heard that police purchased nine guns in total: seven pistols, one .300-caliber, Blackout American technical semi-automatic rifle (AR-15 style) and one inoperable pistol. They also purchased oxycodone pills, alprazolam pills, and cocaine, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n
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Tisch said, \u201cThe\u00a0defendants in this case were part of a dangerous trafficking ring that funneled seven pistols, one semi-automatic rifle,\u00a0and drugs into a thriving Bronx community,\u00a0even operating near\u00a0a public playground in broad daylight.\u00a0The\u00a0illegal distribution of guns and narcotics places New Yorkers at risk and has\u00a0no business on our streets, but thanks to\u00a0the meticulous work of our NYPD investigators, this operation has been shut down.\u201d<\/p>\n
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She added, \u201cWe will continue to work with the\u00a0Bronx District Attorney\u2019s Office to ensure that these criminals are held fully accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Clark said defendant Alvarado was arraigned on May 19 before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Timothy Lewis and that bail was set at $200,000 cash\/$600,000 bond\/$600,000 partially secured bond. She said Suero and Martinez were arraigned on May 14 before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Pamela Goldsmith and bail was set at $30,000 cash\/$100,000 bond\/$100,000 partially secured bond. She said Hyatt is awaiting arraignment.<\/p>\n
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The\u00a0case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Paul A. Andersen of\u00a0the special investigations bureau and Alessandra Ambrosi, supervisor in the special investigations bureau, under the supervision of Craig Cecchini, chief of the special investigations bureau, and under the overall supervision of Denise Kodjo, deputy chief of the investigations division and Wanda Perez-Maldonado, chief of investigations division.<\/p>\n
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Clark thanked Assistant District Attorney Bridget Killen and Trial Preparation Assistant Lakora Sarkodie for their assistance with the case. She also thanked NYPD Detectives Ferdi Memedoski and Konti Markvukaj, Sergeant William Rojas, Lieutenants Daniel Maria and Robert Fischer, Captain Alberto Gonzalez and Inspector Miguel Iglesias, of Narcotics Borough Bronx major case unit, for their work on the\u00a0investigation.<\/p>\n
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The defendants are presumed innocent unless and until convicted in a court of law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By S\u00cdLE MOLONEY BRONX HALL OF Justice Photo by S\u00edle Moloney Bronx District Attorney (DA) Darcel D.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-258695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}