Federal, state, and local authorities gathered in Reading, Pennsylvania to announce that the so-called Trinidad Drug Gang’s reign of terror is over.<\/p>\n
Berks County District Attorney John Adams describes this gang saying, “This was the most violent drug trafficking organization that the city or county has ever investigated.”<\/p>\n
Adams says not only did investigators make several new arrests linked to this case, prosecutors also unsealed a second indictment against members of the gang, including the ringleader Jesus Feliciano-Trinidad.<\/p>\n
U.S. Attorney William McSwain says the amount of evidence they’ve collected is overwhelming.<\/p>\n
“Law enforcement officers used a number of investigative tactics, including purchasing drugs from various defendants and also using court-authorized wiretaps on telephones used by various defendants,” said McSwain.<\/p>\n
Investigators named 10 suspects in this case with only one still on the loose.<\/p>\n
These gang members left behind a violent trail as they became a primary source for selling heroin, methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine in and around Reading.<\/p>\n
Their tactics came to a head during a quadruple homicide that occurred in 2018.
In fact, this criminal organization is being linked to six murders in Reading last year alone.<\/p>\n
McSwain adds, “Any organization that could be responsible for such depravity must be destroyed.”<\/p>\n
We spoke with people in Reading who say this news comes as a sigh of relief.<\/p>\n
Sommer Miller says this news was personal, “I’ve been through addiction myself and it’s hard. And it’s not a good thing you know, it does kill a lot of people. I’ve seen a lot of friends die from it and it’s great to get them off the street, you know.”<\/p>\n
The only suspect still on the loose is identified as 28-year-old Pedro Sanchez-Laporte.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information is asked to call Reading police.<\/p>\n
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