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Arohn Kee (born September 18, 1973), known as The East-Harlem Rapist, is an American serial killer and serial rapist who was responsible for four rapes and at least three murders of teenaged girls in different street blocks of East Harlem, located in Manhattan, New York City from 1991 to 1998.
Harvey A. Marcelin (born May 21, 1938), also known as Marceline Harvey, is an American murderer and suspected serial killer.. Convicted of murdering two girlfriends in New York in separate instances over several decades, both of which were committed after being released from prison.
The East Harlem Purple Gang was a gang and organized crime group in New York City consisting of Italian-American hit-men and heroin dealers who were semi-independent from the Italian-American Mafia and, according to federal prosecutors, dominated heroin distribution in East Harlem, Italian Harlem, and the Bronx during the 1970s and early 1980s.
Salerno based the crew in the Palma Boys Social Club located at 416 East 115th Street in East Harlem, Manhattan. By the late 1970s and early 1980s, the 116th Street Crew had absorbed and initiated many former members of the vicious East Harlem Purple Gang , an Italian-American murder for hire and drug trafficking gang operating in 1970s Italian ...
Norman Roye (September 6, 1935 – January 19, 1956) was an American serial killer who raped and killed three women in the Harlem neighborhood of Upper Manhattan over the winter and spring of 1954. After his arrest he was quickly tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. He was executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing in 1956. [1]
The Council was an African-American organized crime syndicate in New York City that controlled the heroin trade in the Harlem area of the city during the 1970s. Formed by Nicky Barnes in 1972, the seven-man organization ran the heroin trade in Harlem, handled local criminal disputes, and solved other issues related to the drug trade. [2]
He was charged with attempted murder, bullying, felony assault and hate crime charges. [3] [13] After Ma's death, his family called on the district attorney to upgrade the charges to murder. [14] Charges were later upgraded to second degree murder as a hate crime. [15] On January 12, 2023, Powell pleaded guilty to manslaughter. [16]
Born the second-eldest of four, Gibbs was raised in public housing in East Harlem by a single mother. His family lived off of welfare. [4] As a teenager, Gibbs sold crack cocaine to support his family. [5] At 17 years old, Gibbs was stabbed in the leg in an attempted robbery.