Accused members of a Harlem street gang were behind the fatal assault of a teenage boy, a litany of shootings and other concerted acts of violence on the city’s streets throughout 2024, Manhattan prosecutors charged Wednesday.
More than a dozen alleged gang members are accused of terrorizing neighborhoods across New York City, including the killing of an innocent teenager, 10 separate shootings, and a slashing at a courthouse. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.
More than a dozen gang members were indicted after committing a year’s worth of violence, including the beating death of a teenager in Harlem, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced on Wednesday.
When a 16-year-old boy was found unconscious in a Harlem park last summer, blocks from his home, the police were unsure what had happened to him.
“After 25 years of evading accountability, Jancys Santiago was sentenced to a substantial prison term for raping a woman in her own home,” said District Attorney Bragg. “Dogged investigators and my Office’s prosecutors ensured that this cold case was closed, and Santiago was convicted at trial. I thank the survivor for testifying about this horrific crime after so many years, and for her words at today’s sentencing.”
