49 Members And Associates Of Two Bronx Drug Distribution Organizations Charged In Federal Court With Narcotics, Robbery, And Firearms Offenses Part Two

Charges Include the December 11, 2016, Murder of Jose Morales

Second indictment

United States v. Edwin Romero, et al., S1 17 Cr. 123 (LAP)

COUNT	CHARGE	DEFENDANTS	MAX. PENALTIES
1	Narcotics conspiracy   21 U.S.C. § 846	EDWIN ROMERO RAFAEL ROMERO FRANCIS PALUZZI LUIS GONZALEZ ANIBAL GONZALEZ CARLOS MOTA ELIMANUEL DIAZ PEDRO OLIVO ADRIAN SANCHEZ DARYL SIMON JEFFREY FERNANDEZ JUAN VALDEZ WILLIE TUCKER KASAN NOBLE DAMIAN SAUNDERS DANIEL JEFFERSON DERECK JEFFERSON WAYNE SCOTT ERIC RIVERA MICHAEL MARTINEZ MAXAMILLION  MERCADO KAREEM SIMMONDS ALEXANDER PENA ANTHONY CLASE CARLOS ACOSTA CHRISTOPHER RODRIGUEZ GABRIEL GONZALEZ JESUS MATA NANA OWUSU ROBERTO RAMIREZ WILPHER RODRIGUEZ YAWILIS RODRIGUEZ JESUS ABAD ANGEL GUANCE	Life in prison   Mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison
2	Robbery conspiracy   18 U.S.C. § 1951	EDWIN ROMERO ADRIAN SANCHEZ JUAN VALDEZ WILLIE TUCKER YAWILIS RODRIGUEZ	20 years in prison
3	Using, carrying, possessing, brandishing, and discharging firearms   18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c)(1)(A)(i), (ii), and (iii), 2	EDWIN ROMERO RAFAEL ROMERO FRANCIS PALUZZI LUIS GONZALEZ ANIBAL GONZALEZ CARLOS MOTA ELIMANUEL DIAZ PEDRO OLIVO ADRIAN SANCHEZ DARYL SIMON JEFFREY FERNANDEZ JUAN VALDEZ WILLIE TUCKER KASAN NOBLE DAMIAN SAUNDERS DANIEL JEFFERSON DERECK JEFFERSON WAYNE SCOTT ERIC RIVERA MICHAEL MARTINEZ KAREEM SIMMONDS ALEXANDER PENA ANTHONY CLASE CARLOS ACOSTA CHRISTOPHER RODRIGUEZ GABRIEL GONZALEZ JESUS MATA NANA OWUSU ROBERTO RAMIREZ WILPHER RODRIGUEZ YAWILIS RODRIGUEZ JESUS ABAD ANGEL GUANCE	Life in prison   Mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison
4	Using, carrying, possessing, brandishing, and discharging firearms   18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c)(1)(A)(i), (ii), (iii), 924(c)(1)(C)(i), and 2

DEFENDANT		AGE		RESIDENCE
EDWIN ROMERO, a/k/a “Yones” a/k/a “Yoni”		35		Bronx, New York
RAFAEL ROMERO, a/k/a “Kodi”		34		Bronx, New York
FRANCIS PALUZZI, a/k/a “Fetty”		27		Bronx, New York
LUIS GONZALEZ, a/k/a “Tili” a/k/a “Bori”		39		Bronx, New York
ANIBAL GONZALEZ, a/k/a “Foli”		34		Bronx, New York
CARLOS MOTA, a/k/a “Culebra” a/k/a “Snake”		47		Bronx, New York
ELIMANUEL DIAZ, a/k/a “Lima”		27		Bronx, New York
PEDRO OLIVO, a/k/a “Pito”		24		Bronx, New York
ADRIAN SANCHEZ, a/k/a “Pachi”		23		Bronx, New York
DARYL SIMON, a/k/a “D-Money”		19		Bronx, New York
JEFFREY FERNANDEZ, a/k/a “Jefe”		19		Bronx, New York
JUAN VALDEZ, a/k/a “Sito”		21		Bronx, New York
WILLIE TUCKER, a/k/a “Big Will” a/k/a “BJ” a/k/a “BG”		38		Bronx, New York
KASAN NOBLE, a/k/a “Kay Kay”		40		Bronx, New York
DAMIAN SAUNDERS, a/k/a “Floss”		37		Bronx, New York
DANIEL JEFFERSON, a/k/a “Ace”		30		Bronx, New York
DERECK JEFFERSON, a/k/a “Bang”		28		Bronx, New York
WAYNE SCOTT, a/k/a “Punch”		37		Bronx, New York
ERIC RIVERA, a/k/a “Chucky” a/k/a “Chuck Dollarz”		24		Bronx, New York
MICHAEL MARTINEZ		26		Bronx, New York
MAXAMILLION MERCADO, a/k/a “Bully”		24		Bronx, New York
KAREEM SIMMONDS, a/k/a “Kareem Simmons” a/k/a “Black”		40		Bronx, New York
ALEXANDER PENA, a/k/a “Green Eyes”		20		Bronx, New York
ANTHONY CLASE, a/k/a “Ant”		30		Bronx, New York
CARLOS ACOSTA, a/k/a “Greg”		23		Bronx, New York
CHRISTOPHER RODRIGUEZ, a/k/a “Dread”		21		Bronx, New York
GABRIEL GONZALEZ, a/k/a “Gabi” a/k/a “Baldy”		40		Bronx, New York
JESUS MATA, a/k/a “Junior” a/k/a “Jay”		20		Bronx, New York
NANA OWUSU, a/k/a “Africa”		19		Bronx, New York
ROBERTO RAMIREZ		29		Bronx, New York
WILPHER RODRIGUEZ		23		Bronx, New York
YAWILIS RODRIGUEZ, a/k/a “Will”		22		Bronx, New York
JESUS ABAD, a/k/a “Rojo”		26		Bronx, New York
ANGEL GUANCE, a/k/a “Chico” a/k/a “All In”		27		Bronx, New York

[1] As the introductory phrase signifies, the entirety of the text of the Indictments, and the description of the Indictments set forth herein, constitute only allegations, and every fact described should be treated as an allegation.