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Jason “J-Hova” Nieto, 30, and Louis Crespo, 31 both pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted conspiracy. Nieto also pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance.
Juan Nieto, 31, of the Bronx, Michael “EZ” Figueroa, 29, of the Bronx, and Braulio Rosa, 33, of Easton, Pa., also pleaded guilty to the attempted conspiracy charge, the district attorney said.
The arrests were the result of a nine-month investigation that involved electronic surveillance, undercover buys, pole cameras and GPS devices attached to some of the subjects’ vehicles that culminated in the execution of 11 search warrants issued in New York State Supreme Court and approximately 20 federal search warrants, the district attorney said.
Execution of the search warrants allowed authorities to seize $1.5 million in drug proceeds, 6.5 kilograms of cocaine, more than 40 pounds of marijuana, 10 guns and several vehicles, the district attorney said.
More than 250 investigators, police officers and special agents from the Westchester County District Attorney’s office, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, the FBI, New York State Police, Greenburgh Drug and Alcohol Task Force, ICE-Homeland Security Investigations, Yonkers Police, Village of Ardsley Police, NYPD and DEA were involved in the arrests, according to the district attorney.
All five men are scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 27.
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