OGK Gang Member Sentencing
Sixth OGK Defendant Sentenced, Receives 23 Months Additional Incarceration in Federal Racketeering Case

United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced today that TERRENCE ANTHONY, a/k/a T-Black and Blacc, age 31, of Albany, New York, was sentenced on June 15, 2011 by United States District Court Judge Gary L. Sharpe to 23 months’ incarceration (ANTHONY was facing a sentence of 130 months but received 107 months credit for time already served), and five years of supervised release following his release from incarceration. This sentence follows ANTHONY’S plea of guilty to a racketeering conspiracy charge as set forth in Count 1 of a federal indictment relating to the criminal activities of the ORIGINAL GANGSTER KILLERS (OGK) or “Downtown” gang, which operated within the City of Albany.

ANTHONY is the sixth OGK gang member to be sentenced. ANTHONY previously had admitted that he was an OGK gang member and conspired with other persons to possess with intent to distribute and distribute crack cocaine within the Northern District of New York. ANTHONY’S involvement in the narcotics conspiracy involved the possession with intent to distribute and distribution of more than 50 grams of cocaine base (crack cocaine). ANTHONY previously also admitted to participating with other gang members in acts of violence and to possessing a firearm.

This prosecution resulted from a joint investigation conducted by the Office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York; the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Albany Field Division; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives; the Drug Enforcement Administration, Albany District Office; the City of Albany Police Department; the Albany County Sheriff’s Department; the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Department; the New York State Department of Corrections; the New York State Division of Parole; the New York State Police; the United States Marshal, Northern District of New York, Albany Office; the Albany County District Attorney’s Office; the Rensselaer County District Attorney’s Office; the Town of Guilderland Police Department; the Town of Bethlehem Police Department; and the City of Cohoes Police Department.