I was walking home on 5th between A and B and there were lots of police trying to get into an apartment building using a battering ram and then rushing in and yelling "we have a warrant!" or something to that extent. It was like a movie scene honestly.
The reader said that it was an apartment building next door to the Ace Bar.
Meanwhile, there have been other reports of heavy law-enforcement activity in the area. The Associated Press reported this afternoon that 41 members of two drug trafficking rings have been indicted.
They include 33 members of the "Blocc Boyz" street gang, based in the Baruch Houses on the Lower East Side.
The gang members reportedly used car services to deliver cocaine to its customers across the city.
Also.
A separate indictment charges eight members of the "Money Boyz" street gang, based in the Campos Houses in the East Village. They're accused of trafficking cocaine, including crack.
You can read the press release from the District Attorney's office here.
And here's more from that press release:
Money Boyz
According to documents filed in court and statements made on the record in court, since approximately November 2011, members of the “Money Boyz” gang, based at or near Campos Plaza in the East Village, are charged with selling large quantities of cocaine to undercover police officers. Acting as its manager, CHRISTIAN/CHRISTOPHER SLATER, 23, is accused of overseeing the operation.
