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Date: 02-28-2020
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Case Number: 1:17-cr-00649-GBD
Judge: George B. Daniels
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (New York County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Michael K. Krouse, Nicholas S. Folly, and Max C. Nicholas
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: New York, NY - The United States of America charged Terrell Polk with conspiracy to distribute drugs and felony possession of a firearm.
Terrell Polk, was sentenced today to 35 years in prison in connection with his participation in a crack cocaine conspiracy and related firearms charges. As the evidence at trial established, POLK committed three shootings of drug rivals in the Bronx, New York during August 2015. POLK was convicted following a trial before United States District Judge George B. Daniels, who also imposed today’s sentence.
U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: “As the jury found, Terrell Polk sold large quantities of crack cocaine and resolved disputes over drug territory with terrifying violence. As a result of the skill and determination of our law enforcement partners, Polk will now spend several decades behind bars.”
According to the evidence presented during the trial:
Terrell Polk was a member of a violent drug trafficking organization that sold large quantities of crack cocaine in the Highbridge section of the Bronx. On July 25, 2015, Polk used a .40 caliber pistol to shoot a rival drug dealer at point blank range on University Avenue in the Bronx. The victim of this shooting suffered a fractured leg.
Approximately 10 days later, on August 4, 2015, Polk used a shotgun to shoot two victims inside of a store located on Anderson Avenue in the Bronx. On that occasion, Polk was in a car when he saw one of his victims standing on the sidewalk. Polk stopped the car, jumped out of the driver’s seat with a shotgun, and chased the victim into a store. The victim and an innocent bystander in the store barricaded themselves in the back room to hide from Polk. When Polk was unable to gain access to the room, he fired a shotgun blast through the door, wounding both men. The first victim sustained shotgun wounds to his leg and hand, and the second victim sustained shotgun wounds to his elbow.
A few weeks after these shooting incidents, on August 26, 2015, New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) officers stopped a vehicle driven by Polk, and recovered a loaded gun from the back seat.
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Mr. Berman praised the outstanding investigative work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and NYPD.
This case is being handled by the Office’s Narcotics Unit.
Charge:
21:846=ND.F CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE NARCOTICS (CRACK COCAINE AND MARIJUANA)
(1s)
21:841A=ND.F NARCOTICS POSSESSION AND DISTRIBUTION (CRACK COCAINE)
(2s)
18:924C.F FIREARM POSSESSION AND USE
(3s)
18:922G.F FELON IN POSSESSION OF AMMUNITION
(4s)
Outcome: Bronx Man Sentenced To 35 Years In Prison For Narcotics And Firearms Charges
IMPRISONMENT: ten (10) years on Count 1, ten (10) years on Count 2, and ten (10) years on Count 4 (each to run concurrently), twenty-five (25) years on Count 3 (to run consecutively to Counts 1, 2, and 4 ). SUPERVISED RELEASE: five (5) years.
02/27/2020 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge George B. Daniels: Sentencing held on 2/27/2020 for Terrell Polk (1) Count 1s,2s,3s,4s. Attorney(s) present for Government: Michael Kim Krouse. Attorney(s) present for Defendant(s): Sean Michael Maher. Also present: Court Reporter Vincent Bologna; Special Agent Michael Ercolano (FBI). Defendant sentenced to ten (10) years on Count 1, ten (10) years on Count 2, and ten (10) years on Count 4 (each to run concurrently), twenty-five (25) years on Count 3 (to run consecutively), and five (5) years of supervised release. The Government moved to dismiss the underlying indictment, and the motion was GRANTED. (lnl) (Entered: 02/27/2020)
02/27/2020 DISMISSAL OF COUNTS on Government Motion as to Terrell Polk (1) Count 1,2,3. (lnl) (Entered: 02/27/2020)
02/27/2020 171 JUDGMENT IN A CRIMINAL CASE as to Terrell Polk (1). The Defendant was found guilty on counts one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4) after a plea of not guilty. Counts in underlying Indictment are dismissed on the motion of the United States. IMPRISONMENT: ten (10) years on Count 1, ten (10) years on Count 2, and ten (10) years on Count 4 (each to run concurrently), twenty-five (25) years on Count 3 (to run consecutively to Counts 1, 2, and 4 ). SUPERVISED RELEASE: five (5) years. The court makes the following recommendations to the Bureau of Prisons: Defendant shall be placed in a prison as close to NYC as possible, subject to space and security concerns. The defendant is remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal. ASSESSMENT: $400.00 due immediately. (Signed by Judge George B. Daniels on 2/27/2020) (lnl) (Entered: 02/27/2020)
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