Crime & Safety

Cape Cod 'Nauti' Heroin Ring: Prison For 2 More

Cape Cod "Nauti-Block" gang members Anthony Hall and Richard Serriello were sentenced for distributing heroin.

BOSTON, MA — Two more members of Cape Cod's "Nauti-Block" gang were sentenced to prison Thursday, prosecutors announced. Anthony Hall, 31, and Richard Serriello, 29, both of Hyannis, were sentenced to 30 months in prison and supervised release after pleading guilty to distributing heroin across the Cape. Police said they broke up the ring last year and charged 19 members with a host of crimes.

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Prosecutors said the gang became notorious for the blue tint of its heroin. Serriello was arrested after a high-speed motorcycle chase and Hall was arrested after selling to a customer on Martha's Vineyard, prosecutors said.

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Convicted gang leader Denzel Chisholm will be sentenced next week.

"Nauti-Block leader Denzel Chisholm and his co-conspirators were responsible for a significant quantity of the heroin being distributed on Cape Cod," Acting U.S. Attorney William D. Weinreb said in a statement.

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