Father And Son Sold $100K Worth Of Weed In Flatbush: Feds

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK -- A Brooklyn father and the son who followed in his footsteps are both headed to jail for selling hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of marijuana, prosecutors announced Monday.

Tammeco Cargill, 36, and his father, Winston Cargill, 56, were convicted in Brooklyn Federal Court on drug dealing charges stemming from their membership in Nineties Gang, federal according to Richard Donoghue, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.

Winston and Tammeco Cargill stood trial this month for selling large quantities of marijuana, which they bought in Jamaica with the help of illegally obtained passports, in Flatbush and Canarsie between January 2003 and December 2014, said prosecutors.

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Tammeco Cargill was also charged with murdering Robert Dixon during a large shootout on the corner of East 21st Street and Dorchester Road in 2007 but the jury found him not guilty, prosecutors said.

The Daily News reported a member of a rival gang the 21st Street Crew testified he witnessed Cargill kill Dixon, but also admitted he himself wanted to kill Cargill. But federal court records show the jury was instructed to consider "the potential unreliability of eyewitness identification" when considering their verdict.

Both Cargills were convicted of racketeering, marijuana and passport fraud after an eight-day trial and could each face up to 20 years in prison, said prosecutors.

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