Drug Dealer Convicted Of Killing Rivals Near Flatiron Club

FLATIRON, NY — The Brooklyn drug dealer who shot two rivals dead outside a Flatiron nightclub has been convicted of murder and racketeering, according to prosecutors.

Frank “Fresh” Smith, 33, was found guilty Monday of killing Terrance Serrano and Rashawn Washington outside Roam at 5 E. 19th St. on Oct. 4, 2010, federal prosecutors said.

The Rival Impact gang member had been selling heroin and crack from the Mermaid Houses in Coney Island and warring with rival gang Thirty-O for about a decade when he shot the two men down, said prosecutors.

When a fellow Rival Impact member — Vincent Carmona — was killed by the “Thirty-O” crew, Smith began plotted killing the deaths of Serrano and Washington, prosecutors said.

Smith and "Mermaid Boy" Nabiu Mansara drove through the streets of the Flatiron district until they found Serrano’s car, then waited quietly for their two victims to return, said prosecutors.

Smith was convicted of racketeering and murder-in-aid-of racketeering after a three-week trial in Brooklyn Federal Court, prosecutors said.

The Brooklyn man could face two life sentences for killing Serrano and Washington, according to prosecutors.

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