Trafficker Who Flooded Harlem With Guns Convicted, DA Says

EAST HARLEM, NY — A weapons dealer who flooded East Harlem with illegal guns is facing prison time after being convicted on more than 100 counts of weapons sales, prosecutors announced.

Clive Dixon, of Virginia Beach, was convicted Wednesday on all 198 counts brought against him, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr., said. Dixon was hit with charges such as criminal sale and possession of firearms and conspiracy after being arrested in 2016.

"When gun traffickers funnel deadly weapons into our city for profit, they not only endanger countless lives, but also effectively put New Yorkers’ public safety up for sale," said District Attorney Vance.

Between March and November 2016 Clive Dixon, of Virginia Beach, sold an undercover NYPD officer 86 firearms in 15 different transactions, most taking place in East Harlem's Clinton Houses the Forest Houses in the Bronx, prosecutors said. One of the gun sales occurred in the vicinity of the Port Authority Bus Terminal, the DA's office said.

Dixon, 31, would arrange meetings with the undercover officer to sell four to nine guns for $1,000 a piece, according to the DA's office. All of the deals took place inside Dixon's car, prosecutors said.

The three Virginia men who supplied Dixon with weapons — Emmanuel Dentmond, Antonio Williams, and Teal Arnold Holt Jr. — all pleaded guilty after being arrested in 2016. The suppliers would sell Dixon weapons after purchasing the guns from local firearms dealers in Virginia, prosecutors said. Dixon would then drive the guns up to New York to sell the weapons illegally, prosecutors said.