Drug Ring's Interim Boss Sentenced

MOUNT VERNON, NY — The interim boss of a heroin and fentanyl ring operating in the Bronx and Mount Vernon was sentenced to eight years in state prison, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced Thursday.

Hollar, a Mount Vernon resident, had been charged in 2019 along with 11 others for enterprise corruption, operating as a major trafficker, and possession of heroin and fentanyl.

Keith Hollar, 57, was sentenced to:

• 8 years in state prison and 5 years post release supervision for Operating as a Major Drug Trafficker;
• 8 years in state prison and 4 years post release supervision for 2 counts of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree;
• 3.5 years in state prison and 5 years post release supervision on Attempted Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree.

The sentences will run concurrently.

The indictment covered a time span from Oct. 4, 2018, to March 22, 2019 and alleged that Hollar was one of two men who acted as directors of the 'Daniels Controlled Substances Organization,' an illegal organization that sold heroin and fentanyl. The brand stamp on their drug packaging was a red smiley face logo.

Hollar, a lieutenant of the DCSO, was appointed interim leader after the “boss” fell ill, prosecutors said.

Hollar had the authority to hire and fire members of the Enterprise, and supplied DCSO sellers with heroin and fentanyl and collected proceeds from the sales. He also sold heroin and fentanyl on the street.

On April 11, 2019, an early morning drug sweep resulted in the arrest of Hollar and 10 other men. Officers seized 1.5 kilos of loose heroin, a half kilo of cocaine, 6,000 bags of heroin bearing the enterprise stamp plus $25,000 cash and a loaded .38 caliber revolver.

The 11 faced a 68-count indictment including charges of enterprise corruption, operating as a major trafficker, conspiracy, and criminal sale and possession of heroin and fentanyl.

The bust was the result of a seven-month investigation led by MVPD narcotics detectives, the Westchester County Police and prosecutors from the District Attorney’s Investigation Division.

The case was prosecuted by the Westchester County District Attorney’s Gang, Firearms & Narcotics

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