PROVIDENCE, RI — New charges have been filed in a wide-ranging investigation of Providence-area street gangs, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
Narcotics and firearms charges were filed against two of the more than two dozen individuals indicted in June, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a media release.
The indictments resulted from the investigation of the East Side gang, the Congress gang, and their various subsets and associates, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, alleging their operation "constituted a criminal enterprise."
The enterprise "operated in Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls, and elsewhere since at least 2013, and was advanced "through acts of violence, narcotics trafficking, firearms offenses, fraud schemes, and other criminal conduct," the release said.
"Court documents also describe alleged violent crimes committed by members and associates, including murder, conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder, assault with intent to commit murder, robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, firearms offenses, narcotics trafficking, wire fraud, and other financial crimes involving fraud against unemployment insurance programs, COVID 19 relief programs, tax filings, and other federal benefit programs," according to the release.
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