Authorities have arrested 12 members of a suspected street crew operating along Kennedy Street in Northwest Washington on drug and gun charges and seized 42 firearms, along with fentanyl and cocaine, federal prosecutors and D.C. police announced Tuesday.
The investigation into the Kdy Crew was led by the Violent Crime Impact Team, a task force of federal and local law enforcement personnel. Police said 8 of the seized firearms had been modified to fire as fully automatic machine guns.
Investigators with the IRS participated in the investigation, targeting what authorities described as shell companies suspected of being used to launder proceeds from drug trafficking. No specific details of that aspect of the case were revealed in court papers filed Tuesday.
“They’re not really looking at nickel-and-dime investigations,” Benedict said at a news conference. “They’re here because the Kennedy Street Crew is not some corner crew. This is an organized criminal organization.”
Matthew M. Graves, the U.S. attorney for the District, said some information remains sealed as police search for several more suspects in the case. Read Full Article here in The Washington Post.