GENERATION YONKERS: Yonkers Man And Woman charged in scheme to ship cocaine from Puerto Rico to NYC using school lunchboxes
The New York City Special Narcotics Prosecutor’s Office said “ringleaders” Carlos Duarte, 36, and Alexis Garcia, 41, allegedly shipped the packages from Puerto Rico to New York and Massachusetts in a 14-month scheme that ended
in July. Duarte, also known as “Showtime,” was arrested at his Yonkers home in Yearly Wednesday morning.
Authorities recovered multiple cellphones and 400 grams of a powdery-white substance — some which tested positive for cocaine. Garcia, known as “Ale G.,” was arrested in front of a Yonkers recording studio with $12,000 on hand.
A court-ordered search recovered $32,000 in cash, various records and a Rolex watch.
Both New York residents, the office’s investigation found Duarte and Garcia worked as recording artist managers in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.