BOSTON – A Rhode Island man with ties to the Almighty Vice
Lords, a national street gang, was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester
for drug and firearm offenses.
Antoine Mack, 37, of Pawtucket, R.I., was sentenced by U.S.
District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to 54 months in prison and three years
of supervised release. In January 2020, Mack pleaded guilty to one count of
conspiring to distribute cocaine and one count of being a felon in possession
of a firearm.
The charges against Mack arose from a drug and firearm
investigation into the alleged leader of the Massachusetts chapter of the
Almighty Vice Lords street gang and his associates. The investigation revealed
that Mack delivered between 600-800 grams of powder cocaine and 200-300 grams
of crack cocaine for the alleged gang leader from Worcester to Manchester,
N.H., and transported cash payment for those drugs back to the alleged gang
leader on several occasions. Law enforcement agents arrested Mack on May 25,
2019, in Worcester in possession of a loaded .380 caliber firearm.
United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling; Kelly D. Brady,
Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Ammunition, Boston Field Division; and Worcester Police Chief Steven M. Sargent
made the announcement today. Assistance with the investigation was provided by
the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Massachusetts State Police.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Greg A. Friedholm and John T. Mulcahy of Lelling’s
Worcester office prosecuted the case.
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The details contained in the charging documents are
allegations. The remaining defendants are presumed innocent unless and until
proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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