Leroy Barnes

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Leroy Nicholas "Nicky" Barnes (born October 15, 1933 in Harlem , New York City , † 2012 ) was an American mobster and drug baron of a gang of African-American gangsters in Harlem, New York City, who was in custody as an informant .

He led the band The Council ( "the Council") that the drug trafficking with heroin controlled in Harlem. In 2007 he published the book Mr. Untouchable (Mr. Untouchable, Incredible), written by Tom Folsom.

Life

Early years

Leroy Barnes was originally considered a good student but escaped from his parents' home to escape his abusive father who was severely addicted to alcohol. A heroin addicted dealer, he was sentenced to prison and met Joseph Gallo - a senior member of the Colombo family - in prison .

Matthew Madonna, a dealer in the Lucchese family , was also in the same prison . Gallo wanted to gain a foothold in black Harlem and thereby expand his own heroin trade and guided Barnes to copy the organizational forms of the Five Families . When Gallo was released from prison, he found a lawyer for Barnes, which enabled him to obtain early release.

Ascent to "Mr. Untouchable "

Barnes returned to Harlem and built his own gang of criminals, later known as the Council , in the spirit of Gallo's teachings. The council organized the heroin trade and settled disputes among gangster gangs in Harlem. According to Barnes, the council included: Joseph “Jazz” Hayden, Wallace Rice, Thomas “Gaps” Foreman, Ishmael Muhammed, Frank James and Guy Fisher.

By 1976 Barnes organized its drug business in the states of New York and Pennsylvania as well as in Canada . The DEA , according to Barnes had seven lieutenants that everyone up to 12 dealers from the middle level commanded. Each of these had 40 street vendors under them. Barnes became “Mr. Called Untouchable “after law enforcement agencies failed to convict him permanently.

At the height of his career, he is said to have owned more than $ 100 million.

On June 5, 1977, The New York Times Magazine published the article "Mr. Untouchable ”about Barnes with a cover photo of him. This provocation sparked politics, and President Jimmy Carter urged Attorney General Griffin B. Bell to go to the limit of what is legally permissible in order to prosecute Barnes. Barnes could eventually be sentenced to life imprisonment.

Key witness and informant

When Barnes was in custody, the council ran the business on its own; Guy Fisher had even taken on Barnes's mistress; Barnes himself was ignored. Council members were not only required to look after imprisoned members, but also to stay away from their wives, daughters, and lovers. Barnes retaliated by declaring himself ready to testify and becoming a key witness ; he provided a list of 109 names and there were several arrests and charges. Barnes himself confessed to being involved in eight murders. In prison he became a poet and he taught fellow inmates the English language.

After he was ready to give evidence, Rudolph Giuliani enforced a shortening of the sentence. In August 1998, Barnes was released from the Federal Correctional Institution's maximum security Witnesses in Otisville, New York for good conduct.

2007 Barnes met his former rival Frank Lucas for an interview of New York Magazine . The interviewer was Mark Jacobson . In 2008, Barnes was interviewed by Howard Stern on Stern's Sirius Satellite Radio Show.

Adaptations

In the first episode of the first season of the US documentary series Dangerous Gangs - first broadcast November 1, 2007 - Leroy Barnes and his gang The Council are treated (in addition to Frank Lucas) .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sam Roberts: Nicky Barnes, 'Mr. Untouchable 'of Heroin Dealers, Is Dead at 78 . In: The New York Times , June 8, 2019. Retrieved June 9, 2019. 
  2. ↑ a b c Sam Roberts: Crime's' Mr. Untouchable 'Emerges From Shadows . In: The New York Times , March 4, 2007. Retrieved May 2, 2010. 
  3. ^ Leroy "Nicky" Barnes, Tom Folsom : Mr. Untouchable: My Crimes and Punishments , March 6, 2007. Edition, Rugged Land ,, ISBN 1-59071-041-X , p. 352.
  4. ↑ Documentation on the IMDB
  5. ↑ a b c d DEA History 1975-1980 (PDF; 2.0 MB) 2007. Archived from the original on July 4, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 26, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.justice.gov
  6. ↑ a b ORIGINAL GANGSTAS . ORIGINAL GANGSTAS. 2007. Retrieved March 13, 2008.
  7. ↑ Documentation on the IMDB
  8. ↑ Mad, Mad Leroy Barnes . In: Time magazine , January 30, 1984. Retrieved April 9, 2011. 
  9. ↑ "Lords of Dopetown" New York Magazine , November 5th of 2007.
  10. ↑ SCHTICKING TO HER MAN The Howard Stern Show for January 31, 2008 . Howardstern.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2007. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Barnes, Leroy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barnes, Leroy Nicholas (full name); Barnes, Nicky (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American mobster
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Harlem , New York City
DATE OF DEATH 2012