Violent street gang members arrested during 16 month investigation

POUGHKEEPSIE – A special crime task force in Dutchess County has been investigating a street gang calling itself the Rollin 20z Crips, and Friday, police said they have arrested five members are continuing their investigation.

The Dutchess County Field Intelligence group in partnership with the state Department of Criminal Justice Services and Operation IMPACT have been gathering intelligence, monitoring and investigating the gang for the last 16 months. Together they have worked on gang activity including larceny, assaults, shootings, gang assaults, illegal drugs, criminal possession of weapons, criminal possession of defaces and modified weapons, robberies, burglaries and arson.

Those arrested so far are Nicholas Benson, 18, Michael Horowitz, 17, and Daniel Bradby, 18, all from the City of Poughkeepsie; Lamar Porter, 19, of the Lagrange, and Anthony Marron, 18, of the City of Beacon.

Most recently, the Rollin 20z Crips has been responsible for the armed robbery of the 7-11 on Route 9 in Wappinger, the armed robbery of the Dunkin Donuts on Main Street in the Town of Poughkeepsie, strong armed robberies in the City of Poughkeepsie and a burglary of a residence in the Town of Hyde Park in which a large number of firearms were stolen.

Police have executed several search warrants throughout Dutchess County yielding a dozen firearms, a bulletproof vest, narcotics, stolen property and gang paraphernalia.

The investigation is continuing.