NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Two New York City men were charged Thursday for operating a narcotics operation that lead to the deaths of three people, the Department of Justice announced in partnership with federal, state and local officials.
Jose Luis Tejada Aybar, 39, and Allen Alexis Abisada Guzman, 40, are each charged with narcotics conspiracy resulting in death for the overdose deaths of Marsha Clarke, Martin Banks and Edward Lynch of New York.
A criminal complaint said that from at least January 2018 to at least in or about February 2020, Tejada and Abisada ran their NYC narcotics delivery service, "Cab Louie Delivery Service," and delivered cocaine — laced with fentanyl — to Clarke, Banks and Lynch.
The three victims died and Clarke's husband was hospitalized.
The complaint said that after their deaths, Tejada saved a news article on his phone that reported on Banks and Lynch's deaths and continued their delivery service.
The pair also repeatedly sold cocaine to an NYPD undercover officer through at least February 2020.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss praised the efforts of law enforcement for stopping the "on-demand delivery service" for the "highly addictive and dangerous drugs."
"Thanks to the tireless efforts of law enforcement, the defendants' delivery service is no longer in business," Strauss said in a statement.
NYPD Police Commissioner Dermont Shea also commended investigators and prosecutors who continue to target illegal drug operations.
"Every overdose in New York City is traced back to its source by the NYPD and its enforcement partners, to prevent the senseless kinds of deaths the victims in this case suffered," he said. "I commend our investigators and the prosecutors in the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District in New York for tirelessly fighting this scourge with every tool at our disposal."
Tejada and Abisada each face a mandatory minimum sentence of at least 20 years in prison, with a maximum of life in prison.
