United States Attorney Glenn T. Suddaby announced today that AHMAD FLEMING, a/k/a Silky age 21, of Albany, New York, pled guilty in U.S. District Court, Albany, New York, before the Hon. Gary L. Sharpe, U.S. District Judge, to Count One of Indictment 06-CR394 (GLS), charging him with Racketeering Conspiracy. The Defendant admitted that:

Beginning in or about 1999 and continuing thereafter up to October 12, 2006 (the date of the Indictment), FLEMING was a member of a criminal organization in Albany, New York, originally known as the LTT (Loony Tunes Thugs) and later known as the “Jungle Junkies.” FLEMING and other Jungle Junkies gang members and associates operated within and near the Arbor Hill section of the City of Albany, New York, and routinely engaged in criminal activities which included crack cocaine and marijuana trafficking, possession of firearms, and acts of assault, robbery, and attempted murder against rival gang members within the Northern District of New York. FLEMING sold crack cocaine in furtherance of his gang related activities, and, at one point, possessed a firearm and fired it at rival gang members.

At sentencing, which is scheduled for September 25, 2007, FLEMING faces a maximum of 20 years imprisonment, supervised release for up to 3 years, a fine of $250,000, and a $100 special assessment.

This prosecution resulted from a joint investigation conducted by the Office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York; the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Albany Field Division; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives; the Drug Enforcement Administration, Albany District Office; the City of Albany Police Department; the Albany County Sheriff’s Department; the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Department; the New York State Department of Corrections; the New York State Division of Parole; and the New York State Police, with the assistance of the United States Marshal, Northern District of New York, Albany Office; the Albany County District Attorney’s Office; the Rensselaer County District Attorney’s Office; the Town of Guilderland Police Department; the Town of Bethlehem Police Department; and the City of Cohoes Police Department.

CONTACT: Assistant United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian (518) 431-0247