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In executing search warrants in the wake of an indictment charging six individuals with unlawfully running an illegal gambling operation in Queens County and elsewhere, police recovered six guns including two MP-15 assault rifles, hundreds of narcotic pills, gambling records and more than $120,000 in cash. Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown (far r.) is joined by (l. to r.); NYPD Inspector Michael E. Bryan, commanding officer, Queens Narcotics Division; and Detective Andrew Lenski. Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, joined by New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, announced on September 24 that in executing search warrants – in the wake of an indictment charging six individuals with unlawfully running an illegal gambling operation in Queens County and elsewhere – detectives recovered six guns, including two MP-15 assault rifles, hundreds of narcotic pills, gambling records and more than $120,000 in cash.
Brown said, “With the execution of these search warrants we have taken six more deadly weapons off the streets of Queens County. I applaud the police and prosecutors working together to safeguard our streets. An investigation that started with illegal gambling has now led to the recovery of a deadly and dangerous combination of guns and drugs.”
Kelly said, “The nexus between illegal drugs and violence is never far. It is thanks to New York City detectives and their partners in the Queens district attorney’s office that five loaded guns, including assault weapons are out of circulation, along with illegally obtained prescription drugs.”
The district attorney identified the defendants charged in the gambling case as Saul Montalvo, 44, of 137-30 Lafayette St. in Ozone Park; his sister, Veronica Montalvo, 40, of 90-02 97th Ave. in Ozone Park; his son, Daniel Montalvo, 26, of 99-11 57th Ave. in Corona; Juan Arias, 41, of 85 Strong St. in The Bronx; Benny Maldonado, 60, of 60-81 Myrtle Ave. in Ridgewood; and Rosa Rincon, 56, of 106-17 95th Ave. in Woodhaven.
The defendants were arraigned in Queens Supreme Court in Kew Gardens on an indictment variously charging them with the crimes of enterprise corruption, first-degree promoting gambling and first degree possession of gambling records. The defendants, who each face up to 25 years in prison if convicted, were ordered held on bail amounts ranging from $5,000 to $50,000 and to return to court on October 28. In the cases of Saul Montalvo and Arias, both reserved their bail applications for a later date and were remanded until that time.
In addition to the criminal charges outlined in the indictment, Saul Montalvo and his wife, Beatriz Velez, 33, have been variously charged in criminal complaints with third-, fifth- and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, second-, third- and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of a firearm, fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, first-degree promoting gambling and first-degree possession of gambling records. Montalvo’s son, Daniel, was also arrested on a criminal complaint charging him with second-, third- and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. The parents and son each face up to 15 years in prison if convicted on the weapons charges. Daniel Montalvo was ordered to return to court on October 2, and Saul Montalvo and Velez’ next court appearance was scheduled for October 10.
Brown said that following the arrests last week on gambling charges, police executed court-authorized search warrants at 12 locations, including Saul Montalvo’s Lafayette Street residence, where, according to the criminal charges, the police recovered:
• 120 Percocet pills, 75 Oxycontin pills, 35 Hydrocodone pills and betting slips from inside a kitchen cabinet;
• A 9mm Taurus pistol loaded with a high-capacity magazine which contained 16 live rounds, a .45 caliber Taurus pistol loaded with eight rounds of live ammunition (which had been reported stolen a year ago in Pennsylvania), a .45 caliber Ruger pistol also loaded with eight rounds of live ammunition; and more than $90,000 in cash from a safe inside a closet in the master bedroom; and
• A loaded 12 gauge Mossberg shotgun, a Smith & Wesson MP-15 assault rifle which was loaded with a high-capacity magazine holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition, as well as three other magazines all loaded with more than 10 rounds of ammunition from the laundry area.
The Mossberg shotgun and the MP-15 assault rifle are alleged to belong to Daniel Montalvo, who at the time of his arrest allegedly stated that he had another MP-15 rifle at his Corona residence. In searching the premises, it is alleged that police recovered a Smith & Wesson MP-15 assault rifle in a rifle case in the bedroom closet, as well as four high-capacity magazines, two of which were loaded with 20 rounds of live ammunition.
Brown said that the NYPD’s Queens Narcotics Division and his Narcotics Investigation Bureau commenced an investigation in February 2013 of an illegal gambling operation allegedly being run by the defendants Saul Montalvo and his partner Juan Arias, which, according to the criminal charges, operated a central wire room in Brooklyn, run by defendant Veronica Montalvo and others. It is alleged that the wire room maintained a number of fax machines that received betting slips from more than 30 betting parlors scattered throughout Queens, Brooklyn and Nassau County. A second wire room was operated by the defendant Rosa Rincon from a house in Woodhaven. The defendants Daniel Montalvo and Maldonado allegedly were primarily tasked with collecting and distributing money to the betting parlors.
In addition to the search warrants executed at the two Montalvo residences, search warrants were also executed at the two wire rooms and various betting parlors in Queens, Brooklyn and Long Island. In total, 26 individuals, including the six pre-indicted defendants and Beatriz Velez, were arrested on various charges and more than $120,000 in cash, gambling records, 10 fax machines, narcotic pills and six weapons were recovered.
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