American Gangster(frank Lucas)
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Frank Lucas (born 1930 in Washington, North Carolina) was a heroin dealer and organized crime boss in Harlem during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was particularly known for cutting out middlemen in the drug trade and buying heroin directly from his source in Southeast Asia. He organized the smuggling of heroin from Vietnam to the U.S. by using the coffins of dead American servicemen ("cadaver connection").[1]
He claims to have grossed US$1 million a day selling drugs on 116th Street.[1] Federal judge Sterling Johnson, who was special narcotics prosecutor in New York at the time of Lucas' crimes, called Lucas' operation "one of the most outrageous international dope-smuggling gangs ever, an innovator who got his own connections outside the U.S. and then sold the narcotics himself in the street."[1]
Frank Lucas was arrested in 1975 in New Jersey and was convicted of both federal and New Jersey state drug violations. In 1976, he was sentenced to 70 years in prison. Once convicted, Lucas provided evidence that led to the convictions of more than 100 drug-related criminals.[2] His sentence was reduced and changed to parole, so that he was released from prison in 1981. In 1984 he was arrested again and convicted for new drug violations and a parole violation. He received a sentence of 7 years and was released from prison in 1991.[3][4]
Frank Lucas is now wheelchair bound, as seen in the HBO documentary, The Making of American Gangster. Actor Denzel Washington portrays Frank Lucas in the film American Gangster directed by Ridley Scott, due for release on November 2, 2007.
Frank Lucas (born 1930 in Washington, North Carolina) was a heroin dealer and organized crime boss in Harlem during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was particularly known for cutting out middlemen in the drug trade and buying heroin directly from his source in Southeast Asia. He organized the smuggling of heroin from Vietnam to the U.S. by using the coffins of dead American servicemen ("cadaver connection").[1]
He claims to have grossed US$1 million a day selling drugs on 116th Street.[1] Federal judge Sterling Johnson, who was special narcotics prosecutor in New York at the time of Lucas' crimes, called Lucas' operation "one of the most outrageous international dope-smuggling gangs ever, an innovator who got his own connections outside the U.S. and then sold the narcotics himself in the street."[1]
Frank Lucas was arrested in 1975 in New Jersey and was convicted of both federal and New Jersey state drug violations. In 1976, he was sentenced to 70 years in prison. Once convicted, Lucas provided evidence that led to the convictions of more than 100 drug-related criminals.[2] His sentence was reduced and changed to parole, so that he was released from prison in 1981. In 1984 he was arrested again and convicted for new drug violations and a parole violation. He received a sentence of 7 years and was released from prison in 1991.[3][4]
Frank Lucas is now wheelchair bound, as seen in the HBO documentary, The Making of American Gangster. Actor Denzel Washington portrays Frank Lucas in the film American Gangster directed by Ridley Scott, due for release on November 2, 2007.
an article from the new york times
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04E7D71338F936A1575BC0A962948260
THE CITY ; ; U.S. Jury Convicts Heroin Informant
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A 53-year-old man who had long-term prison sentences for heroin-trafficking reduced after he became a witness against other drug dealers was convicted in Brooklyn yesterday of conspiring to distribute heroin.
A jury in Federal District Court returned the verdict after a three-day trial of the defendant, Frank Lucas.
He faces not only up to 30 years in prison for that conviction, but also up to life in prison for violating the terms of his parole from the earlier sentences.
In 1976 Mr. Lucas was convicted in a Federal trial in Manhattan and a state trial in New Jersey of charges stemming from his leadership of a major heroin-distribution ring. He received a total of 70 years in prison.
The next year he began giving evidence that led to the convictions of more than 100 narcotics violators, and in 1981 his 40-year Federal term and 30-year state term were reduced to time served plus lifetime parole.
In the new case, Mr. Lucas was charged with having conspired with an undercover agent to set up a drug sale.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04E7D71338F936A1575BC0A962948260
THE CITY ; ; U.S. Jury Convicts Heroin Informant
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Del.icio.usDiggFacebookNewsvinePermalinkPublished: August 25, 1984
A 53-year-old man who had long-term prison sentences for heroin-trafficking reduced after he became a witness against other drug dealers was convicted in Brooklyn yesterday of conspiring to distribute heroin.
A jury in Federal District Court returned the verdict after a three-day trial of the defendant, Frank Lucas.
He faces not only up to 30 years in prison for that conviction, but also up to life in prison for violating the terms of his parole from the earlier sentences.
In 1976 Mr. Lucas was convicted in a Federal trial in Manhattan and a state trial in New Jersey of charges stemming from his leadership of a major heroin-distribution ring. He received a total of 70 years in prison.
The next year he began giving evidence that led to the convictions of more than 100 narcotics violators, and in 1981 his 40-year Federal term and 30-year state term were reduced to time served plus lifetime parole.
In the new case, Mr. Lucas was charged with having conspired with an undercover agent to set up a drug sale.
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It is the source the the movie American Gangster was derived from.
It is the source the the movie American Gangster was derived from.