Fed Drug Racketeering Plea Began with ’06 Villas Bust

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Kaywan K. Wallace, 22, arrested by Lower Township police Sept. 14, 2006 after a car stop in Villas, which turned up 126 bags of crack cocaine, 56 bags of marijuana and a large amount of cash, pleaded guilty April 11 in federal court to racketeering, attempted murder, assault in aid of racketeering, narcotics conspiracy and conspiracy to maintain drug stash house.
Wallace and his twin brother, Saquan Wallace, who pled guilty to murder of Jabari Foster, were leaders of a “violent crack cocaine trafficking organization based in the Wyckoff Public Housing Development in downtown Brooklyn,” according to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Saquan Wallace faces 30 years in prison for his crimes. Kaywan Wallace faces 24 years in prison.
The brothers pled guilty before U.S. District Judge David G. Trager at the U.S. Courthouse, 225 Cadman Plaza East here.
In the Justice release, U.S. Attorney Benton J. Campbell thanked the Lower Township Police Department, N.J. State Police and the U.S. Marshal’s Service for their assistance in the case.
“We and our partners in law enforcement are determined to rid our neighborhoods of violent drug organizations,” Campbell wrote.
“Our message is clear and simple, engage in narcotics distribution and related violence in the Eastern District of New York and you can expect to spend a long time behind bars,” he added.
“Since 2005, the Drug Enforcement Administration and New York Police Department have been investigating narcotics trafficking and related widespread violence in Wyckoff, (housing project).
“The investigation revealed that the defendants, together with their numerous associates, controlled much of the crack cocaine distribution in the development, and to further that activity, committed multiple acts of violence, including murder, attempted murder, robbery, and assault. After their federal indictment in February 2006, the defendants became fugitives, relocating their narcotics distribution operation to southern New Jersey. They were apprehended by law enforcement following a nationwide manhunt,” according to the release.
According to the original Lower Township Police Department release, at about 10:30 a.m. Sept. 14, 2006, they received information on persons delivering crack cocaine in Villas.
Detectives conducted surveillance of the subject’s possible route of travel and had information that one of two subjects in a Jeep-style vehicle would be in possession of narcotics, specifically crack cocaine.
At about 10:40 a.m., the suspect and a female were seen traveling eastbound on Pacific Avenue in Villas. Patrol officers stopped the vehicle after the driver was observed not wearing a seat belt.
The female driver was asked to leave the car after not being able to provide any credentials. She was asked where she was coming from, and where she was going. She stated she was giving the male subject Kaywan K. Wallace, known to her only as “E” a ride.
Wallace was removed from the vehicle and the driver signed a consent form to allow police to search the vehicle. When they searched, they found the large amount of narcotics previously stated.
He admitted ownership of the narcotics and was charged with possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, and cocaine possession and intent to distribute that drug.
His bail was set at $ 100,000, and he was remanded to county jail.
Additional charged were lodged against him since the U.S. Marshal’s Service had a warrant for distribution of cocaine, with no bail.