Crime & Safety
Glen Cove Gangster Sentenced in Drive-By Shooting
Yonis Acosta-Yanes, 27, a member of the Salvadorian gang MS-13, received the maximum sentence for racketeering conspiracy Monday.
A Salvadorian native raised in Glen Cove has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his involvement in the murder of a rival gang member and the attempted murder of another, according to Newsday.
Yonis Acosta-Yanes, 27, a member of the Salvadorian gang MS-13, received the maximum sentence for racketeering conspiracy on Monday in federal court.
Acosta-Yanes admitted to driving the car in the 2008 fatal drive-by shooting of rival gang member Santos Castillo-Martinez in Hempstead, according to LI News WALK Radio. Another murder plot was foiled when police stopped Acosta-Yanes and another MS-13 member in their car.
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Acosta-Yanes pleaded guilty to racketeering charges filed after police found a high-calibre handgun in the car, according to LI News.
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