WHITE PLAINS – A federal court judge sentenced a Poughkeepsie man to 25 years in prison for his participation in the activities of a Poughkeepsie street gang, including the 2016 murder of Caval Haylett and the distribution of heroin.
Dimetri Moseley had previously pled guilty to participating in racketeering and narcotics distribution conspiracies and had admitted that he was one of two shooters involved in Haylett’s murder.
Moseley was one of 31 members and associates of two rival street gangs who were charged in two separate cases with racketeering conspiracy, narcotics conspiracy and firearms offenses.
All 31 of those defendants, who were members and associates of two gangs referred to as “Uptown” and “Downtown,” have pled guilty to federal charges and been sentenced.
The FBI’s Hudson Valley Safe Streets Task Force, Poughkeepsie City Police and the Dutchess County Drug Task Force conducted a joint investigation into gang war between Uptown and Downtown, that led to several fatal and non-fatal shootings between 2012 and 2017 in the City of Poughkeepsie.
