A Bronx man has been sentenced to life in prison for a brutal murder that took place over eight years ago.
Jose Santiago-Ortiz, 27, was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences for murder, participating in a narcotics conspiracy, and firearms offenses in connection with the death of Jerry Tide.
Tide was shot and killed on September 11, 2010, in the vicinity of Jerome Avenue and 182nd Street in the Bronx. Santiago-Ortiz was convicted of the murder and other crimes in May 2018, following a one-week jury trial.
According to court documents, Santiago-Ortiz was the leader of a violent heroin trafficking enterprise that trafficked kilogram quantities of heroin in the Bronx and to Rutland, Vermont. He killed Tide in part to increase his position within the enterprise.
Following his arrest on state charges in March 2014, Santiago-Ortiz continued to direct narcotics trafficking and acts of violence from prison. In addition, members of the enterprise engaged in several shootings with rival drug dealers in the Bronx in 2015.
Santiago-Ortiz was also sentenced to five years of supervised release. The case was prosecuted by the Office’s Violent and Organized Crime Unit, with Assistant U.S. Attorneys Shawn G. Crowley, Lauren B. Schorr, and George D. Turner in charge.
U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman thanked the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s New York Field Division for their work on the investigation.
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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