Jeff Roselien, a 31-year-old Brooklyn resident, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a string of opioid robberies in Brooklyn. Roselien was the getaway driver in the robberies, which took place in August and September 2016.
According to court documents, the defendants and their co-conspirators conducted a series of gunpoint robberies of pharmacies in Brooklyn. On August 16, 2016, two co-conspirators entered the Mill Basin Pharmacy on Avenue T, holding the store employees at gunpoint in a back room. The robbers made off with over $4,000 in prescription pills and merchandise and escaped in a car driven by Roselien.
On September 8, 2016, Gregory St. Juste and a co-conspirator entered This Way Pharmacy on Quintin Road. Inside the store, the robbers brandished a firearm, stole oxycodone pills and cash and fled in a getaway car driven by Roselien. On September 13, 2016, St. Juste and two co-conspirators entered the Living Word Pharmacy located on Utica Avenue. The robbers made off with oxycodone pills, employees’ cell phones and cash, and left in a getaway car driven by Roselien.
On September 26, 2016, St. Juste, Wensley Paul and Max Narcisse robbed the Mill Park Pharmacy on Avenue U. Upon entering the pharmacy, St. Juste pulled out a firearm and forced a store clerk to go behind a counter, demanding to know where the “oxy” was and threatening to shoot the clerk. The three men fled in a car driven by Roselien. Shortly after the perpetrators left the scene, NYPD officers recognized Roselien’s car from the prior robberies and pulled it over, arresting the four defendants.
Upon searching the car, officers recovered a loaded, stolen .45 caliber pistol, as well as cash and the stolen merchandise. The government’s case is being handled by the Office’s International Narcotics and Money Laundering Section. Assistant United States Attorney Keith D. Edelman is in charge of the prosecution.
Richard P. Donoghue, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced the sentences and guilty pleas. “In a matter of weeks, the defendants committed numerous gunpoint robberies of pharmacies in Brooklyn, terrorizing the employees and stealing powerful opioids to resell them on the street,” stated United States Attorney Donoghue.
The defendants have now been held accountable for contributing to the deadly opioid epidemic and endangering the community. This Office, together with our law enforcement partners, will continue to vigorously prosecute those who seek to profit from this epidemic,” Donoghue added. Mr. Donoghue thanked the Special Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and New York City Police Department Detectives assigned to the ATF Joint Robbery Task Force for their outstanding work on the case.
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Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes|Violent Crime|Cybercrime|Public Corruption|Weapons|Human Trafficking|White Collar Crime|Organized Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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