Juan J. Rodriguez, 21, of Rochester, charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance Third Degree – a class B Felony – and Unlawful Possession of Marihuana – a violation.
Durran M. Henderson, 26, of Rochester, charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance Third Degree – a class B Felony – and Unlawful Possession of Marihuana – a violation.
He was a drug dealer but no killer, Daryl "Dazzy" Session said Friday.As he stood before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer to be sentenced for running a drug ring that brought more than 100 kilograms of cocaine to Rochester, Session reiterated his drug dealing but said he never ordered the killing of three men who robbed him.
"I'm sorry I did wrong by selling drugs," Session said. "I never wanted to compound my involvement by being in shootouts and stabbings and things like that. ... My mother raised me to respect people, and that's the way I've been."But Larimer, who found after a hearing that Session had indeed ordered hits on three people — resulting in the death of one — called Session a danger to the community and ordered him to prison for 33 years."I can't think of someone more violent than someone who doesn't do the dirty deed himself but hires someone to do it," Larimer said.Session, 36, pleaded guilty in January to charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, possession of cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug traffic. He faced at least 25 years in prison because he pleaded guilty without a plea agreement with prosecutors, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Douglas E. Gregory.At a sentencing hearing this summer, witnesses testified that Session paid $10,000 to kill Leonard "Fendy" Spears, 26, who was gunned down in a car at West Main and King streets on June 3, 2001. Two other men also were targeted; one was shot and survived and one escaped."He was a defendant who considered a human life was worth $10,000," Gregory said.Court documents said Session was exacting revenge against the men, who had shot him in the leg in March 2001 during the attempted robbery of a drug house he ran as part of his drug operation from January 2000 through April 2005.Larimer found that the shootings were revenge for the robbery and shooting but weren't done in furtherance of the drug trade. The judge's ruling, however, allowed him to enhance Session's penalty
Police searched six houses Monday within a stone's throw of one another on Avenue D. Altogether they made three arrests and seized 60 "decks," or individual doses, of heroin, two handguns, 25 grams of marijuana and $3,200 in cash, said Police Chief David Moore.
Officers also seized five pit bulls suspected of being used as guard dogs.
"It's amazing to me that within one block, you can have six homes with people involved in narcotics," Moore said, standing in front of one of the raided locations.
Police did not release the names of the people arrested, who are facing drug and weapon charges.
The raids were done simultaneously shortly after noon Monday by members of the Police Department's patrol and tactical units and emergency task force, as well as state police.
People were found in some of the houses. The others were vacant, but police found evidence of drug sales, Moore said.
The addresses were 763, 768, 777, 781, 790 and 808 Avenue D, all between Joseph and Hudson avenues and just east of Bauman Street.
Police have searched at least some of those locations before for drugs, said Commander Mark Case. Gunfire also has occurred in at least some of the houses, Case said, but he could not recall people being shot.
The neighborhood long has been one of the most crime-ridden in Rochester, although Moore noted that many law-abiding citizens also live there.
Police had staked out the houses for several weeks and stopped people who were leaving them to gather the information necessary to obtain search warrants, Moore said. They used those warrants for Monday's sweeps.
Residents of the area have complained frequently that they give the Police Department information about possible drug houses but police do nothing. The raids Monday, Moore said, show residents that police will take action.
"What many people don't understand is that we have to have probable cause to go in and search, and that takes some time," he said.
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