Alameda Drug Trafficking Ringleader Sentenced to 20–40 Years
By: Philadelphia Dao
Tags: Criminal Justice, Philadelphia, Press Release, Drug Trafficking

CONTACT:

Jane Roh, District Attorney’s Office, 215–686–8711, Jane.Roh@phila.gov

PHILADELPHIA (March 11, 2020) — District Attorney Larry Krasner on Wednesday announced that German “June” Alameda (DOB: 8/20/1972) was sentenced to 20 to 40 years of incarceration for crimes committed while he ran the Alameda drug trafficking organization, which preyed on the residents of Kensington for more than a decade.



Alameda’s sentencing closes one chapter of a multi-agency, months-long investigation that led to the dismantling of one of the most predatory drug trafficking organizations in recent Philadelphia history. The Alameda drug trafficking organization operated in and around the intersection of Kip and Cambria streets — among the most impoverished neighborhoods in the city — and at the height of its stranglehold on the community generated more than $5 million annually.



“Our criminal legal system’s most severe penalties must be reserved for those who inflict irreversible harm on others with no consideration for children or neighbors in their community. German Alameda’s criminal organization profited hugely off of our most vulnerable neighbors’ suffering, which manifested in a multitude of ways that we will never be able to quantify,” District Attorney Krasner said. “I am grateful to our law enforcement partners and to Assistant District Attorneys Ryan Slaven, Yasmine Rosario, and Andrew Jenemann for shutting down this organization and for bringing its namesake to justice. We must continue to extend support and hope to beloved neighbors living with substance use disorder, while working vigorously to bring high-level, career drug dealers to justice.”



The 2017–2018 investigation was led by a collaborative partnership that includes: detectives and staff from the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office (DAO) Dangerous Drug Offenders Unit (DDOU) and Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Philadelphia Police Department, Chester County District Attorney’s Office, Delaware County Detectives, and Pennsylvania State Police. Alameda presided over the trafficking of dangerous and deadly substances including heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, and crack for approximately one decade prior to his arrest on Sept. 28, 2018.



As a result of this multi-agency investigation, more than 50 Alameda drug trafficking organization members have been convicted, hundreds of grams of crack and cocaine have been seized, and thousands of grams of heroin and fentanyl have been seized. In addition, nearly a dozen firearms and approximately $200,000 have been seized — $180,000 from Alameda’s house alone.



Alameda entered an open guilty plea to counts including: Corrupt Organizations (F1); Solicitation of Minors to Traffic Drugs (F1); Possession With Intent to Deliver (PWID) more than 1,000 grams of fentanyl (F), heroin (F), cocaine (F), crack cocaine (F); Conspiracy to Deliver more than 1,000 grams of fentanyl (F), heroin (F), cocaine (F), crack cocaine (F); Criminal Use of Communication Facility (F3); Dealing in the Proceeds of Unlawful Activity (F1); and Possession of an Instrument of Crime (M1).



Alameda was sentenced on Wednesday by the Hon. Zachary Shaffer.

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