""According to court filings and statements by the defendant at the guilty plea proceeding, during the night of July 24, 2024, and into the morning of July 25, 2024, Pittman and his co-defendants carried out a violent armed robbery and kidnapping plot that resulted in the defendant shooting and killing John Doe #1 in Bayside. Pittman and his crew drove from Baltimore to New York for the purpose of robbing John Doe #1 and John Doe #2, who were both drug dealers.""
""Today, the defendant pleaded guilty to the execution-style, drug-related killing carried out in the rear of a U-Haul van in brutal fashion," U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Joseph Nocello said. "Marcus Pittman was the trigger man of this robbery crew that traveled to our district for the purpose of kidnapping and robbing marijuana dealers. I commend our excellent prosecutors, the FBI Special Agents, and NYPD detectives whose outstanding work has brought all six defendants to justice for their brutal crimes.""
Marcus "Nacho" Pittman, 30, pleaded guilty in Brooklyn federal court on Dec. 4 to discharging a firearm causing the death of an unnamed marijuana dealer in the back of a rented U-Haul van on 208th Street near 32nd Drive in Bayside on July 25, 2024. Pittman, also known as "Cheese," became the sixth defendant from Baltimore convicted in a robbery, kidnapping, and murder scheme. Pittman faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years' imprisonment and up to life in prison. U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocello characterized the killing as execution-style and said Pittman was the trigger man for a crew that traveled to New York to kidnap and rob marijuana dealers. Co-defendants Jerome Waters and William Barnett allegedly met the dealers under the guise of purchasing marijuana, then pulled out weapons and held up the dealers.
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