Jury Convicts Three Members of Robbery Crew
Defendants raided homes of suspected drug dealers in Lawrenceville and Duluth and engaged in public shootouts.
A jury in federal district court in Atlanta returned a guilty verdict Thursday, March 1, against Jose Reyes, Albert Espinal, and Johann Brito, all of Lawrenceville, on charges of armed robbery, drug trafficking, and using a firearm in connection with those offenses, according to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia. Their conviction followed a 13-day trial. “These three defendants belonged to the Cartier robbery crew that engaged in at least two shootouts in broad daylight -- one at a busy intersection in Lawrenceville and another in a quiet subdivision in Duluth,” said U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates. “The defendants and their robbery crew shot, stabbed, tortured, kidnaped, and …
