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Nicky Barnes

Drug kingpin
Leroy Nicholas Barnes was an American crime boss, active in New York City during the 1970s. In 1972, Barnes formed The Council, a seven-man African-American organized crime syndicate that controlled a significant part of the heroin trade in the... Wikipedia
Born: October 15, 1933, New York, NY
Died: 2012 (age 79 years), United States
Conviction(s): Drug trafficking (1978)
Criminal penalty: Life in prison without the possibility of parole (1978)
Other names: Nicky Barnes; "Mr. Untouchable"