NYC drug gang charged after bragging about crimes on social media, DA says

(CBS) NEW YORK - Eighteen alleged gang members are accused of selling crack cocaine and marijuana in "Sour Power" candy wrappers after reportedly bragging about their activities on social media sites, CBS New York reports.

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Karen Friedman Agnifilo, head of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office Trials Division, told the station that like many youth gangs, this East Harlem group used social media to boast about their crimes.

"This group called the Fetti Boys, they boasted about their drug dealing and retaliatory violence on YouTube and on Facebook," Agnifilo said.

According to the station, the individuals, who range in age from 18 to 48, were arrested and face several charges - including criminal sale of marijuana, criminal possession of a weapon and conspiracy.