ALBANY - Rayquinshawn Harrison,  a/k/a "Pilla," 23, of Albany, was sentenced in United States District Court, Albany, to Count 1 of a federal indictment relating to the criminal activities of the Jungle Junkies gang, which operated within the City of Albany; Count 2 of a federal indictment relating to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base (crack cocaine); and to a federal Information charging him with possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. 

He was sentenced to 100 months on Count 1, 120 months to Count 2 , and 60 months on the Information to run consecutively to Counts1 and 2 of the federal indictment, for a total of 180 months incarceration.  In addition, he was also sentenced to 5 years of supervised release following his release from incarceration, and a $300 special assessment.  Harrison is the first Jungle Junkie to be sentenced.

The Jungle Junkies gang members and associates operated within and near the Arbor Hill section of the City of Albany, New York, and routinely engaged in criminal activities which included crack cocaine and marijuana trafficking, possession of firearms, and acts of assault, robbery, and attempted murder against rival gang members within the Northern District of New York.