Member of robbery crew Kenwood Allen charged with 3 more murders in NYC nightclub druggings
June 21, 2023
Kenwood Allen was charged with three murders in connection to a nightclub drugging spree.
A member of a Manhattan robbery crew who allegedly drugged and robbed drunken bar patrons last year was indicted Wednesday on three more murder charges in the months-long spree, the district attorney’s office said.
Kenwood Allen, 33, of the Bronx, had already been indicted six months ago in the overdose deaths of two partygoers that he and others in his crew targeted from March to December 2022.
This week, a superseding indictment pinned three more summertime deaths on the vicious thief, according to a statement from Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.
The latest revealed victims — Sadath Ahmed, Alexander Ridnitsky and Kathryn Gallagher — were killed in July and August of 2022, according to police sources.
“These alleged pernicious drugging and robbery schemes have left far too many families mourning the loss of their loved ones,” Bragg said in a statement.
“The careful and meticulous work of our prosecutors and the NYPD has led us to charge this individual with a spree of criminal conduct that now includes five murders.”
During his nightmarish campaign in lower Manhattan, Allen allegedly drugged his victims with fentanyl or other opioids before lifting their credit cards, watches, phones or other personal items.
Many victims were found unconscious in the street, Bragg said. Meanwhile, Allen would allegedly use their ATM cards to empty their bank accounts and use their credit cards to rack up charges.
Sometimes he worked alone, prosecutors said. Other times, he brought in others.
Kathryn Gallagher was one of the victims killed in the summer of 2022.
But he compiled an impressive rap sheet during that time — he and the rest of the violent Manhattan crew he ran with allegedly attacked at least 26 victims. Allen was involved in about 21 of those, including the five fatal attacks, Bragg said.
The crimes turned deadly when two of the victims — Nurbo Shera and Ardijan Berisha — overdosed on the drugs Allen allegedly gave them. A Manhattan grand jury indicted him for their deaths in December.
Sources told the Post that he met Ahmed and Ridnitsky at a bar in Manhattan, then brought them back to the Bronx. The circumstances of Gallagher’s death remain unclear.
Allen was already indicted for two deaths of partygoers that he and his crew allegedly targeted.
Bragg said his office has a separate investigation into a connected pattern of robberies and druggings in Hell’s Kitchen.
The Post reported late last year that a gang of thieves targeting gay nightclubs was terrorizing Hell’s Kitchen and the surrounding neighborhoods.
Aside from the murder counts, Allen faces a litany of other charges for crimes such as robbery, assault, attempted robbery, grand larceny and drug possession.
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