RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A 20-year-old gang member has pleaded guilty in a drive-by shooting that wounded two rival gang members outside the New York home of then-U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, authorities said.
Noah Green pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted murder, criminal possession of a weapon and conspiracy for shooting three men, hitting two, outside Zeldin’s home in Shirley, Long Island in 2022. Both men survived.
Zeldin, a Republican in the midst of an unsuccessful race for governor of New York, was not home at the time, but his two teenage daughters were.
“The events that occurred on October 9, 2022 were traumatic for my family and could not have hit closer to home,” Zeldin said in a statement.
Zeldin thanked Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney “and the many law enforcement officers who acted quickly to keep my daughters safe, transport the victims and take the necessary legal steps to hold Mr. Green accountable.”
Green was arrested on Oct. 31, 2022, with what prosecutors said was the weapon used in the shooting. He was later charged along with 17 other suspects following an investigation into the No Fake Love gang for crimes including shootings and carjackings.
Newsday reported that during Thursday’s hearing, Judge Anthony Senft asked Green, “Are you pleading guilty because in fact you are guilty?”
“Yes,” Green replied.
An attorney for Green, Michael Alber, told Newsday that his client “tried to put this thing behind him. … He never wanted to be a part of this at all.”
Green is expected to be sentenced to 12 years in prison and five years of probation at a hearing on Oct. 15.
