- Guy Fisher
Guy Fisher (b. 1947) is a former
New York City drug dealer who became the first black man to own and operate theApollo Theater in Harlem when he purchased it in 1977. [http://www.streetgangs.com/movies/guyfisher.html The Guy Fisher Story: A New York drug dealer] , streetgangs.com, accessedJanuary 24 ,2007 . ] Along with Frank Lucas and Nicky Barnes, the three were the most notorious drug figures in the New York drug trade. Fisher and Barnes were at once friends, competitors, and allies in the struggle to control the lion's share of the Tri-State area's heroin trade.Arrest
After years of circumventing the law, Barnes was eventually arrested and sentenced to 25 years imprisonment, without eligibility for parole. The prosecutor in the case was the soon to be mayor of New York City,
Rudolph Giuliani . Eleven months after his incarceration, in exchange for a reduction in his sentence, Barnes telephoned Federal prosecutors indicating that he would agree to become a government informant in their case against Fisher and others. Barnes claims that he decided to testify due to the fact that Fisher was having an affair with his wife. On The Gate EntertainmentFisher is currently serving a life sentence in Allenwood Federal Correctional Center.
In media
*Fisher's life was the subject of a 45 minute documentary entitled "The Guy Fisher Story". ]
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