Ex-New York Giants player who sold fentanyl-laced drugs in NYC apologizes to family as he learns his fate
NY Post
A former New York Giants player apologized to his family as he was sentenced to five years behind bars for trying to sell fentanyl-laced drugs outside his Manhattan apartment
Clyde “Peter” Hall, 84, was sentenced to a minimum of five years in prison Monday by Manhattan Federal Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil after he took a plea deal last year admitting to slinging the drugs while he was out on “compassionate release” in a financial fraud case.
“I am incredibly sorry to all my loved ones for letting them down with my actions,” Hall said in court. “I am sorry to the court for my actions and I am remorseful for my conduct.”
Hall — who briefly played for the Giants in the 1960s — had been serving a 20-year prison sentence for financial fraud crimes when he was let out on “compassionate release” during the COVID-19 pandemic.
While out of prison, Hall was caught trying to push six kilograms of cocaine outside his Harlem apartment on April 24, 2021. The buyer was an informant working with the Drug Enforcement Administration, prosecutors have said.
Prosecutors were seeking a sentence between 10 and 12 years due to Hall’s criminal history, and the fact that he chose to “reengage in crime” almost immediately after he left prison, Manhattan Assistant Attorney Ni Quia wrote in her sentencing submission letter to the court.
