Friends and family of suspects indicted in a recent $1 million drug bust wait outside County Court in Syracuse.

Syracuse, NY -- County Court Judge Anthony Aloi's courtroom didn't come close to holding all the spectators for today's mass arraignments in a recent state Attorney General's drug bust.

Nearly $1 million in cocaine and heroin were seized and 41 people were indicted in the massive drug bust a week ago, including 24 suspects from the Syracuse area. Felony charges ranged from conspiracy to major drug trafficking.

Today, 27 of those people were due to be arraigned in Aloi's court. And the crowd of families, friends and law enforcement who attended quickly filled the third-floor courtroom.

More than 50 people were forced to wait in the hallway. Some complained because there were only two benches nearby to sit. Others carried small children. But despite extra security, the atmosphere was not unusually tense.

The arraignments were taking a long time. By 10 a.m., more than an hour into court, the vast majority of people were still waiting in the hallway. The judge had 43 cases on his 8:45 a.m. calendar, dominated by the arraignments.

The drug busts targeted two pipelines that brought cocaine from Puerto Rico and heroin from Rochester and Worcester, Mass., to Syracuse, according to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office.

Of today's arraignments, 21 were local residents 5 were from New York City and one from Ossining.

Angel Luis "Jimmy" Rivera was identified by authorities as ringleader of one group, dominated by his family.

In the second ring, Maria Rodriguez, Jeyson Pizarro and Christopher Ramos were charged with operating as a major trafficker, the only federal narcotics charge in the state that carries a possible life sentence.

Here are a list of everyone arrested. An * means they were due to be arraigned today.



Syracuse-area residents

Jeyson Pizarro*

Keny Pizarro*

Irisada Bermudez*

Jean Carlos Calderon*

Daniel Carrasquillo*

Luis Carrasquillo

Jennifer Cepeda*

Luis Charleman*

Edwin Colon-Lopez

Luis Cruz*

Moises Figueroa-Hernandez*

Yelitza Marquez-Alejo*

Ezequiel Martinez*

Josue Martinez*

Marisela Ornelas*

Roberto Osorio-Comacho*

Jean Carlos Osorio-Parrilla*

Christopher Ramos*

Angel Luis "Jimmy" Rivera*

Edgar Rivera (Alejandro)*

Luz Rosario*

Joe Alvarez Vega*

Zachary Snyder of Central Square, N.Y.*

An unnamed youth from Syracuse was also mentioned in the release.

New York City residents:

Jose Castro

Jose Mercedes

Jerry Pineda

Iris Rivera*

Julio Rivera

*

Maria Rodriguez

Miguel Rodriguez

Carmen Sanabria*

Victor Sanchez*

Jessica Teixiera*

Rafael Nelson Ramos-Maldonado*

Others: