A long-simmering East Harlem drug dispute has ended with a heavy prison term. On Friday, a Manhattan judge sentenced Terrence Haynes to 12½ to 25 years in state prison for plotting the 2022 killing of Timothy “TJ” Parker outside Parker’s East Harlem apartment.
The sentence follows Haynes’s conviction earlier this year on a second-degree conspiracy charge and caps what prosecutors describe as a multi‑year investigation into a drug‑related retaliation that rattled the neighborhood. Parker was gunned down on Oct. 25, 2022, outside his building, a killing that neighbors say they still remember vividly.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced the outcome in a post on X, saying Haynes had been held accountable and would face a “significant prison sentence.” Local outlets later detailed the 12½‑to‑25‑year term and the prosecution’s account of Haynes’s role in setting the plot in motion. Alvin Bragg publicly shared the office’s announcement…