FBI seeks public's help to find wanted member of Yonkers' Strip Boyz gang

The FBI is asking the public for help in finding a member of the Strip Boyz street gang known as "Flint Money." Melvin A. Dias is wanted for his alleged involvement in the distribution of crack cocaine and marijuana, the FBI said today. He was indicted June 20 along with other members of the violent street gang that operated in and around the Schlobohm Housing project. Teams of FBI agents and Yonkers police swept through Yonkers early Tuesday, apprehending 13 Strip Boyz, Yonkers police said. Six were already in custody and three were at large at that time. Dias is considered armed and dangerous, the FBI said. He is charged with narcotics conspiracy. Dias is known to have multiple tattoos including: "CCE" on his neck; "Ki Lee Sinia Dias" under his left ear; "Self" on the top of his right hand; and "Made" on the top of his left hand. He is known to frequent Yonkers, Pittsburgh, and McKees Rocks, Whitehall, and South Park near Pittburgh. Police described the Strip Boyz as a violent Yonkers street gang that controlled the crack, heroin, marijuana and PCP drug trade in the Schlobohm housing complex and surrounding areas. Twenty members of the Strip Boyz, including the alleged leaders and chief enforcers, Mark David, aka "Tone," and Leanell Hines, aka "Kip," were charged in an indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court in White Plains. Two associates of the Strip Boyz were named in two separate indictments. They are charged with conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Dias was indicted, but not captured. The indictments came after a year-long joint investigation by the FBI Violent Crime Task Force and Yonkers police into the Strip Boyz. The FBI asks anyone with information about Dias to contact the local FBI office or the nearest American embassy or consulate.