| Prosecutors claim that the suspects sold marijuana, cocaine, Ecstasy and ketamine
Maldone is about as fictitious as the character that he plays on `The Sopranos,'" said his attorney, Melvyn Roth
Queens prosecutors allege that Richard Maldone, who has played mobster Albert Barese in the HBO mafia drama, offered the animal tranquilizer ketamine free to an undercover police officer
An HBO spokeswoman declined to comment on the arrest
Maldone was one of 45 people arrested Maldone also had a small part in last year's "Analyze That," with Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal
He pleaded innocent Thursday to a charge of criminal sale of a controlled substance and was released on $5,000 bail
The actor, who served prison time for an assault conviction in the 1990s, could face a maximum 7 1/2 to 15 years if convicted, prosecutors said 'Sopranos' Actor Nabbed in Drug Sting
Apr 3, 8:11 PM EST
An actor who appeared as a minor character in "The Sopranos" was arrested in connection with a drug-dealing sting, city officials said Thursday
"The charge against Mr Such an offer is treated as a sale under New York law They allegedly spent the profits in expensive restaurants, tanning salons and nightclubs in New York City and the Hamptons |