Crabb had also presided over that case's trial, and had directed a not-guilty verdict after the jury convicted.
The United States Attorney, Andrew J. Maloney, said the jury convicted "two of the most powerful organized-crime figures in New York."
Officer Gleason was the only person killed during the riot and in December 1968, a jury convicted two people, a man and a woman, of murder in his death.
LEAD: An 11-member jury convicted six defendants on drug charges yesterday shortly after a Federal judge, in an unusual action, removed the lone juror who had been holding out for acquittal.
Two juries convicted all five of involvement in the attack.
Maximum Term to Be Asked At the end of a three-week trial in State Supreme Court, the jury convicted 28-year-old William Figueroa of murder in the case.
LEAD: A jury convicted four men yesterday of selling heroin to a major mob informer who later refused to cooperate with the prosecution.
A10 Prison Gang Members Guilty A federal jury convicted four leading Aryan Brotherhood gang members of running a criminal enterprise from behind bars.
A jury convicted two men yesterday of racketeering charges involving the Mafia's systematic extortion of payoffs in the construction industry of New York City.
After the longest New South Wales murder trial to that point in history, Varley was acquitted of murder by the jury, yet convicted of manslaughter.