Mr. Allen was indicted in December in the overdose deaths of Nurbo Shera and Ardijan Berisha. Mr. Allen has been charged with 10 counts of second-degree murder — two for each of the five deaths. Mr. Shirley is charged in the overdose deaths of Mr. Ahmed and Mr. Rudnitsky. He was arraigned on Thursday afternoon, pleading not guilty to charges of second-degree murder, robbery, and grand larceny. The indictment described a series of texts about money between him and Mr. Allen.

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Persons: Allen, Nurbo, Ardijan Berisha, Ms, Gallagher, Alexander Rudnitsky, Sadath Ahmed, Shirley, Mr, Ahmed, Rudnitsky, Brian Rodkey, “, ” Mr Organizations: Rutgers University Locations: Yonkers, N.Y, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx