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Leader of Newark drug trafficking gang gets 20 years in prison
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2021-05-15T06:46:18.000Z
2021-05-15T06:46:18.000Z
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<p>The boss of a drug trafficking gang operating in Newark, New Jersey, was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison. 33-year-old Keith Herd (photo above) previously pleaded guilty by videoconference to a third superseding indictment charging him heroin trafficking.</p>
<p>Herd was the leader of a drug trafficking organization that dealt <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Heroin" target="_blank">heroin</a> and <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Crack" target="_blank">crack cocaine</a> in and around Newark, specifically around Hayes Street and 14th Avenue in the area of the New Community Corporation community development (NCC). The organization was comprised of members of the Brick City Brim set of the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bloods" target="_blank">Bloods street gang</a>.</p>
<p>The investigation revealed that in addition to selling <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Drugs" target="_blank">drugs</a>, members of the organization alerted each other to police presence and the presence of rival gang members or drug dealers within NCC. The members also shared narcotics supply, narcotics proceeds, and customers, and raised bail money for each other following their numerous arrests. Members of the organization have also engaged in violence and been the subjects of violent crime in connection with their narcotics trafficking activities.</p>
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T&A Crips hitman who killed rival gang member and shot at potential witness pleads guilty
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2021-05-13T05:30:00.000Z
2021-05-13T05:30:00.000Z
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<p>One of 19 defendants charged in a 2018 Columbus gang-related racketeering conspiracy pleaded guilty Tuesday for his part in the deadly activities of the local Crips gang. 28-year-old Jonathan Dantzler admitted to murdering a rival gang member and to shooting at a potential witness in 2012.</p>
<p><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Crips" target="_blank">T&A Crips</a> derived its name from Trevitt and Atcheson streets in the King-Lincoln District of Columbus, Ohio, where its members predominantly reside. T&A controlled the neighborhood through intimidation, fear and violence. Gang members were expected to retaliate with acts of violence when their members and associates were disrespected, threatened, intimidated or subjected to acts of violence.</p>
<p>Specifically, the co-conspirators in this case are charged with five murders:</p>
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<li>the murder of Franky Tention on July 1, 2012, in the area of 431 Ellison Street;</li>
<li>the murder of William Moore on March 15, 2013;</li>
<li>the murder of Marvin Ector on December 23, 2013, on East 5th Avenue;</li>
<li>the murder of Quincy Story on January 24, 2015; and</li>
<li>the murder of Deaonte Fisher on March 4, 2016.</li>
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<p>As part of his plea, Dantzler admitted to shooting Franky Tention in 2012. According to court documents, Dantzler shot at the victim because he was a member of the rival Milo Bloods gang and was driving into T&A territory in a “sign of disrespect.”</p>
<p>Dantzler also discharged a firearm into the residence of a potential witness to intimidate her from cooperating with law enforcement authorities.</p>
<p>Parties involved in Dantzler’s case have recommended a sentence of 30 years in prison. The defendant is currently serving multiple life sentences at the local level for separate murder convictions.</p>
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United Blood Nation gangsters plead guilty to RICO conspiracy involving multiple murders
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2019-09-08T06:02:45.000Z
2019-09-08T06:02:45.000Z
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<p>In the underworld, death is always around the corner. Especially if one was to run into two men nicknamed “Savage” and “Murda Mo,” both are North Carolina members of the United Blood Nation (<a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=UBN" target="_blank">UBN</a> or <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bloods" target="_blank">Bloods</a>) gang who pleaded guilty Friday to Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy involving multiple <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Murder" target="_blank">murders</a>.</p>
<p>“Savage” his real name is Tyquan Ramont Powell, a 24-year-old from Charlotte, while “Murda Mo” is really named Lamonte Kentrell Lloyd, a 25-year-old from Scotland Neck. They admitted their membership in the United Blood Nation and involvement in murder and <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Robbery" target="_blank">robbery</a> in support of the organization.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Murder and robbery in North Carolina</strong></span></p>
<p>Powell and Lloyd committed two murders and three attempted murders over the course of less than a month. They committed the first murder in Scotland Neck, North Carolina, in January 2016 by shooting into a car with three occupants because they believed that one of the occupants was cooperating with law enforcement and intended to testify in a criminal case against a close associate of the defendants. Bullets struck all three occupants and the intended target of the shooting was killed. They then fled to, among other places, Charlotte, North Carolina, where they sought and received refuge and resources from UBN members and associates while attempting to evade arrest.</p>
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<li><strong>READ: <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/united-blood-nation-godfather-says-he-is-part-of-the-last-ones-th" target="_blank">United Blood Nation Godfather says he is part</a> of “the last ones that God put in power”</strong></li>
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<p>Their murderous streak continued a month later in Gastonia, North Carolina, in February 2016, where they attempted to rob four victims using handguns. When the victims resisted the robbery attempt, Powell fired his firearm and killed one of the victims. That same month, Powell and Lloyd attempted to rob another victim. Lloyd shot the victim in the back of the head, but the victim was effectively treated for his injuries at the hospital and lived.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Major hit against UBN</strong></span></p>
<p>In May 2017, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/83-bosses-and-members-of-united-blood-nation-indicted" target="_blank">83 members of the United Blood Nation</a> were indicted in the Western District of North Carolina for crimes including RICO conspiracy. 78 defendants have now either pleaded guilty or been convicted at trial due to this investigation, and 68 have been sentenced. A jury convicted three top leaders of the UBN of racketeering conspiracy in May 2018, and one defendant was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy at trial in July 2019. 74 defendants have pleaded guilty in this investigation, including four who participated in the racketeering conspiracy by, among other crimes, committing a murder in July 2016 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Power of the United Blood Nation</strong></span></p>
<p>According to court documents and evidence presented at a May 2018 trial against <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/prison-bars-couldn-t-stop-powerful-godfathers-of-united-blood-nat" target="_blank">the godfathers of the United Blood Nation</a>, the UBN is a violent criminal <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Gangs" target="_blank">street gang</a> operating throughout the east coast of the United States since it was founded as a prison gang in 1993. Its members are often identified by their use of the color red and can also often be identified by common tattoos or burn marks. Examples include: a three-circle pattern, usually burned onto the upper arm, known as a “dog paw”; the acronym “M.O.B.,” which stands for “Member of Bloods”; the words “damu,” or “eastside”; the number five; the five-pointed star and the five-pointed crown. UBN members have distinct hand signs and written codes, which are used to identify other members and rival gang members.</p>
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<p>Members of the UBN are expected to conduct themselves and their illegal activity according to rules and regulations set by their leaders. Prominent among these is a requirement to pay monthly dues to the organization, often in the amounts of $31 or $93. UBN gang dues are derived from illegal activity performed by subordinate UBN members including narcotics trafficking, robberies and wire fraud, among other forms of illegal racketeering activity.</p>
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Nine Trey Gangsters hitmen held shooting competition to see who’d get highest body count
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2019-05-11T10:23:36.000Z
2019-05-11T10:23:36.000Z
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<p>A leader of the Nine Trey Gangsters Bloods gang was sentenced Thursday to three consecutive life terms plus an additional 40 years in prison for his role in a racketeering conspiracy, multiple murders, multiple attempted murders, and various drug and gun crimes. The crew’s hitmen even held a shooting competition to see who’d get the highest body count.</p>
<p>41-year-old Antonio “Murdock” Simmons (photo above) was a high-ranking leader of a group of Portsmouth and <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Norfolk" target="_blank">Norfolk</a>-based members of the Nine Trey Gangsters, a <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bloods" target="_blank">Bloods gang</a> affiliated with the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=UBN" target="_blank">United Blood Nation</a>. Simmons and five other members and associates of the gang were charged for their roles in a spate of extreme violence in December 2015 that ended with five people dead and four others shot during seven separate shootings that crossed nearly every city in South Hampton Roads.</p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;">Murdering mothers and grandmothers</span></strong></p>
<p>Nearly all of the victims in the case were unaffiliated with the Nine Trey Gangsters or any other <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Gangs" target="_blank">gang</a>. They included two mothers of young children and one grandmother who was murdered, along with her boyfriend, because gang members believed she was cooperating with the police in an investigation of another shooting carried out by a Nine Trey member just weeks before.</p>
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<li><strong>READ: <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/united-blood-nation-godfather-says-he-is-part-of-the-last-ones-th" target="_blank">United Blood Nation Godfather says he is part of</a> “the last ones that God put in power”</strong></li>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Shooting competition</strong></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/GangstersInc" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9237135853,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9237135853?profile=original" /></a>Simmons was found guilty of the two murders that occurred during attempted robberies he directed his men to commit. By the end of December, two of the gang’s primary <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Hitman" target="_blank">shooters</a>, 27-year-old Anthony “Ace” Foye (right) and 26-year-old Nathaniel “Savage” Mitchell were in a competition to see who could gain a reputation within the gang for shooting the most people. To even the score the men were keeping, Mitchell gunned down a woman walking home from her job at the Norfolk International Airport four days before Christmas. The evidence at trial showed that Simmons bragged about the shootings carried out by Foye and Mitchell.</p>
<p>In late 2015, Simmons ordered Foye, Mitchell, and co-conspirators 30-year-old Alvaughn “LB” Davis and 23-year-old Malek “Leeko” Lassiter to murder high-ranking members of a rival Hampton Roads-based Nine Trey Gangsters “line.” When the men were unable to find two of their targets, they drove to the house of a third man they planned to shoot. When the woman who opened the door told them the man was not at home, they shot her six times; her life was saved by the quick response of local EMTs and the Portsmouth Police Department. While the men fled from the scene, they fired several rounds at witnesses looking out of their windows. Foye and Mitchell were arrested after robbing a gas station store later the same night.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Locked up</strong></span></p>
<p>Simmons, Mitchell, and Lassiter were convicted on all counts after a seven-week jury trial. Foye and Davis pleaded guilty before trial. Ruthless hitmen Foye and Mitchell will never see freedom again. Lassiter was sentenced to 35 years in prison. Davis received a sentence of 45 years. Simmons was the last defendant to be sentenced.</p>
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<p>“Simmons and his gang committed horrific violence across nearly every community in Hampton Roads,” U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia G. Zachary Terwilliger told the media. “Their actions shattered five families and took parents away from their children. That they did these acts because the gang needed money and to enhance their reputation speaks volumes about what gangs really are – as opposed to what they claim to be when they recruit young men and women in our neighborhoods. Where gangs go, depravity and senseless violence follows.”</p>
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Sex Money Murder: The violent rise and fall of deadly Bronx gang ingrained in New York underworld’s history
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2018-11-07T09:00:00.000Z
2018-11-07T09:00:00.000Z
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<p>Twin, Suge, Pipe, and Pistol Pete. The names still haunt the Soundview projects in the Bronx, New York. Their drugs kept the hood from starving, but their violence caused nothing but pain and horror. Their gang Sex Money Murder ruled supreme and has become part of gangland history. “If they hadn’t been taken down they’d probably have become as powerful as a drug cartel.”</p>
<p>Their entire story has now been documented by journalist Jonathan Green in his book <a href="https://amzn.to/2DlgmPI" target="_blank">Sex Money Murder</a> – <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=SMM" target="_blank">SMM</a>: A searing portrait of the crack epidemic and violent drug wars that once ravaged the Bronx.</p>
<p>“I didn’t just want to write a true crime book,” Green tells Gangsters Inc. “I felt this story was a lot more important than that. It goes beyond that. The social civic history of the 1980s and 1990s, the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Crack" target="_blank">crack</a> epidemic and how that birthed these <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Gangs" target="_blank">gangs</a>, and the formation of the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bloods" target="_blank">New York Bloods</a>. But I also really wanted to show the background that these guys came from and why they ended up in the gang. You sort of hear about it in rap songs and I wanted to tell all that in a narrative. Which I think had never been done.”</p>
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/2DlgmPI" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9237111090,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9237111090?profile=original" width="200" /></a>Green (right) is originally from England and first came to the United States in the 1980s when he visited family in New York. He began writing for magazines with most of his work focused on crime. He spent time with a SWAT team and Bounty hunter in Los Angeles. After he had enough of flying back and forth between London and New York, he moved to the Big Apple permanently in the early 2000s.</p>
<p>He wasn’t done traveling, though. He covered crime stories around the globe. He reported on the favelas in <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Brazil" target="_blank">Brazil</a>, the gangs in Kingston, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Jamaica" target="_blank">Jamaica</a>, the intersection between crime and terrorism in Sudan, and the coca fields in <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Colombia" target="_blank">Colombia</a>.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Sex Money Murder</strong></span></p>
<p>Green’s work on transnational organized crime eventually brought him in contact with former <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=NYPD" target="_blank">NYPD</a> detective John O’Malley, who had been part of an expansive investigation into Sex Money Murder, a gang that hailed from the Soundview projects and held sway across the Bronx and into other states beyond New York.</p>
<p>The former detective introduced Green to one of <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=SMM" target="_blank">Sex Money Murder</a>’s leaders, Emilio Romero. Better known on the streets by his nickname “Pipe”, Romero had flipped and become a cooperating witness against his fellow gang members. He was hesitant, but also willing to share his story with Green.</p>
<p>“In the beginning, I couldn’t ask him about his mom or growing up,” Green says. “Pipe told me: ‘Man, this is difficult! I didn’t think it would be that hard.’ We built up a relationship and ended up talking all the time, every day.”</p>
<p>Pipe made his motivations crystal clear to Green. “I really want people to understand that, yes, I was in a gang and I sold crack and we used violence,” the gangster began. “But, I loved my mom, my family, and I want people to understand what made us do the things we did.”</p>
<p>In his <a href="https://amzn.to/2DlgmPI" target="_blank">book</a>, Green goes to great lengths in telling the story of not just Sex Money Murder and its members, but of the community where they grew up, the cops who chased them, and the relatives who were worried sick about their sons, brothers, and fathers or were stricken with sorrow after losing a loved one to the deadly streets.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>“Violence at the drop of a hat”</strong></span></p>
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<p>“During the 1990s the violence was so out of control,” Green explains. “And police had difficulty getting a handle on this. They couldn’t find any witnesses. Sex Money Murder just got stronger and stronger. These days, guys like that would be in handcuffs within a year or two. But back then they could grow unchecked and Sex Money Murder went from a street gang to a syndicate. They were getting increasingly sophisticated. Laundering drug money and investing it in legitimate businesses, paying out members with clean paychecks, and leasing all the cars so they couldn’t be traced back. If they hadn’t been taken down they’d probably have become as powerful as a drug cartel.”</p>
<p>What fueled Sex Money Murder’s rise was not just the gang’s brain thrust, but also its willingness to engage in violence. Green: “These guys were very violent and very deadly. More dangerous than your average <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Mafia" target="_blank">Mafia</a> crew because they were so willing to use violence at the drop of a hat.”</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>“New York streets where killers'll walk like Pistol Pete” - Nas</strong></span></p>
<p>Much of that violence was ordered by the group’s leader Peter Rollock, who was nicknamed Pistol Pete. “’Pistol’ was so flamboyant,” Green explains. “He got the attention of rap stars like Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz who rhymed about his life and crimes. He went clubbing with supermodel Tyra Banks and music mogul Sean Combs (better known as Puffy or P. Diddy). He had this swagger and flamboyance a lot of the other guys didn’t have. But he was also prepared to commit the violence, the murders, himself. Which, normally they delegate that stuff to others, but Pete was quite happy to carry out the murders himself and was proud of them. He advertised the fact he did murders. Boasted about it.”</p>
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<p>In doing so, he created a street legend while still walking those streets. He was always very aware of gangster history and an avid reader of books about the Italian-American Mafia. “Pete absolutely idolized the Mafia,” Green says. “As a kid he had posters of these guys on his wall like others had posters of music stars. He would have [mob boss] <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Anastasia" target="_blank">Albert Anastasia</a> on his wall and people like that.”</p>
<p>It wasn’t just fanboy stuff either. Pete actually studied these Mafia bosses and their activities and actions. Green: “Pipe told me that Pete read a lot about the early Mafia guys and anytime they’d get whacked he’d try to learn a lesson, so he wouldn’t make the same mistake.”</p>
<p>Pistol Pete was not planning on ending up like Anastasia, shot dead in the chair of a barbershop. “After reading about that, whenever he went to have a haircut he’d have a posse with him,” Green explains. “When he went to the barber he made sure the door was locked, that security was posted there. He learned from everything he read. Later on in his career, he was never alone. He always had armed guys with him.”</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>The fall</strong></span></p>
<p>This wasn’t paranoia, mind you. People were frequently getting shot at or killed in those days. But despite the murders, for a long time authorities didn’t do much about it. Green: “Everyone is focused on the Mafia groups because that’s where the glory is. And there was this attitude that because it happened in Soundview, a poor neighborhood, let them kill each other. A classic racist slant which pervaded everything.”</p>
<p>Still, the killings did catch the police’s attention. Especially after Sex Money Murder organized a massacre in broad daylight on Thanksgiving Day in 1997 when it executed two of its own members in front of women and children enjoying the annual game of football. “Even the community rose up after those murders,” Green explains. “Everyone had had enough. The killings and shootings had been going on for so long but this one, at a football game with families and stuff, it was the straw that broke the camel’s back.”</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Joining the United Blood Nation</strong></span></p>
<p>To top it all off, Sex Money Murder had joined the nationwide <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=UBN" target="_blank">United Blood Nation</a> gang, the first New York crew to do so. The decision to join the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bloods" target="_blank">Bloods</a> was made by Pistol Pete, who saw it as an expansion of the group’s influence and power and thought it would give them a more fearsome reputation.</p>
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<p>“Pipe and the others in Sex Money Murder thought that was a huge mistake,” Green explains. “Pipe felt that they didn’t need that. Their reputation was hard. Certainly, Pete had much more of a vicious rep than United Blood Nation founder Omar “OG Mack” Portee. They were tight and loyal and didn’t need to be a part of this big, national organization. People close to Pete also thought it was a mistake because this move puts you on the radar of federal law enforcement. Whereas when you’re a tight, small clique you can do you own thing and not be caught up as much in a federal case. A lot of people at the time were shocked.”</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Local and federal agencies cooperate</strong></span></p>
<p>Where federal authorities had no interest in Sex Money Murder before, now they finally saw why the group had to be stopped. But wanting something done and actually being able to do it are two different things, Liz Glazer, the lead prosecutor in the investigation, quickly found out. Working with federal agents she realized they would never be able to break this Bronx-based organization. So, she pioneered a hugely effective cooperation between federal and local agencies.</p>
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<p>Green: “Liz Glazer realized the local cops knew who all the players were, who the shooters were and who the top guys were. The FBI was different. When they’d come in they didn’t know who everybody was, who the people in the neighborhood were. The violence and killings are carried out by a very small group of people and once you identify them you have an enormous advantage. She realized that by partnering up local detectives with the feds they’d have the power of the federal system with the mandatory minimum sentences of RICO with the expertise of the street cops on the ground. It was a winning strategy in eradicating these gangs.”</p>
<p>With help from detectives like O’Malley and Pete Forcelli, prosecutors were able to bring the gang leaders and members in on RICO charges. Facing serious time in a federal prison, many of them began to weigh their options. Most of them decided to cooperate and testify against their former brothers.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>“Sex Money Murder bangin’ for their rats”</strong></span></p>
<p>Among those to turn their back on Sex Money Murder were “Pipe” and “Suge”, two of the group’s high-ranking and founding members. Both men also sat down with Green for his book. Using their inside knowledge of Sex Money Murder, he was able to paint a vivid picture of the gang’s rise to power and its rapid downfall.</p>
<p>Getting them to trust him, however, was not easy. Green: “Remember, these guys are not used to trusting anyone. Much of their life they’ve been lied to. Gang life is based on deception and lies. Pipe told me once the only guys who know everything are at the top. Guys on the bottom are kept in the quiet about what’s happening. It’s a lifestyle where lies become commonplace so trusting is difficult. When we started it took a lot to establish that trust particularly when talking about cooperating and murders.”</p>
<p>Where cooperators are usually branded rats and snitches “get stitches”, a weird thing happened within the Sex Money Murder crew as a visible split occurred between those who remained loyal and those who cooperated: Both sides continued to show each other love and respect, to some degree.</p>
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<p>When members of the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=LatinKings" target="_blank">Latin Kings</a> approached Pistol Pete in prison with an offer to murder Sex Money Murder turncoats, he flat out refused, saying: “We stand on our own, man. We grew up from the sandbox together. Ain’t nobody touch no Sex Money Murder rats.”</p>
<p>“These bonds are tight,” Green explains. “They killed for each other. It’s like a type of army unit. It’s not, of course. The military has a different motivation, but at the same time they also had this very deep sense of camaraderie. After Pete’s stance became clear, they got a reputation in prison for loyalty. Guys locked up would chant: ‘Sex Money bangin’ for their rats!’”</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>The infection that is violence<br /> </strong></span></p>
<p>Pistol Pete went down with his ship, sentenced to life plus 105 years in prison. He was held in solitary confinement out of fear he would use his influence within the United Blood Nation to order violence or murders. At the time of his sentencing he was just 26 years old.</p>
<p>Pipe and Suge were released from prison after cooperating with authorities. Both men struggled with their new lives away from Soundview, but Pipe, especially, has been able to turn his life around and hold down a legitimate job and raise a family.</p>
<p>The justice system tends to punish African-American criminals more severely than whites. Young black males also tend to be arrested for petty things, creating a criminal record early on which makes getting a regular job later on in life that much harder and the gang life that much more attractive, a necessity even. Thus, the vicious cycle of growing up without a father, poverty, crime, and prison perpetuates on and on.</p>
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/2DlgmPI" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9237113468,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9237113468?profile=original" /></a>Pipe’s reason for telling his story was showing youngsters the reality of it. “These young guys don’t realize that the very people they think are their brothers are the same guys that will murder them,” he told Green. “Every time the set turns on itself and they eat their own. It happened with Sex Money Murder too. They brought on their own destruction because they turned on each other.”</p>
<p>Getting this perspective out was important for Green too. “I wanted to give people caught up in this life some idea of other people who went through it. If Pipe can explain ‘Here’s what happened to me. I started out poor, sold crack for money, then the violence started and once it starts you cannot turn it off. It will go on and on. It will claim your life or someone else’s.’ I wanted to tell that in a personal way, like they knew Pipe and Suge and were invested in their life story and understand it. Because there’s a myth and aura about the lifestyle, which is tragic.”</p>
<p>He continues: “It’s so tragic for the mothers of these guys. It causes a lot of devastation. It’s a selfish motivation: Getting rich no matter what. That kind of hunger eats you out and they always turn and kill each other. It’s like an infection. The violence spreads. And you have to use it or you get murdered yourself. It’s like a security, it keeps you safe. But eventually you become infected yourself.”</p>
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Prison bars couldn’t stop powerful Godfathers of United Blood Nation as they directed violent gang war
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2018-09-06T15:30:00.000Z
2018-09-06T15:30:00.000Z
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<p>Two high-ranking leaders of the Nine Trey Gangsters set of the United Blood Nation (UBN), including the Godfather, 45-year-old Pedro “Magoo” Gutierrez (left), who also served as Chairman, and 45-year-old James Baxton (right), also known as “Frank White”, who held the rank of Worldwide High, were each sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison for racketeering conspiracy.</p>
<p>According to <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/federal-jury-convicts-two-godfathers-of-united-blood-nation-of-ra" target="_blank">prosecutors</a>, Gutierrez was a Godfather of the Nine Trey Gangsters and had served since 2003 as the Chairman of the council that governs the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=UBN" target="_blank">UBN</a>. Gutierrez, together with James Baxton and <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/united-blood-nation-godfather-says-he-is-part-of-the-last-ones-th" target="_blank">Omari Rosero</a>, considered themselves “<a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/united-blood-nation-godfather-says-he-is-part-of-the-last-ones-th" target="_blank">the last ones that God put in power</a>” over the UBN.</p>
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<p>As the Godfather of the set, Gutierrez, along with Baxton, conducted gang business and participated in the distribution of gang dues while incarcerated in the New York State Department of Corrections.</p>
<p>Trial evidence also established that Gutierrez ordered a <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=War" target="_blank">gang war</a> in North Carolina in 2011, directing that members of the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bloods" target="_blank">Bloods gang</a> attack and kill members of a renegade gang called Pretty Tony. The war resulted in numerous injuries among inmates and the lockdown of five North Carolina prisons for six months.</p>
<p>As a Worldwide High of the Nine Trey Gangsters, Baxton, while incarcerated in the New York State Department of Corrections, trafficked <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Heroin" target="_blank">heroin</a> within the prison system and engaged in wire fraud by threatening the relatives of other incarcerated inmates.</p>
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<p>“With today’s sentencings of two violent gang leaders, including the purported Godfather of the Nine Trey Gangsters, law enforcement has delivered yet another devastating blow to the Nine Trey Gangsters and the United Blood Nation,” said Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski. “The defendants committed crimes that spanned the East Coast, including trafficking deadly narcotics in North Carolina and New York and ordering a gang war in North Carolina. As demonstrated by the 61 defendants now adjudicated guilty in this case, when federal, state, and local law enforcement work together in sustained efforts, we can disrupt and erode violent prison and street gangs.”</p>
<p>In all, 61 defendants have been found guilty in this case.</p>
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Federal jury convicts two Godfathers of United Blood Nation of racketeering conspiracy
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2018-05-19T07:36:08.000Z
2018-05-19T07:36:08.000Z
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<p>Two men who hold the rank of Godfather in the Nine Trey Gangsters set of the United Blood Nation were convicted on Thursday of racketeering conspiracy charges. 44-year-old James Baxton (photo above, right), known on the streets as Frank White, and 45-year-old Pedro “Magoo” Gutierrez (photo above, left) were found guilty by a federal jury sitting in Charlotte following a two-week trial.</p>
<p>Prosecutors presented evidence in court showing that Gutierrez was a Godfather of the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bloods" target="_blank">Nine Trey Gangsters</a> and had served since 2003 as the Chairman of the council that governs the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=UBN" target="_blank">United Blood Nation</a>, an organization with tens of thousands of members that spans the United States and has links to the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-lucchese-crime-family" target="_blank">Lucchese crime family</a>, one of New York’s five Mafia clans.</p>
<p>Gutierrez, together with James Baxton and <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/united-blood-nation-godfather-says-he-is-part-of-the-last-ones-th" target="_blank">Omari Rosero</a>, were “<a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/united-blood-nation-godfather-says-he-is-part-of-the-last-ones-th" target="_blank">the last ones that God put in power</a>” over the United Blood Nation. Rosero had already pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and admitted to holding the leadership rank of High, and to serving as an acting Godfather of the entire United Blood Nation gang.</p>
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<p>As the Godfather of the set, Gutierrez, along with Baxton, conducted gang business and participated in the distribution of gang dues while incarcerated in the New York State Department of Corrections.</p>
<p>Trial evidence also established that Gutierrez ordered a <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=War" target="_blank">gang war</a> in North Carolina in 2011 directing that members of the Bloods gang attack and kill members of a renegade gang called Pretty Tony. The war resulted in numerous injuries among inmates and the lockdown of five North Carolina prisons for six months.</p>
<p>Further, trial evidence established that 42-year-old Cynthia Gilmore, who trafficked cocaine, was a local high-ranking officer who routinely traveled from North Carolina to New York to meet with Gutierrez, acting as his “eyes” and “voice” in the South. The evidence also showed that Baxton was trafficking <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Heroin" target="_blank">heroin</a> within the New York State and prison system. He also was calling and threatening the family members of inmates incarcerated in New York State in an effort to obtain money.</p>
<p>“United Blood Nation uses violence and intimidation to assert power over our neighborhoods and vicious tactics to bolster the image of an indestructible gang,” said U.S. Attorney R. Andrew Murray. “Today’s convictions of three high-ranking leaders delivered a blow to that myth, proving that United Blood Nation gangsters are no different than other common criminals – they can and will be found and prosecuted for their crimes.”</p>
<p>35 defendants have previously pleaded guilty in this <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/83-bosses-and-members-of-united-blood-nation-indicted" target="_blank">investigation</a>, including nine defendants in high-ranking leadership positions.</p>
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The Blood Life: How robbery led to double homicide earning two United Blood Nation leaders life in prison
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2018-05-18T08:28:16.000Z
2018-05-18T08:28:16.000Z
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<p>It was to be a simple robbery. When three members of the United Blood Nation robbed The Mattress Warehouse in Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 25, 2014, it was just another day at the office. But things escalated quickly once law enforcement picked up a scent.</p>
<p>The trail led them to Jamell “Assassin” Cureton (photo above, left), Nana “Ratchet” Adoma, and David “Flames” Fudge. All three are members of the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=UBN" target="_blank">United Blood Nation</a>, a nationwide criminal organization with a strong hierarchy and strict code. Once the three <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bloods" target="_blank">Bloods</a> gangsters were charged in connection with that robbery, they began using the group’s long reach and ability to use deadly force to silence opponents.</p>
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<p>As a 5-Star General in the gang, Cureton, especially, held enough sway to set in motion a violent plot. According to court records, Cureton and other <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bloods" target="_blank">Bloods</a> gang members discussed that Mattress Warehouse owner Douglas London was the only eye witness that could identify Cureton. As such they saw no other option than to kill him.</p>
<p>Over the next months, the gangsters exchanged correspondence and conducted numerous in-person and telephonic meetings, during which they discussed and planned the murder of London. The gang picked Malcolm Jarrel Hartley, who goes by the nickname “Silent,” as the hitman. On October 23, 2014, he was driven to South Carolina, where he shot and killed not just Douglas London, but also his wife who was at home as well.</p>
<p>Collateral damage, Cureton would later call her death.</p>
<p>Upon returning to Charlotte, Hartley (photo above, right) stopped at the house of Rahkeem “Hitman” McDonald, another Blood, to dispose of the gun. Afterwards, Hartley returned to his apartment, where he met with other gang members to celebrate the couple’s murders. </p>
<p>After successfully carrying out the gang leadership’s orders, Hartley was “ranked up” or promoted to a 2-Star General. Shortly after the murders, Cureton ordered the gang to remain silent about the Londons’ murders and authorized action against any person who talked about it. During a telephone gang meeting with other United Blood Nation members, Ibn Rashaan Kornegay also directed them to lay low to avoid contact with law enforcement.</p>
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<p>Over the course of the investigation into The Mattress Store robbery and the Londons’ murders, authorities determined that Cureton, Adoma, and Ahkeem “Lil Keem” McDonald were responsible for the August 2013 murder of Kwamne Clyburn, who was killed for “false claiming.” He falsely claimed to be a Bloods member and subsequently failed a “DNA check,” meaning the gang members could not verify Clyburn’s claim to be a Blood.</p>
<p>For their roles in this organized orgy of violence and death, a jury found some of those charged guilty, while others had already pleaded guilty. A judge then handed down heavy sentences. Adoma was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences and 25 years in prison, Akheem McDonald is to serve two consecutive life sentences, Jamell Lamon Cureton, Malcolm Jarrel Hartley and Rahkeem Lee McDonald were each sentenced to life in prison, David Lee Fudge was sentenced to 26 years, and Ibn Rashaan Kornegay was sentenced to 23 years.</p>
<p>“Jamell Cureton and Malcolm Hartley are violent and ruthless men who used their gang affiliations to commit heinous crimes against innocent victims,” John Strong, the Special Agent in Charge of the Charlotte Division of the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=FBI" target="_blank">FBI</a>, told reporters. “Due to the incredible cooperation and coordination between the FBI and our local law enforcement partners, they had no choice except to admit their crimes and accept their fate to spend the rest of their lives in federal prison.”</p>
<p>Despite the long prison sentences, one can be certain that all the men involved have already been replaced by the United Blood Nation. With a vast pool of disgruntled youngsters growing up in poverty surrounded by drugs and violence and lacking options, groups like the Bloods will never have a shortage of willing soldiers.</p>
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VIDEO: Bloods gangster talks about doing time with Mafia boss John Gotti in 1997
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2018-04-07T17:10:25.000Z
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<p>Doing time is a trip. So much so that sharing a cell with one of America’s most notorious <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Mafia" target="_blank">Mafia</a> bosses seems like just another day in a world filled with violence and crazy inmates. <a href="http://www.streetgangs.com" target="_blank">StreetGangs.com</a> talked to <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bloods" target="_blank">Bloods</a> gangster “Kre Kre” who shared some anecdotes about the years he spent locked up and the time he spent with New York’s Dapper Don <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Gotti" target="_blank">John Gotti</a>.</p>
<p>“Yeah, we was in the same year together in 1997,” the Bloods gangster tells the interviewer in the YouTube clip – watch below. “We did 9 months together at <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Marion" target="_blank">Marion</a>. In the same unit. It was all blacks and Mexicans there,” he adds. Gotti was cool with them, but he didn’t socialize with the “dirty” white gangs, the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bikers" target="_blank">bikers</a> and <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Nazi" target="_blank">Nazis</a>, Kre Kre says.</p>
<p><strong>In the video below, he also talks about the time Gotti was assaulted by a fellow inmate:</strong></p>
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United Blood Nation Godfather says he is part of “the last ones that God put in power”
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2018-03-15T15:30:00.000Z
2018-03-15T15:30:00.000Z
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<p>Omari Rosero might have been locked up in a New York State prison, his power still flowed through the cement walls to the outside world. As a Godfather in the United Blood Nation gang he was considered the highest authority in the nationwide organization.</p>
<p>It was a long climb for 41-year-old Rosero. Starting out as a member of the Nine Trey Gangsters, a subset of the United Blood Nation, he paid his dues and devoted his entire life to the gang. He went from a “Scrap” to become a “5-Star General” on to a “Low” then a “High” until he eventually rose to the very top: Godfather of the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bloods" target="_blank">United Blood Nation</a> (UBN).</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Gang Rules</strong></span></p>
<p>As Godfather, he led what once started out as a prison gang in 1993 and now was a violent criminal organization operating throughout the east coast of the United States and counting thousands of members. The group is governed by a common set of 31 rules, known as “The 31,” which were originally written by the founders of the UBN. </p>
<p>Members are expected to conduct themselves and their illegal activity according to rules and regulations set by their leaders. Prominent among these is a requirement to pay monthly dues to the organization, often in the amounts of $31 or $93. A percentage of these funds are transferred to incarcerated UBN leadership in New York, among them Rosero; these funds also are used locally to conduct gang business. Gang dues are derived from illegal activity such as <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Drugs" target="_blank">drug trafficking</a>, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Robbery" target="_blank">robberies</a>, wire fraud, and bank fraud, among other forms of illegal racketeering activities.</p>
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<p>UBN members often wear clothing with the color red and share common tattoos or burn marks to show their affiliation. Tattoos include a three-circle pattern, usually burned onto the upper arm, known as a “dog paw”; the acronym “M.O.B.,” which stands for “Member of Bloods”; the words “damu,” or “eastside”; the number five; the five-pointed star; and the five-pointed crown. </p>
<p>Members have distinct hand signs and written codes, which are used to identify other members and rival gang members. For example, the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bloods" target="_blank">Nine Trey Gangster</a> set of the UBN refer to themselves as “<a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/two-united-blood-nation-gangsters-sent-to-federal-prison-on-drug" target="_blank">Billies</a>.”</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Federal Target</strong></span></p>
<p>Running such a well-oiled and violent organization tends to attract some heat. Not just from your rivals in the underworld. If you become big enough the law will take notice. Chief among them the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=FBI" target="_blank">FBI</a>.</p>
<p>In May of 2017, federal agents <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/83-bosses-and-members-of-united-blood-nation-indicted" target="_blank">hit 83 alleged leaders and members</a> of the UBN with federal racketeering conspiracy and charges related to murder, attempted murder, violent assault, narcotics distribution, firearms possession and Hobbs Act robbery. Some were also charged with white-collar offenses like bank fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft related to financial crimes.</p>
<p>The indictment showed the government took the threat the UBN posed seriously. These weren’t just simple gang bangers fighting over corners. This was an organized criminal group which ran sophisticated schemes and was highly structured with enough muscle to back up threats of violence with the real thing.</p>
<p>“When my office indicted 83 Bloods gang members and senior leaders, the goal was to deliver a major blow to this organized criminal enterprise responsible for raging turf wars, rampant drug distribution and bloody gang violence,” U.S. Attorney R. Andrew Murray told reporters.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Guilty Pleas</strong></span></p>
<p>Confronted with the government’s full judicial power, on March 12, 2018, Rosero and 34 other UBN bosses, members, and associates pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and related charges in North Carolina, including drug trafficking, wire fraud, firearm possession, and the use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and drug trafficking.</p>
<p>“The assaults, the robberies, the drug deals, each and every crime committed by these ruthless gang members was a blow to the safety of our communities,” said John Strong, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Charlotte" target="_blank">Charlotte</a>. “The guilty pleas by these suspects are the next step in securing justice for every innocent person who was impacted by the violent actions of these gangs members.”</p>
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<p>Rosero (photo above), who goes by the nickname “Uno B,” pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy. He admitted to holding the leadership rank of “High,” and to serving as an acting “Godfather” of the entire UBN gang. </p>
<p>In a recorded jail call, Rosero admitted to being, together with Pedro “Magoo” Gutierrez and James “Frank White” Baxton, “the last ones that God put in power” over the UBN. He conducted gang business and participated in the distribution of gang dues while incarcerated in the New York State Department of Corrections.</p>
<p>In order to communicate with the outside, he used 35-year-old Porsha Talina Rosero, nicknamed “Lady Uno B” for obvious reasons. She maintained a Facebook account through which private messages were sent from Rosero to other Bloods leaders. She pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and admitted participating in the distribution of gang dues and a phone call during which Rosero stated that a suspected cooperator would be “faded straight up.”</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Fallen Bosses</strong></span></p>
<p>In addition to Omari and Porsha Rosero, seven other defendants with high-ranking leadership positions have previously pleaded guilty in this investigation:</p>
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<li>Montraya Antwain Atkinson, aka Hardbody, 31, of Raleigh, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy. According to the factual basis of his plea agreement, Atkinson admitted to holding the leadership rank of “High,” and admitted to possessing <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Marijuana" target="_blank">marijuana</a> and <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Cocaine" target="_blank">cocaine</a> with intent to distribute, and to purchasing and selling powder cocaine;</li>
<li>Adrian Nayron Coker, aka Gotti, 28, of Gastonia, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and three counts of possession with intent to distribute narcotics. According to the factual basis of his plea agreement, Coker admitted to holding the leadership rank of “Low,” and to possessing a stolen firearm and ammunition, despite having previously been convicted of a felony. Moreover, according to a court-approved wiretap, Coker was recorded discussing a potential murder of a rival gang member;</li>
<li>Quincy Delone Haynes, aka Black Montana, 39, of Lawndale, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and three counts of trafficking cocaine. According to the factual basis of this plea agreement, Haynes admitted to holding the leadership rank of “Low”;</li>
<li>Barrington Audley Lattibeaudiere, aka Bandana and Bobby Seale, 31, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. According to the factual basis of his plea agreement, Lattibeaudiere admitted to holding the leadership rank of “High,” and coordinating the transmission of hundreds of dollars of UBN gang dues to Gutierrez and Baxton. Lattibeaudiere further admitted to participating in a scheme to make and attempt to make over $64,000 in purchases using fraudulent credit and gift cards;</li>
<li>Bianca Kiashie Harrison, aka Lady Gunz, 28, of Midway Park, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy. According to the factual basis of Harrison’s plea agreement, Harrison admitted to holding the leadership rank of “High,” and to participating, at facilities within the New York Department of Corrections, in gang leadership meetings with alleged UBN Godfathers Gutierrez and Baxton;</li>
<li>MyQuan Lamar Nelson, aka Dripz, 27, of Charlotte, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and heroin trafficking, and according to the factual basis of his plea agreement admitted to holding the leadership rank of “Low”; and</li>
<li>Tywlain Wilson, aka 5 Alive, 25, of Shelby, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and firearm possession in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. According to the factual basis of his plea agreement, Wilson admitted to holding the leadership rank of “Low.”</li>
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Crips and Bloods hit by major law enforcement offensive in Little Rock, Arkansas
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2018-02-23T20:30:00.000Z
2018-02-23T20:30:00.000Z
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<p>Multiple members of the Bloods and Crips street gangs are among the dozens of individuals arrested early Thursday morning in a major law enforcement operation targeting violent criminals in central Arkansas. The takedown highlights the coordinated work of federal, state, and local agencies to combat drug and gun crime in Little Rock.</p>
<p>Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Stephen G. Azzam, Special Agent in Charge of the New Orleans Field Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration (<a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=DEA" target="_blank">DEA</a>), announced the arrests, as well the unsealing of thirteen indictments and two complaints charging 49 individuals with dozens of federal gun and drug trafficking crimes.</p>
<p>Agents also executed 11 search warrants, which resulted in the seizure of 21 illegally possessed <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Gun" target="_blank">guns</a>, body armor, 9.6 pounds of <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Cocaine" target="_blank">cocaine</a>, 4 ounces of <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Meth" target="_blank">methamphetamine</a>, 7.2 ounces of <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Crack" target="_blank">crack cocaine</a> 12 ounces of <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Marijuana" target="_blank">marijuana</a>, 5 grams of heroin, 293 ecstasy pills, and 93 pint bottles of promethazine cough syrup. Furthermore, they seized approximately $50,000 in drug proceeds, 4 cars, and 1 motorcycle.</p>
<p>“A team of over 250 agents and officers from law enforcement agencies across our state came together this morning to begin the process of dismantling <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/street-gangs" target="_blank">violent gangs</a> and removing dangerous people from the streets, with the goal of making our community a safer place,” Hiland said. “These agents also took drugs and violent people off the street today—people we believe endanger the lives of law-abiding citizens and endanger the future of our children with their toxic influence. Today’s operation is a victory over gang, gun, and drug violence, but is just the start of what the combined resources of these law enforcement agencies can do.”</p>
<p>“These arrests should serve as a warning and send a clear message—we will relentlessly pursue these violent criminals and drug traffickers plaguing our communities and bring them to justice,” Special Agent in Charge Azzam said. “Our neighborhoods deserve to exist without fear and intimidation inflicted by <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/street-gangs" target="_blank">violent drug gangs</a>.”</p>
<p>The DEA served as lead agency while working in conjunction with GET (Gang Enforcement Task Force) Rock during the operation. GET Rock is comprised of nine central Arkansas law enforcement agencies—the U.S. Attorney’s office, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=FBI" target="_blank">FBI</a>, DEA, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (<a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=ATF" target="_blank">ATF</a>), U.S. Marshal’s Service, Little Rock Police Department (LRPD), Pulaski County Sherriff’s Office (PCSO), Arkansas State Police (ASP), and Arkansas Community Correction.</p>
<p>It was formed at the request of Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson in response to the escalation in gang and gun violence in Little Rock, highlighted by the July 1, 2017, mass shooting at the Power Ultra Lounge in Little Rock that injured 28 people.</p>
<p>This mass shooting was precipitated by the rivalry between Real Hustlers Incorporated (RHI), a local <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bloods" target="_blank">Bloods</a>-affiliated gang, and the Wolfe Street Crips, a local <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Crips" target="_blank">Crips</a>-affiliated gang in Little Rock. Police identified various RHI members as having participated in the Power Ultra Lounge shooting, and in subsequent retaliatory shootings involving Dewquan Johns, James Langford, Rodney Scott, Damien Young, and Edmond Blue (all of whom are indicted as part of this operation), among several others.</p>
<p>In 2017, law enforcement identified Clifton Thomas and Marvin Collins as founders of the Real Hustlers Incorporated. The gang, known to frequent the area of Monroe and Brown Streets in Little Rock, started as the Monroe Street Hustlers and changed its name to RHI due to mounting and unwanted attention from the LRPD. RHI, which promotes itself as an organization for rap artists, utilizes 5108 31st Street in Little Rock as a music studio, and as a location for distribution of heroin, cocaine, marijuana, oxycodone, and other controlled substances.</p>
<p>The DEA, using court-authorized wiretaps of various phones, identified gang members and the drug and gun crimes the gang was committing. Charges in the Thomas indictment include conspiracies to distribute cocaine, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Heroin" target="_blank">heroin</a>, and marijuana, felon in possession of firearms, and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking. Included among the defendants is Bilal Johns Muhammad, identified as a long-time leader in RHI, and formerly the Monroe Street Hustlers. Two of Bilal Johns Muhammad’s sons—Bilal Sean Muhammad and Kain Jordan—were also indicted in the case.</p>
<p>The DEA and GET Rock also identified another 18 defendants as part of a drug trafficking organization headed by Robert Turpin III. The investigation revealed that Turpin was distributing ounce quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and marijuana, as well as thousands of oxycodone and alprazolam (<a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Xanax" target="_blank">Xanax</a>) pills in the central Arkansas area. Turpin was found to be importing pharmaceutical drugs from India for illicit distribution, and during the course of the conspiracy more than 150,000 pills were obtained and distributed.</p>
<p>Furthermore, the Turpin organization was responsible for the transportation and distribution of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, marijuana, pharmaceutical controlled substances and money to and from Texas, Massachusetts, and North Carolina using personal and commercial vehicles, the United States Postal Service and FedEx. This organization also trafficked in firearms and has engaged in firearm-related violence in the Little Rock area. Law enforcement agents carried out the operation that resulted in the arrests of 15 of the 18 indicted members of the Turpin organization on February 14, 2018.</p>
<p>Also arrested Thursday morning was Chris Alexander, a member of the Wolfe Street Crips and purported community activist who has promoted anti-gang and violence programs in Little Rock in the past. Alexander, along with fellow gang member Kenya Davis, who is still a fugitive, was indicted on marijuana conspiracy and distribution charges. Alexander was also charged with being a felon in possession of firearms and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking.</p>
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Operation Bloody Prince: Brunswick gang leader Calvin Lewis gets 25 years in federal prison for drug trafficking
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2017-09-01T09:17:24.000Z
2017-09-01T09:17:24.000Z
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<p>The Brunswick-area leader of the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bloods" target="_blank">Rolling 20’s Bloods gang</a> was sentenced earlier this week to 25 years in federal prison for his role in a violent drug trafficking organization that operated in Southeast Georgia and elsewhere. 38-year-old Calvin Lewis was caught on a wire encouraging his underlings to use guns to protect their territory and attack rivals.</p>
<p>Lewis was one of 19 conspirators in Brunswick convicted as part of an investigation dubbed by law enforcement as “Operation Bloody Prince.” The operation was investigated through the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), which is comprised of local, state and federal law enforcement agents. Melvina Lewis, Calvin Lewis’ wife, was previously sentenced to 165 months in federal prison; their step-son, Jamar Bradley, was sentenced to 215 months in prison.</p>
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<p>Evidence presented during numerous hearings revealed that members of the Rolling 20’s Bloods gang endured “beat ins” as part of their initiations. During a lengthy undercover investigation, FBI agents and Glynn County Police Department investigators conducted multiple wiretaps to gather evidence and to dismantle Lewis’ drug organization.</p>
<p>Wire intercepts revealed that Lewis encouraged his fellow gang members to gather firearms to protect their drug trafficking organization and to retaliate against threats, both perceived and real. Investigating agents were also able to determine that Lewis and other conspirators sold kilograms of cocaine and crack cocaine from “trap” houses located throughout Brunswick, Georgia.</p>
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The South Side Cartel: Karma catches up to what was once known as Newark’s most violent street gang
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2017-08-18T10:30:00.000Z
2017-08-18T10:30:00.000Z
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<p>Violence begets violence. This was especially true for the South Side Cartel. Once known among law enforcement and the FBI as the most violent street gang operating in Newark, New Jersey, its members rose rapidly through sheer deadly force, only to fall as many went down in a hail of bullets or got locked up in a cell.</p>
<p>The South Side Cartel was founded by <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/leader-of-newark-s-south-side-cartel-gets-45-years-in-prison-for" target="_blank">Farad Roland</a> and his brother Amin in 2002 as a neighborhood gang whose main activities were selling drugs and using violence to expand their business, many of the group's members were officially brought into the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bloods" target="_blank">Bloods organization</a> in 2002 and 2003. They officially branded themselves as the South Side Cartel in 2005.</p>
<p>The gang’s center of activities were apartments located inside buildings dubbed the “Twin Towers,” located at 496-500 Hawthorne Avenue. These were the scene of repeated narcotics and gun arrests by local law enforcement between 2002 and 2010. Many of the South Side Cartel members had tattoos showing these buildings and the logo of “SSC” representing the group’s initials.</p>
<p>At its peak, the South Side Cartel had about 20 members or associates, who were involved in numerous murders, shootings, robberies and other violent acts in furtherance of the enterprise.</p>
<p>Though hugely successful in establishing a vicious reputation and supreme dominance over the area, many South Side Cartel gangsters have since been killed in gang-related murders or are serving prison sentences in state and federal prisons for gang-related crimes.</p>
<p>The final blow was dealt in December of 2012, when authorities indicted gang bosses Farad Roland (photo above, right), Mark Williams, and Malik Lowery (photo above, left) and charged them with <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Murder" target="_blank">murder</a>, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Racketeering" target="_blank">racketeering</a>, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Kidnapping" target="_blank">kidnapping</a>, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Robbery" target="_blank">robbery</a>, weapons offenses, and <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Drugs" target="_blank">drug dealing</a>. According to prosecutors, they represent the last of the leadership of the group.</p>
<p>“The gang members used murder and violence as tools of their criminal trade, punishing disloyal associates, intimidating rivals, and silencing those they believed were cooperating with law enforcement,” U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said. “They presided over a reign of terror along Hawthorne Avenue for years. These charges finally assign responsibility for more than half a dozen unsolved homicides and represent the latest efforts in our ongoing pursuit of members of violent street gangs.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/GangstersInc" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9237092258,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9237092258?profile=original" width="325" /></a>Prosecutors asked for a sentence of life in prison for Mark “B.G.” Williams and Malik “Leek” Lowery, while dropping a bombshell of the death penalty on founder <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/leader-of-newark-s-south-side-cartel-gets-45-years-in-prison-for" target="_blank">Farad “B.U.” Roland</a> (right). On August 10, 2016, 35-year-old Williams pleaded guilty to racketeering and related charges. A few weeks later, Lowery did the same.</p>
<p>Last Wednesday, 36-year-old Lowery received a 315-month prison term for a variety of crimes related to the South Side Cartel. In addition to time behind bars, the judge sentenced Lowery to 10 years of supervised release.</p>
<p>Lowery admitted his role in the October 20, 2007 murder of a fellow gang member that took place on Bragaw Avenue in Newark. He also plead guilty to committing an armed carjacking with fellow South Side Cartel gangsters, to the robbery of a drug dealer and trafficking one kilogram or more of <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Heroin" target="_blank">heroin</a> and 280 grams or more of <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Crack" target="_blank">crack cocaine</a>.</p>
<p>Roland’s brother and fellow gang founder Amin was convicted by a jury in July 2012 on gun charges and sentenced to the statutory maximum prison sentence of 10 years.</p>
<p>32-year-old Farad Roland, meanwhile, is slated to go to trial in September. He is charged with playing a role in six gangland murders. The stone-cold killer now faces the death penalty after a life of violent crime he himself initiated by founding the South Side Cartel.</p>
<p>For many years, Roland and his underlings lived and died by the gun. Now all of them end up living in prison, dead by the gun or, in Roland’s case, a formal government execution.</p>
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Brooklyn Bloods gang enforcer remains loyal to his boss and gets 30 years in prison for drug trafficking
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2017-06-02T13:30:00.000Z
2017-06-02T13:30:00.000Z
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<p>Shondell “M-Dot” Walker, a member of the Brooklyn-based Murderous Maddawg Bloods, was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Tuesday for narcotics trafficking and his role as an enforcer for Bloods gang leader <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/bloods-gang-leader-charged-with-three-murders" target="_blank">Ronald “Ra Diggs” Herron</a>. The 31-year-old gangster (photo above) had pled guilty pursuant to a plea agreement on October 6, 2011, to conspiring to distribute narcotics.</p>
<p>During Herron’s trial, Walker was called as a defense witness and testified falsely on Herron’s behalf. He testified that Herron had served as a positive role model in the Gowanus and Wyckoff Gardens communities, that he had never seen Herron sell narcotics, and that he had never worked, sold drugs, or carried a firearm on Herron’s behalf. Walker’s claims were substantially undermined by the admission into evidence of a letter he had written from prison in which he stated that he intended to remain loyal to Herron because of their membership in the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bloods" target="_blank">Bloods</a>.</p>
<p>Bloods leader Herron was convicted after trial and has already been sentenced to multiple life terms consecutive to 105 years in prison. He had done little, beforehand, to evade the eyes of law enforcement as he posted videos of himself on the Internet in which he identified himself as the leader of the Murderous Mad Dogs set of the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bloods" target="_blank">Bloods gang</a>, and claimed that he headed a “murder team.”</p>
<p>The videos also showed Herron firing weapons and threatening to use them to kill people. He also posted messages on Twitter in which he boasted that he had “beat the stabbing,” “beat the attempt,” and “beat the body.”</p>
<p>Herron and Walker’s convictions followed dozens of successful prosecutions over the past decade conducted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, along with the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=FBI" target="_blank">FBI</a> and <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=NYPD" target="_blank">NYPD</a>, of violent gang members and drug dealers from the Gowanus and Wyckoff Gardens housing developments.</p>
<p>“This case proves the lengths gang members will go to protect their own,” stated FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge William F. Sweeney. “The subject will spend the bulk of his life in federal prison all because he felt allegiance to a deadly and criminal gang. The work of our FBI New York Metro Safe Streets Task Force and our law enforcement partners is vital to stopping the spread of criminal enterprises like these gangs, and we won’t back off until these gangs no longer exist.”</p>
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83 bosses and members of United Blood Nation indicted
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2017-05-20T03:00:00.000Z
2017-05-20T03:00:00.000Z
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<p>The United Blood Nation gang has been hit by a massive indictment charging 83 of its alleged leaders and members with federal racketeering conspiracy and charges related to murder, attempted murder, violent assault, narcotics distribution, firearms possession and Hobbs Act robbery. Some are also charged with white-collar offenses like bank fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft related to financial crimes, evidence that the group has become more sophisticated.</p>
<p>More than 600 federal, state and local law enforcement officers executed the arrest warrants early Thursday morning in Charlotte, Cleveland County, and eastern North Carolina. Arrests were also made in Florida, South Carolina, New York, and Virginia.</p>
<p>The operation was aimed at the Nine Trey Gangsters faction of the United Blood Nation. The <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bloods" target="_blank">Bloods</a> were formed in the 1970s in Los Angeles, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=California" target="_blank">California</a>, when a group of seven individual street gangs united to form a larger unit. The <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/street-gangs" target="_blank">gang</a> quickly spread to surrounding areas, eventually expanding its influence across the United States. In 1993, a single Bloods entity, the United Blood Nation, was created on the east side of Rikers Island Prison.</p>
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<p>It’s in North Carolina where authorities sought to put an end to the violence and crimes allegedly committed by the Nine Trey Gangsters. “This morning’s arrests are the result of a joint law enforcement investigation targeting alleged leaders and members of the Nine Trey Gangsters faction of the United Blood Nation,” Jill Westmoreland Rose, United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, told the media. “These defendants participated in a racketeering conspiracy, committing multiple violent crimes, including at least six murders and five attempted murders in North Carolina.”</p>
<p>According to allegations contained in the 69-count indictment, the Nine Trey Gangsters engaged in a pattern of racketeering activity, including, but not limited to, murder, attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, robbery, narcotics distribution and firearms possession. Additionally, the indictment alleges that certain defendants engaged in the racketeering acts of bank fraud and wire fraud. As alleged in the indictment, the defendants committed these crimes to generate proceeds to pay gang dues, to maintain membership with the gang, to discipline other gang members, and to be promoted within the leadership structure of the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Gang" target="_blank">gang</a>.</p>
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<p>Over the course of the investigation, agents and officers seized, among other evidence: 36 firearms and ammunition, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Cocaine" target="_blank">cocaine</a>, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Crack" target="_blank">crack cocaine</a>, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Heroin" target="_blank">heroin</a>, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Marijuana" target="_blank">marijuana</a>, MDMA, prescription pills and other narcotics and drug paraphernalia, counterfeit checks, credit cards and gift cards, and credit card making devices.</p>
<p>Prosecutors allege that the gang is governed by 31 rules known as “The 31.” These rules were written by the United Blood Nation’s founders and are strictly enforced. In addition, the gang maintains a strict hierarchy or chain of command, with each gang member assigned to a specific rank with specific duties and responsibilities.</p>
<p>A typical structure for the Nine Trey Gangsters includes the leader of the hood, referred to as the “Godfather,” followed by ranked “Generals,” down through unranked members called “Soldiers” or “Scraps.” Additionally, within the United Blood Nation, some females hold unique positions of authority, including that of a “First Lady,” who is often responsible for record keeping, covert communications, and distribution of gang records.</p>
<p>According to the indictment United Blood Nation members represent their gang affiliation with common tattoos, graffiti markings, language, and communication codes, and are identified by wearing the color red. They are also expected to pay gang dues, which are used to support the enterprise, to finance the gang’s criminal activity, and as gifts of respect to incarcerated high-ranking members.</p>
<p>The 83 defendants charged with one count of Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) conspiracy are:</p>
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<li> Sherman Devante Addison, a/k/a “Ace,” 22, of Shelby.</li>
<li> Aaron Demitri Alexander, a/k/a “A Dawg,” 24, of Charlotte.</li>
<li> Montraya Antwain Atkinson, a/k/a “Hardbody,” 30, of Raleigh, N.C.</li>
<li> Freddrec Deandre Banks, a/k/a “Drec/Banga,” 21, of Shelby.</li>
<li> James Baxton, a/k/a “Frank White,” 43, incarcerated in New York.</li>
<li> Bradley Beauchamp, 29, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.</li>
<li> Destinee Danyell Blakeney, a/k/a “Lady Rude,” 22, of Morven, N.C.</li>
<li> Antonio Dontre Brooks, a/k/a “Montana,” 24, of Shelby.</li>
<li> Antarious Qaushard Byers, a/k/a “Bang,” 23, of Shelby.</li>
<li> Renaldo Rodregus Camp, a/k/a “Rodeo/Drop,” 39, of Shelby.</li>
<li> Shakira Monique Campbell, a/k/a “Lady Rage,” 23, of Charlotte.</li>
<li> Adrian Nayron Coker, a/k/a “Gotti,” 27, of Gastonia, N.C.</li>
<li> Brandon Khalil Covington, a/k/a “Blokka,” 24, of Charlotte.</li>
<li> Alex Levi Cox, a/k/a “Quick,” 26, of Myrtle Beach, S.C.</li>
<li> Marquel Michael Cunningham, 20, incarcerated in North Carolina.</li>
<li> Richard Diaz, a/k/a “Damu,” 32, of Charlotte.</li>
<li> James Walter Dowdle, a/k/a “Staxx,” 24, incarcerated in North Carolina.</li>
<li> John Paul Durant, a/k/a “JP/Glock/Gudda,” 28, of Shelby.</li>
<li> Cynthia Gilmore, a/k/a “Cynthia Young/Lady Bynt,” 41, of Raleigh.</li>
<li> Shamon Movair Goins, a/k/a “Rugie,” 26, incarcerated in North Carolina.</li>
<li> Pedro Gutierrez, a/k/a “Magoo/Light/Inferno,” 44, incarcerated in New York.</li>
<li> Jalen Raekwon Hackney, a/k/a “Menace,” 19, incarcerated in North Carolina.</li>
<li> Christopher Dentre Hamrick, a/k/a “Red Dot,” 27, incarcerated in North Carolina.</li>
<li> Lavaughn Antonio Hanton, a/k/a “Killem/Billy-D,” 33, incarcerated in North Carolina.</li>
<li> Anthony Oneil Harrison, a/k/a “Ant,” 20, of Charlotte.</li>
<li> Bianca Kiashie Harrison, a/k/a “Lady Gunz,” 27, of Raleigh.</li>
<li> Quincy Delone Haynes, a/k/a “Black Montana,” 38, Shelby.</li>
<li> Delonte Maurice Hicks, a/k/a “BBB Shooter/Black,” 28, of Morven.</li>
<li> Jasmin Reikeem Hicks, a/k/a “Rude,” 26, of Morven.</li>
<li> Bobby Earl Hines, a/k/a “Swahili,” 34, incarcerated in North Carolina.</li>
<li> Raheam Shumar Hopper, a/k/a “Bone,” 23, of Shelby.</li>
<li> Wesley Javon Howze, a/k/a “Drama,” 21, incarcerated in North Carolina.</li>
<li> Donl Lequintin Hunsucker, a/k/a “Remy,” 31, of Charlotte.</li>
<li> Dricko Dashon Huskey, a/k/a “Drizzy,” 25, incarcerated in North Carolina.</li>
<li> Muhammad John Jackson, a/k/a “Picasso,” 32, of Charlotte.</li>
<li> Terrence Thomas Johnsom, a/k/a “Sypher,” 40, of Shelby.</li>
<li> Joe Tarpeh Johnson, a/k/a “JR/Big Pusha/Kutthroat,” 26, of Charlotte.</li>
<li> Latif Nakia Antoine Johnson, a/k/a “Billy Solo,” 23, of Charlotte, N.C.</li>
<li> Tonney Horatio Kerbay, a/k/a “Rich Tonney,” 29, of Charlotte.</li>
<li> Rashad Monte King, a/k/a “Billy Kilo Montana,” 25, of Charlotte.</li>
<li> Barrington Audley Lattibeaudiere, a/k/a “Bandana/Bobby Seale,” 30, of North Lauderdale, Florida.</li>
<li> Juan Cruz Leon, a/k/a “Jefe,” 21, of Charlotte.</li>
<li> Renaire Roshique Lewis, Jr., a/k/a “Banz/Esco,” 22, incarcerated in North Carolina.</li>
<li> Lamonte Kentrell Lloyd, a/k/a “Murda Mo/Moo,” 23, incarcerated in North Carolina.</li>
<li> David Matthew Lowe, a/k/a “Gucci,” 26, of Shelby.</li>
<li> Charles Kenyon Lytle, a/k/a “Kam,” 39, of Charlotte.</li>
<li> Terry Lavon Maddox, a/k/a “Turbo,” 26, of Shelby.</li>
<li> Bradon Theodore Manning, a/k/a “Billy B,” 28, of Columbia, S.C.</li>
<li> Travis Cordell McClain, a/k/a “Fridaay Daa Thuurteenth,” 25, of Charlotte.</li>
<li> Robert Allen McClinton, a/k/a “Trigga,” 27, incarcerated in North Carolina.</li>
<li> Isaac Nabah MckIntosh, a/k/a “Mac,” 26, of Charlotte.</li>
<li> D’Angelo De’Mara McNeil, a/k/a “Dutch,” 26, of Charlotte.</li>
<li> Christopher Lashon Miller, a/k/a “Dro,” 23, incarcerated in North Carolina.</li>
<li> Johnny Thomas Mitchell, a/k/a “Joker,” 37, of Shelby.</li>
<li> Christopher O’Brien Moore, a/k/a “Ratchet,” 22, incarcerated in North Carolina.</li>
<li> Myquan Lamar Nelson, a/k/a “Dripz,” 26, of Charlotte.</li>
<li> Thomas Oliver, a/k/a “T.O., Recon,” 31, incarcerated in North Carolina.</li>
<li> Kolawole Olalekan Omotosho, a/k/a “Rugged Red,” 19, of Jacksonville, N.C.</li>
<li> James Bradin Pegues, 30, of Charlotte.</li>
<li> Deshawn Deonta Peterkin, a/k/a “Proo,” 28, of Morven.</li>
<li> Laquida Shuntae Poston, a/k/a “Lady Recon,” 25, incarcerated in North Carolina.</li>
<li> Austin Demontry Potts, a/k/a “Big Tek, B-Tek,” 23, of Charlotte.</li>
<li> Tyquan Ramont Powell, a/k/a “Savage,” 22, incarcerated in North Carolina.</li>
<li> Omar Lionel Reed, a/k/a “Omega,” 38, incarcerated in New Mexico.</li>
<li> Omari Rosero, a/k/a “Uno B,” 40, incarcerated in New York.</li>
<li> Porsha Talina Rosero, a/k/a “Porsha Talina Gowdy/Lady Uno B,” 34, of Syracuse, New York.</li>
<li> Kenneth Marquise Ruff, a/k/a “Red Hot,” 26, of Shelby.</li>
<li> Rashad Sattar, 20, of Fort Lauderdale.</li>
<li> Alandus Montrell Smith, a/k/a “Kadafia,” 27, incarcerated in North Carolina.</li>
<li> Anthony Bernard Smith, a/k/a “Redd Lion,” 24, incarcerated in North Carolina.</li>
<li> Denzel Lamont Spikes, a/k/a “Dinki/Dino,” 24, incarcerated in North Carolina.</li>
<li> Isaiah Devon Stallworth, a/k/a “Zay/Juice,” 25, of Charlotte.</li>
<li> Cedric Lexander Surratt, a/k/a “Hollywood/5-Star,” 29, of Charlotte.</li>
<li> Peatrez Lamar Teaste, a/k/a “P-Wheezy,” 24, of Myrtle Beach.</li>
<li> Jhad Elijah Thorbourne, a/k/a “Flight,” 23, of Charlotte.</li>
<li> Lavon Christopher Turner, a/k/a “Hungry,” 27, Charlotte.</li>
<li> Jesse James Watkins, a/k/a “Showtime,” 33, of Charlotte.</li>
<li> Quintez Lamar Watkins, a/k/a “Bandana,” 27, incarcerated in North Carolina.</li>
<li> David Earl Watson, a/k/a “Gunz,” 31, of Jacksonville.</li>
<li> Twylain Stanley Wilson, a/k/a “5 Alive,” 24, incarcerated in North Carolina.</li>
<li> Ronald Anthony Wofford, 27, of Charlotte.</li>
<li> Jonathan Wray, a/k/a “Jon Jon/Yungin,” 26, incarcerated in North Carolina.</li>
<li> Patrick Devon Wray, a/k/a “Ike, Murda,” 28, of Shelby.</li>
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New Jersey Bloods gang boss pleads guilty to murder, racketeering charges
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2016-12-14T23:30:00.000Z
2016-12-14T23:30:00.000Z
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<p>Rajohn “1090” Wilson, a leader of the Sex Money Murder set of the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bloods">Bloods street gang</a> in New Jersey Tuesday admitted his role in a racketeering conspiracy involving murder and heroin trafficking charges.</p>
<p>The 25-year-old is a younger brother of Narik “Spaz” Wilson, the leader or “O.G.” of the Sex Money Murder set of the Bloods gang. <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/violent-bloods-gang-leaders-admit-racketeering-murder-conspiracy">Narik Wilson pleaded guilty</a> to related charges last month and is looking at 30 years behind bars.</p>
<p>Rajohn served as a “five-star general” and admitted that from 2007 to 2011 he committed a series of violent crimes to expand the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Gangs">gang</a>’s power and influence in Essex County, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=NJ">New Jersey</a>. The violence Wilson and fellow gang members poured out onto the streets included several drive-by shootings. He also distributed over a kilogram of <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Heroin">heroin</a>.</p>
<p>By pleading guilty, Wilson looks to be sentenced to 10 to 12 years in prison, minus time served in jail on a related case, and five years of supervised release. His sentencing is scheduled for March 23, 2017.</p>
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Violent Bloods gang leaders admit racketeering, murder conspiracy
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2016-11-03T06:23:36.000Z
2016-11-03T06:23:36.000Z
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<p>Two leaders of the Sex Money Murder set of the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bloods">Bloods street gang</a> Tuesday admitted their roles in a racketeering conspiracy that involved murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and conspiracy to distribute heroin.</p>
<p>32-year-old Narik “Spaz” Wilson (photo above) and 27-year-old Emil “Diddy” Rutledge, both of Newark, New Jersey, pleaded guilty in Newark federal court to Count Two of a 14-count superseding indictment charging them with racketeering conspiracy.</p>
<p>The plea agreements require both men to be sentenced to 30 years in prison, minus time served in jail on related cases, and five years of supervised release. Sentencing is scheduled for February 15, 2017.</p>
<p>Wilson and Rutledge, high-ranking members in Sex Money Murder a subgroup of the Bloods street gang that operates primarily in Essex County, New Jersey, admitted to a series of violent crimes they committed between 2007 and 2011 to expand the group’s power and influence.</p>
<p>As the O.G. or leader of Sex Money Murder, Wilson admitted that he directed the murder and attempted murder of eight rival gang members in and around Newark. Rutledge, a “captain,” or “shot-caller,” of Sex Money Murder, admitted that he and others carried out a number of the shootings ordered by Wilson, causing series injuries to others and the death of a victim.</p>
<p>Wilson pleaded guilty to conspiring with and directing other members of Sex Money Murder to commit eight murders, one of which succeeded. Rutledge admitted that, acting at Wilson’s direction, he and others carried out drive-by shootings and also admitted that he and others killed one rival gangster in a drive-by shooting. Wilson and Rutledge admitted conspiring to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin in and around Newark.</p>
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Bloods gang boss gets 55 years in prison for murder, shootings, and drug trafficking
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2016-08-25T11:55:54.000Z
2016-08-25T11:55:54.000Z
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<p>Bloods gang boss Jamal Smalls was sentenced Tuesday to 55 years in prison for running a narcotics trafficking conspiracy that distributed coke, crack cocaine, and heroin in New York, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina as well as his involvement in several shootings and one murder related to his drug operation.</p>
<p>As a high-ranking member of the notorious Bloods gang, Smalls led a drug trafficking crew that operated in and around the John Adams Houses in the Bronx, New York. His crew sold large quantities of powder cocaine, crack cocaine, and heroin in and around the housing project, as well as in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.</p>
<p>Not too bad for someone who only got out of prison in 2012 after serving over twelve years for first degree manslaughter. Then again, it was behind bars where Smalls – with help from his brother and people working on behalf of the crew – perfected his trade as he sold drugs inside the state prison system. Once he got out, Smalls began to lead the crew with his brother, participating in large-quantity narcotics deals in the Bronx and out-of-state.</p>
<p>Smalls was the kind of leader who took the hands-on approach. Like when he had a beef with rival drug dealer Doneil White. Within seven days, Smalls had tried to shoot him twice. On both occasions White managed to get away unharmed. One bystander wasn’t so lucky though, and was hit in the back.</p>
<p>Realizing he needed to delegate this piece of work, he sent a member of his crew out hunting the very next day, paying him $10,000 if he succeeded in murdering White. Whether it was the money or simply his aim, the crew member hit his mark and shot White in a stairwell at the John Adams Houses. White died several days later in the hospital as a result of his severe injuries.</p>
<p>His brazen and violent behavior quickly led authorities to crack down on Smalls’ operation and by August of 2012 he was under arrest. Still, he continued to lead his operation, by, among other things, giving directives to members of the crew through telephone calls and in-person visits.</p>
<p>Seeing how persistent Smalls has been, it’s up for debate whether his sentence of 55 years will do anything to stop his enterprising criminal mind. </p>
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Violent Seven Mile Bloods gangsters indicted in Detroit
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2016-03-03T07:00:20.000Z
2016-03-03T07:00:20.000Z
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<p>Twelve more members of the Seven Mile Bloods street gang in Detroit were charged in a superseding indictment Tuesday, adding charges for racketeering, murder in aid of racketeering, firearms violations and related offenses. The previous indictment had charged three other individuals.</p>
<p>The Seven Mile Bloods (SMB) gang operates on the east side of Detroit, between Gratiot Avenue and Kelly Road and between Seven and Eight Mile Roads. Seven Mile Bloods or “SMB” members have claimed this area as their territory and refer to it as the “Red Zone.” The area is in zip code 48205, which SMB members refer to as “4-8-2-0-Die” in some of their rap lyrics.</p>
<p>Gang members regularly use social media sites and apps like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube to post photographs and videos highlighting their affiliation with the SMB. These messages are now used by authorities to prove the criminal charges in the indictment. The gang also has a close relationship with “Hard Work Entertainment,” which enables them to professionally spread their message.</p>
<p>The indictment alleges an ongoing gang war between the Seven Mile Bloods and an alliance of other gangs operating on Detroit’s east side stemming from a murder that occurred in July 2014. During the past 18 months, these rival gangs have been violently attacking one another and have posted respective “hit lists” on social media. This shooting war has led to increased homicides and non-fatal shootings on Detroit’s east side.</p>
<p>The indictment also stems from collaborative law enforcement efforts to dismantle the drug pipeline from Detroit to other states, alleging incidents in which SMB members were arrested in Charleston, West Virginia, in connection with narcotics trafficking. Within their Red Zone, SMB traffics in cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and various prescription pills.</p>
<p>Under the Detroit One Initiative, investigators were able to bring together separate probes into various members of this organization and its criminal activities into one encompassing investigation. Partners include the Detroit Police Department Gang Intelligence Unit, the FBI Violent Gang Task Force, which consists of representatives of Detroit Police Department, U.S. Border Patrol, Homeland Security Investigations, Customs and Border Patrol, Michigan Department of Corrections and Michigan State Police, with the cooperation of the ATF and DEA.</p>
<p>DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge David A. Grant stated, “DEA will continue to work hand in hand with the United States Attorney’s Office and the members of Detroit One in the continuing effort to reduce the violence associated with drug trafficking in all areas of Detroit. Today’s indictment demonstrates solid success in the effort to dismantle the Seven Mile Bloods, and to curtail some of the inevitable violence stemming from their trafficking in drugs on Detroit’s east side.”</p>
<p>“The Detroit One initiative continues to be a valuable partnership for the FBI, and for the city of Detroit,” said David P. Gelios, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Detroit Division. “The dismantling of violent gangs in this city must remain a priority, and we remain fully committed to that end. These gang arrest operations are absolutely necessary in order to make Detroit a more livable, workable, and secure city.”</p>
<p>Charged today are:</p>
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<li>Billy Arnold, a/k/a “B-Man,” “Berinzo,” “Killa,” 29, of Detroit, with RICO conspiracy and multiple counts of murder in aid of racketeering; attempted murder in aid of racketeering; assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering; use of a firearm during, and in relation to, a crime of violence resulting in death; possession of a firearm during, and in relation to, a crime of violence; and felon in possession of a firearm;</li>
<li>Steven Arthur, Jr., a/k/a “Steve-O,” 26, of Detroit, with RICO conspiracy; possession of a firearm during, and in relation to, a crime of violence; and felon in possession of a firearm;</li>
<li>Eugene Fisher, a/k/a “Fist,” 35, of Detroit, with RICO conspiracy; attempted murder in aid of racketeering; assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering; use of a firearm during, and in relation to, a crime of violence; possession of a firearm during, and in relation to, a crime of violence; and felon in possession of a firearm;</li>
<li>Corey Bailey, a/k/a “Sonny,” “Cocaine Sonny,” 28, of Detroit, with RICO conspiracy; murder in aid of racketeering; attempted murder in aid of racketeering; assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering; use of a firearm during, and in relation to, a crime of violence; and possession of a firearm during, and in relation to, a crime of violence;</li>
<li>Quincy Graham, a/k/a “Dub,” “Q,” 32, of Detroit, with RICO conspiracy; possession of a firearm during, and in relation to, a crime of violence; and felon in possession of a firearm;</li>
<li>Robert Brown II, a/k/a “R.O.,” 33, of Warren, Michigan, with RICO conspiracy and possession of a firearm during, and in relation to, a crime of violence;</li>
<li>Jerome Gooch, a/k/a “Rome,” “Dada,” 30, of Detroit, Michigan and Charleston with RICO conspiracy; possession of a firearm during, and in relation to, a crime of violence;</li>
<li>Michael Rogers, a/k/a “Smoke,” “Ace,” 33, of Eastpointe, with RICO conspiracy; possession of a firearm during, and in relation to, a crime of violence;</li>
<li>Derrick Kennedy, a/k/a “Dip,” 29, of Warren, with RICO conspiracy; possession of a firearm during, and in relation to, a crime of violence;</li>
<li>Devon Patterson, a/k/a “Duck,” “Sosa,” 30, of Detroit, with RICO conspiracy; possession of a firearm during, and in relation to, a crime of violence;</li>
<li>Christopher Owens, a/k/a “Baby O,” “Cee,” 29, of Charleston, West Virginia, with RICO conspiracy; possession of a firearm during, and in relation to, a crime of violence;</li>
<li>Jeffery Adams, a/k/a “Brick,” “Product,” 26, of Detroit, with RICO conspiracy; possession of a firearm during, and in relation to, a crime of violence;</li>
<li>Arlandis Shy, a/k/a “Grymee,” “VIL,” 26, of Clinton Township with RICO conspiracy; possession of a firearm during, and in relation to, a crime of violence;</li>
<li>Anthony Lovejoy, a/k/a “PT,” 33, of Charleston, West Virginia and Buckeye, Arizona, with RICO conspiracy; possession of a firearm during, and in relation to, a crime of violence; and</li>
<li>Diondre Fitzpatrick, a/k/a “D-Nice,” 26, of Harper Woods, with RICO conspiracy; possession of a firearm during, and in relation to, a crime of violence.</li>
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Major heroin trafficking boss sentenced to 30 years in prison
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2015-11-05T17:26:34.000Z
2015-11-05T17:26:34.000Z
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<p>Virginia drug boss Alonzo Outten (35) was sentenced yesterday to 30 years in prison for his leadership and involvement in a heroin trafficking operation that was responsible for the distribution of between 30 and 90 kilograms of heroin with an estimated street value of up to $4.5 million dollars.</p>
<p>Outten, along with six of his co-conspirators, was indicted by a grand jury on July 8, 2015. Three weeks later, on July 30, 2015, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute in excess of one kilogram of heroin.</p>
<p>Prosecutors say, Outten managed six mid-level drug operatives who in turn managed approximately a dozen other individuals that either directly assisted or facilitated the trafficking and distribution of heroin. As the leader, Outten managed the manufacturing and distribution of between 30 and 90 kilograms of heroin with an estimated street value between $1.5 and $4.5 million dollars in the period between November 2013 and July 2015.</p>
<p>Outten supplied kilogram amounts of heroin to at least two Bloods <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/street-gangs">gang sets</a>: the Imperial Gangsta Bloods led by “Godfather” Chris Smith, aka Killa, who pleaded guilty on July 28, 2015; and the Gorilla Mafia Piru gang led by Theodore Vann, aka Flatline, who pleaded guilty on June 25, 2015.</p>
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Armed Imperial Gangsta Bloods drug dealer sentenced to 35 years
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2015-09-24T20:00:00.000Z
2015-09-24T20:00:00.000Z
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<div><p>Jermarrieo Javone Stigger, 30, of Portsmouth, was sentenced Tuesday to 420 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute narcotics and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.</p>
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<p>Operating out of Virginia Beach hotel rooms and other residences in Hampton Roads, Stigger bought and sold, and managed others who sold, substantial amounts of cocaine and crack cocaine. He was regularly armed during the course of the drug conspiracy, including with an assault rifle and numerous handguns.</p>
<p>The defendant and other members of the Imperial Gangsta Bloods who are awaiting sentencing were investigated in a joint operation by the FBI, the Portsmouth Police Department, the Virginia Beach Police Department, and the Virginia State Police.</p>
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37 Bloods gangsters sentenced to over 415 years in prison
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2015-09-06T16:35:06.000Z
2015-09-06T16:35:06.000Z
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<p>A multi-year investigation into the Nine Trey Gangsters Bloods criminal street gang, a set of the East Coast United Blood Nation, in Virginia concluded last week as the final defendant pleaded guilty.</p>
<p>The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation into the Nine Trey Gangsters, designated Operation Ruby Red and Operation Full Blooded Ink, led to the arrest and prosecution of 37 gang members in the Eastern District of Virginia since 2013, resulting in a total of approximately 415 years in prison for the gang members.</p>
<p>Much of the criminal activity in the investigation centered on the distribution of narcotics in Virginia, Maryland and the D.C. metro area, namely large quantities of crack cocaine. The gangsters were also charged with conspiracy to commit racketeering, violence in aid of racketeering, conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, conspiracy to distribute counterfeit currency, and possession and use of firearms.</p>
<p>With yet another successful operation against the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/bloods-gang-leader-charged-with-three-murders">Bloods gang</a> authorities are showing they mean business and are taking these so-called street gangs just as serious as traditional organized crime groups such as the Italian and Russian Mafia.</p>
<p>“The ultimate success of this case is due in large part to the terrific effort of our prosecutors combined with our agency partners and case agents,” said Dana J. Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. “My hope is that our efforts to investigate and prosecute these gang members will send a clear message to our communities: Violent gangs and their members will not be tolerated. They will be aggressively pursued and prosecuted at every opportunity.” </p>
<p>Below is a complete list of the individuals who were prosecuted, and the respective outcome of their case:</p>
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<li>Michael Smallwood, aka Heavenly Sovereignty, 45, of Manassas: Pleaded guilty on April 9, 2013, to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Sentenced on July 10, 2013, to 30 years in prison.</li>
<li>Raymond Dawes, aka Veins, 35, of Manassas: Pleaded guilty on April 23, 2013, to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Sentenced on July 23, 2013, to 12 years 7 months in prison.</li>
<li>Lovell Ritchie, aka Snax, 31, of Manassas: Pleaded guilty on April 23, 2013, to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Sentenced on Dec. 12, 2013, to 12 years 7 months in prison.</li>
<li>Amanda Ewell, aka Amanda Sovereignty, 30, of Manassas: Pleaded guilty on June 5, 2013, to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Sentenced on Sept. 23, 2013, to 10 years in prison.</li>
<li>Brynn Lackey, aka BEZ, 33, of Washington DC: Pleaded guilty on July 3, 2013, to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Sentenced on Oct. 01, 2013, to 10 years in prison.</li>
<li>Thaddaeus Snow, aka Storm, 25, of Manassas: Found guilty at trial on Feb. 21, 2014, of various crimes, including sex trafficking, distribution of narcotics, robbery and counterfeit money, violence in aid of racketeering, conspiracy to distribute 280 grams or more of crack cocaine, possession of a firearm, Hobbs Act Robbery, etc. Sentenced on May 9, 2014, to 40 years in prison.</li>
<li>Curtis Martino, aka Curtis Dodd, aka Red Rum, 31, of Elkridge, Maryland: Pleaded guilty on Nov. 20, 2013 to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. Sentenced on March 21, 2014, to 21 years in prison.</li>
<li>William Sykes, aka Black Gambino, 31, of Bealeton: Found guilty at trial on Feb. 21, 2014, of various crimes, including sex trafficking, distribution of narcotics and counterfeit money, violence in aid of racketeering, conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. Sentenced on May 9, 2014, to 30 years in prison.</li>
<li>George Williams, aka Champ, 30, of Bealeton: Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit racketeering, and use and discharge of a firearm during an act of violence in aid of racketeering. Sentenced on April 8, 2014, to 12 years in prison.</li>
<li>Markeith Kerns, aka LTK, 22, of Summerduck: Pleaded guilty on Oct. 16, 2013, to conspiracy to commit racketeering, and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. Sentenced on Jan. 3, 2014, to 10 years in prison.</li>
<li>Janee Yates, aka Alazia, 25, of Warrenton: Pleaded guilty on Oct. 3, 2014, to conspiracy to commit racketeering, and conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Sentenced on Jan. 17, 2014, to 10 years in prison.</li>
<li>Deontae Holland, aka D-Boy, 29, of Bealeton: Pleaded guilty on Oct. 28, 2013, to conspiracy to commit racketeering, and conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Sentenced on Jan. 17, 2014, to 15 years in prison.</li>
<li>William Sharp Manning aka Ill Will, 26, of Warrenton: Pleaded guilty on Dec. 9, 2013, to conspiracy to commit racketeering, and conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Sentenced on March 7, 2014, to 15 years in prison.</li>
<li>James Watson, aka Black Kat, 36, of Gainesville: Pleaded guilty on Feb. 10, 2014, to conspiracy to commit racketeering with the predict acts being distribution of heroin, and marijuana and sex trafficking. Sentenced on April 28, 2014, to 2 ½ years in prison.</li>
<li>Christopher Head aka Briss, 27, of Washington, D.C.: Pleaded guilty on Nov. 25, 2014, to conspiracy to commit racketeering, and conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Sentenced on Feb. 21, 2014, to 11 years in prison.</li>
<li>Nicole Yates aka Merlot, 29, of Fairfax: Pleaded guilty on Oct. 3, 2013, to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. Sentenced on Jan. 3, 2014, to 10 years in prison.</li>
<li>Candy Minor, 30, of Fredericksburg: Pleaded guilty on Nov. 6, 2013, to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. Sentenced on Jan. 24, 2014, to 2 years in prison.</li>
<li>Kaleef Tweedy, aka Bloody Tweed, 25, of Dumfries: Pleaded guilty on Dec. 13, 2013, to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, conspiracy to commit armed robbery and using a firearm during a crime of violence in aid of racketeering. Sentenced on March 14, 2014, to 15 years in prison.</li>
<li>Justin Finley, aka J Mo, 26, of Manassas: Pleaded guilty on Nov. 26, 2013, to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Sentenced on Feb. 28, 2014, to 11 years 8 months in prison.</li>
<li>Stephon Greene aka Blitz, 23, of Manassas: Pleaded guilty on Jan. 30, 2014, to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Sentenced on April 18, 2014, to 10 years in prison.</li>
<li>LaTonya Snow, aka Lady Dynasty, 32, of Manassas: Pleaded guilty on Jan. 30, 2014, to conspiracy to violate the Mann Act by transporting prostitutes across state lines. Sentenced on April 18, 2014, to 90 days in prison and three years of active probation.</li>
<li>Devante Jordan, aka Trey, 23, of Alexandria: Pleaded guilty on Jan. 14, 2014, to conspiracy to commit armed robbery and using a firearm during a crime of violence. Sentenced on March 28, 2014, to 11 years 8 months in prison.</li>
<li>Aayron Marshal, aka Mook, 25, of Warrenton: Pleaded guilty on Oct. 10, 2013, to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Sentenced on Jan. 17, 2014, to 10 years in prison.</li>
<li>Joshua Pendleton Brooks aka Wacko, 29, of Manassas: Pleaded guilty on Jan. 23, 2014, to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Sentenced on April 8, 2014, to 5 years 10 months in prison.</li>
<li>Lionel Ritchie, aka Boogie, 31, of Remington: Pleaded guilty on Oct. 3, 2013, to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Sentenced on Jan. 3, 2014, to 7 years in prison.</li>
<li>Jameel Aleem, aka Nino B, 33, of Washington, D.C.: Pleaded guilty on Nov. 12, 2014, to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Sentenced on Dec. 12, 2014, to 3 years 4 months in prison.</li>
<li>Antwan Minor, aka Noid, 35, of Manassas: Pleaded guilty on Oct. 1, 2013, to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Sentenced on Jan. 17, 2014, to 14 years in prison.</li>
<li>Deyonka Gaskins, 31, of Manassas: Pleaded guilty on Feb. 6, 2014, to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Due to Gaskin’s lack of criminal history she was eligible for the safe valve guidelines for sentencing (which removes the ten year mandatory minimum portion of her final sentence). Sentenced to 6 days in prison and 3 years of active probation.</li>
<li>Gracier Isique, 30, of Manassas: Pleaded guilty on Jan. 16, 2014, to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Sentenced to 3 years of active probation.</li>
<li>Ricardo Simmons, 26, of Alexandria: Pleaded guilty on April 21, 2014, to use and discharge of a firearm during an act of violence, and conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery. Sentenced on July 11, 2014, to 12 years 6 months in prison.</li>
<li>Abdur Roland, aka Boo, 27, of Woodbridge: Pleaded guilty on Feb. 19, 2015, to Hobbs Act robbery, conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, brandishing of a firearm during an act of violence, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Sentenced on May 08, 2015, 13 years in prison.</li>
<li>Brien Hughes, aka Poncho, 32, of Fredericksburg: Pleaded guilty on March 4, 2015, to two separate charges of brandishing of a firearm during an act of violence. Sentenced on Aug. 7, 2015, to 30 years in prison.</li>
<li>Jonathan Coleman, aka Swagg, 24, of Woodbridge: Pleaded guilty on March 18, 2015, to brandishing of a firearm during an act of violence. Sentenced on June 19, 2015, to 7 years in prison.</li>
<li>Robert Bates, aka Kid, 27, of Staunton: Pleaded guilty on April 16, 2015, to possession of a firearm during an act of violence. Sentenced on July 21, 2015, to 5 years in prison.</li>
<li>Joshua Lewis, aka Smiley, 25, of Woodbridge: Pleaded guilty on May 26, 2015, to possession of a firearm during an act of violence. Sentenced on Aug. 14, 2015, to 7 years in prison.</li>
<li>Dajuan Burrous, aka Baggz, 26, of Dumfries: Pleaded guilty on Sept. 3, 2015, to brandishing a firearm during or in a relation to a crime of violence. Sentencing set for Nov. 20, 2015.</li>
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Rap mogul Suge Knight shot six times at VMA party
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2014-08-25T07:45:33.000Z
2014-08-25T07:45:33.000Z
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<p>Some guys just attract violence. Case in point: rap mogul Suge Knight. This Sunday morning, Knight was attending a party celebrating this year’s MTV Video Music Awards when he was shot a reported six times by an unknown assailant.</p>
<p>The party at the <a href="http://1oakla.com/" target="_blank">10AK nightclub</a> in Los Angeles was held by singer Chris Brown, MTV told gossip site TMZ, and had no official link to the VMAs. Perhaps not. However, many of the people at the party did have some interesting links of their own.</p>
<p><a href="http://amzn.to/1tvsFMl" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9237033492,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9237033492?profile=original" width="300" /></a>Brown and Knight are both known affiliates of the Bloods crime gang. Knight has been repping the group publicly and out in the open for several decades now. Back in the 1990s, as CEO of Death Row Records Suge controlled rap superstars such as <a href="http://amzn.to/1lrgcby" target="_blank">Dr Dre</a>, <a href="http://amzn.to/1nsKUwg" target="_blank">Snoop Dogg</a>, and the legendary <a href="http://amzn.to/1qFp4GH" target="_blank">Tupac “2Pac” Shakur</a>. His Bloods background gave Knight's label and rappers instant street cred, but was also the cause of their downfall as violence became a daily occurrence.</p>
<p>On the night of September 6, 1996, Suge Knight was driving through Las Vegas with Shakur after they had just seen Mike Tyson beat Bruce Seldon at the MGM Grand. As Knight stopped the car in front of a red light at the intersection of Flamingo Road and Koval Lane in front of the Maxim Hotel, another car drove by and multiple shots were fired at Shakur and Knight.</p>
<p>Knight was wounded but lived. Shakur died seven days later at age 25.</p>
<p>Now Knight is back in the hospital with more bullet holes. At age 49 he should seriously consider putting his massive 6 ft 4, 265 lb, frame in less dangerous situations. He isn’t exactly a hard target.</p>
<p>Though it is still unknown what precisely went down at club 10AK on the night of Saturday and early Sunday morning, TMZ <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2014/08/24/1oak-gunshots-video-shooting-oak-suge-knight/" target="_blank">posted a video</a> made inside the club on which five shots can be heard. Knight’s family claims he was hit six times.</p>
<p><a href="http://amzn.to/1lrfP0K" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9237033685,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9237033685?profile=original" width="366" /></a>Eyewitnesses told TMZ that “Brown (right) was throwing up gang signs before the shooting inside 1OAK early Sunday and he was performing with a red bandana -- the Bloods' moniker.” Several Bloods gangbangers were allegedly surrounding Brown at the time of the shooting.</p>
<p>After being shot, Knight walked out of the club and took cover behind a white Bentley. He was taken to the hospital after cops saw him. He is currently in the intensive care unit and expected to recover.</p>
<p>An hour-and-a-half before the shooting, rapper <a href="http://amzn.to/1tAmTbn" target="_blank">Game</a>, another famous Bloods gang member, was involved in a fight with the club’s bouncers after they wouldn’t let him and his friends in.</p>
<p>With three high-profile Bloods gang members at one location it is obvious police are investigating the gang link in hopes of solving this shooting. It is doubtful they will find many witnesses willing to testify, though, as the rap business has made it its goal to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Snitchin%27" target="_blank">campaign</a> against “snitching.”</p>
<p>Time in prison is one thing, apparently, but losing your street cred is a whole ‘nother deal.</p>
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Bloods Gang Leader Charged With Three Murders
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2012-02-14T11:30:00.000Z
2012-02-14T11:30:00.000Z
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<p>A leader of the Bloods street gang was charged yesterday with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. Ronald Herron (30), also known as “Ra,” “Ra Diggs,” “Ra Digga” and “Raheem,” was also hit with racketeering, murder in-aid-of racketeering, murder conspiracy, robbery, illegal use and possession of firearms, and narcotics trafficking charges.</p>
<p>Herron had already been arrested on drug charges in October of 2010. Prosecutors allege he ran a violent set of the Bloods street gang in and around the Gowanus Houses, a New York City public housing community in the Boerum Hill section of Brooklyn, that dealt in crack, cocaine, and heroin.</p>
<p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9237014471,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9237014471,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9237014471?profile=original" width="300" /></a>Rather than keep a low profile, Herron (right) craved attention and fame, posting videos of himself on the Internet in which he identified himself as the leader of the “Murderous Mad Dogs” set of the Bloods street gang, and claimed that he was the leader of a “murder team” and had previously “beat a body.” The videos also showed Herron firing weapons and threatening to use them to kill people. Herron also posted messages on <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/radiggs" target="_blank">Twitter</a> in which he boasted that he had “beat the stabbing,” “beat the attempt,” and “beat the body.”</p>
<p>And he got away with it too. In 2002, when he stood trial for the drug-related murder of Frederick Brooks, two witnesses declined to testify after having been intimidated by members of Herron’s gang. Herron was subsequently acquitted and free to continue his drug business.</p>
<p>That same murder is coming back to haunt him now though. The FBI is using it against him in the superseding indictment that was revealed yesterday. “Herron is now charged with the 2001 drug-related murder of Frederick Brooks, an offense of which Herron was acquitted in state court after witnesses refused to testify because they were threatened by Herron and his associates. Herron has also been charged with the 2008 murder of Richard Russo and the 2009 murder of Victor Zapata. In addition, Herron is accused of three attempted murders, including a 2008 stabbing at a nightclub in Manhattan,” the press release states.</p>
<p>“As alleged, Ronald Herron and his gang terrorized a Brooklyn community for more than a decade, and he temporarily got away with murder by threatening and intimidating witnesses, only to return to the streets of Brooklyn to kill again and again,” stated United States Attorney Lynch. “Thanks to the hard work and close cooperation between federal and local law enforcement, the defendant will now be held to account for his charged long history of violence. Our commitment to dismantling street gangs and to protecting our community from the ravages of gang warfare remains steadfast.”</p>
<p>“Ronald Herron and his associates were nothing if not honest in their assessment of themselves. As alleged in the indictment, the self-designation, ‘Murderous Mad Dogs,’ seems to be no understatement. Calling yourself murderous may not be a crime, but the description is fitting. The FBI is committed to reining in gang violence to make our neighborhoods safer.” said FBI Assistant Director in Charge Janice K. Fedarcyk.</p>
<p>NYPD Commissioner Kelly stated, “As alleged, Ronald Herron and his gang have a history of violence, intimidation and murder in the neighborhood around the Gowanus Houses in Brooklyn, and Herron even boasted on twitter about getting away with his crimes. His tweets were premature.”</p>
<p>After running the projects for over a decade, things have come to a predictable end for the spotlight loving and tweeting gang boss. If all gangs would operate this way, federal agents will not have to endure rain and cold as they put these gangsters under surveillance. They can just stay at home, turn on their computers and start compiling evidence for a case. YouTube, MySpace, Facebook and Twitter are all they need.</p>
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Michael Harris: A Convicted Drug Kingpin Who Gave Denzel His Start on Broadway
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2011-06-09T20:00:00.000Z
2011-06-09T20:00:00.000Z
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<div><p style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/michael-harris-a-convicted"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9236995460,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9236995460?profile=original" width="479" /></a>Special to Gangsters Inc.<br /> This is an excerpt from Straight from the Hood: Amazing but True Gangster Tales, a new book by Ron Chepesiuk and Scott Wilson that’s published by Strategic Media Books (<a href="http://www.strategicmediabooks.com">www.strategicmediabooks.com</a>). <br /> <br /> <strong>Michael Harris: A Convicted Drug Kingpin Who Gave One of America’s Most Respected Actors His Start on Broadway</strong><br /> <br /> By Ron Chepesiuk and Scott Wilson<br /> <br /> The street hustler who wants to go legit is as well worn a cliché as you are likely to find in the annals of criminal lore. It also happens to be based in truth. Many gangsters throughout history have invested money in legitimate businesses. While some do this simply as a money laundering front, others do so with the hopes of finally and completely transitioning over into the straight world. While the instincts that serve one well in the streets rarely work in the “real” world, some gangsters do have legitimate business savvy that can be applied in other areas. The proliferation of the cocaine trade throughout the 1980s gave many enterprising hustlers a chance to finance their dreams. One nearly made it.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Michael Harris was born on September 20th, 1960, on West 46th Street in South Central Los Angeles. He was raised is a single parent household by a hardworking mother. She had two jobs, leaving her with very little time to watch over her son. Michael’s father, who he described as a “wealthy businessman with three families,” left when the he was just five years old. His mother tried hard to make sure that he had a semblance of a normal family life, as well as an alternative to what the increasingly dangerous streets of south central had to offer. She helped to send him to West Los Angeles community college. <br /> <br /> Unfortunately, her vision was not to be. This was the turbulent 1960s. Machinations were already underway that would affect Michael’s young adulthood. Racial and economic tensions were reshaping the public consciousness. The civil rights movement was well underway, with the black power movement soon to follow. In the black working class city of Oakland, The Black Panther Party for Self Defense was born. The party would have a profound influence on black youth nationwide, especially in cities along the West Coast. They influenced many ghetto youths to politicize and organize. As the sixties transitioned into the seventies, the Panthers were weakened through infighting and assaults by various government agencies.<br /> <br /> Various street gangs in Los Angeles, once inspired by the Panthers, began to step into the void that was left. They became more militaristic and organized their feuds more plentiful and bloody. Soon, pretty much every black gang in L.A. claimed affiliation with either the Bloods or the Crips. While under that banner, they identified with their neighborhood of origin, splitting into various sets or “factions.” Michael Harris became affiliated with a Blood set known as the Bounty Hunters.<br /> <br /> In the 1970s, America began a love affair with cocaine. Popularized by the disco scene, cocaine was seen as something of a lavish indulgence, relegated to the rich. In the 1980s, a cheaper, smoke able version known as crack made te drug accessible to the poorer classes. South Central was ground zero for the crack explosion, and Michael Harris was in a position to capitalize. He began selling cocaine with his younger brother David and became what fellow bloods might have referred to as a “Baller,” or a fellow gang member who strikes it rich in the drug trade. <br /> <br /> Harris lorded over a drug empire that supplied cocaine to many states across the U.S., including Los Angeles, Texas and New York. He was so adept at moving the product that Columbian suppliers were encouraged to deal with him directly. At age 26, Michael “Harry-O” Harris was a millionaire. <br /> <br /> At this point, Harris decided it was time to leave the drug business behind and pursue more legitimate goals. He began to invest in real estate and various businesses. He owned a 20 fleet limousine service, hair salons, an exotic car dealership and a construction company. Harris also seemed to have an affinity for the entertainment industry. He produced a play called Stepping into Tomorrow that featured the daughters of slain black leaders Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, as well as the daughters of Harry Bellafonte and Sidney Poitier. He also produced a Broadway play called Checkmates, which featured Ruby Dee, Paul Winnfield and an up and coming star named Denzel Washington.<br /> <a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9236995490,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9236995490,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9236995490?profile=original" width="589" /></a></p>
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<p><br /> Washington, a native of Mount Vernon, New York, had already developed quite a resume by the time Checkmates premiered on Broadway. He was known for playing Dr. Phillip Chandler on the acclaimed hospital drama St. Elsewhere. He had been nominated for a best actor Oscar for Cry Freedom. Checkmates was his Broadway debut, adding to what had already been shaping up to be a stellar career. <br /> <br /> Checkmates was also a landmark in a very different sense. Michael Harris, gang-member and cocaine kingpin, was the first African American to produce a Broadway show. This milestone might have been more celebrated had it not been for his previous occupation. The fact that he was arrested as Checkmates premiered on Broadway certainly didn’t help matters at all. <br /> <br /> Harris was charged with narcotics distribution and attempted murder. He was convicted on the attempted murder charge (which has since been recanted) in 1987, and has since been serving a 28-year sentence in San Quinton maximum security prison. His entrepreneurial spirit did not die in prison. In fact, he is probably better known to the public as the man who put up $1.5 million in seed money for a fledgling gangster rap label called Death Row Records. Death Row went on to become one of the most storied and infamous labels in music history. Though Harris was not able to partake in any of the spoils, his wife won a $106 million lawsuit against the label in 2005, sending it into bankruptcy.<br /> <br /> Denzel Washington, of course, is now one of the most popular and respected actors in cinema history. He has made a career of roles that present positive and powerful images of black manhood (his Oscar-winning turn in Training Day being a rare exception to that rule). He met Michael Harris through the limousine company that he owned, which is how he ended up scoring the role in Checkmates. It would not be unreasonable to conclude that Denzel had no idea of Michael’s real occupation at the time, since it surely would not have been in his best interest to advertise his status as a major cocaine dealer.<br /> <br /> Had Michael Harris been allowed to complete his transition into the entertainment business, there is no telling what he could have accomplished. Perhaps there would have been more productions starring Mr. Washington. Alas, the drug game is not known for allowing an easy exodus. Harris likely knew that going in. He has received parole and is currently awaiting release. Meanwhile, Denzel Washington is likely signing on for a role in another blockbuster and making space on his shelf for another award. <br /> <br /> <strong>About the Authors:</strong> <br /> <br /> <strong>Ron Chepesiuk</strong> (<a href="http://www.ronchepesiuk.com">www.ronchepesiuk.com</a>) is award winning freelance investigative journalist, documentary producer and Executive Producer and co-host of the Crime Beat radio show <a href="http://www.artistfirst.com/crimebeat.htm/">www.artistfirst.com/crimebeat.htm/</a>. He is a Fulbright scholar and a consultant to the History Channel's Gangland documentary series. His true crime books include "Drug Lords, Black Gangsters of Chicago, Gangsters of Harlem Gangsters of Miami" and Sergeant Smack: The Lives and Times of Ike Atkinson. Kingpin, and his Band of Brothers.(<a href="http://www.ikeatkinsonkingpin.com">www.ikeatkinsonkingpin.com</a>) <br /> <br /> <strong>Scott Wilson</strong> is a native of Bronx, NY and a former New York State and Westchester County correction officer. He is a freelance journalist who has done work for publications such as Don Diva Magazine and Hip-Hop Weekly. He currently writes for the website Planet Ill (<a href="http://www.planetill.com">www.planetill.com</a>), as well as his own blog Scott’s Introspection Section (<a href="http://www.scottsmindfield.com">www.scottsmindfield.com</a>). He has also been interviewed by Rap Entertainment Television (<a href="http://www.rapentertainment.com">www.rapentertainment.com</a>) for a documentary on former heroin kingpin Leslie “Ike” Atkinson.</p>
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