A Brooklyn gangbanger was hit with 20 years behind bars for the stray-bullet killing of a 15-year-old boy, half the amount of time the teen's distraught family hoped he'd get. Simonise, Dave, dob: 12-25-95, East 84th Street, Brooklyn. Folks Nation symbols include the Star of David, horns, a die with 6 dots facing forward, the digit 6, a devil's tail, a pitchfork, a heart with horns, a heart with wings, the digit 3, three dots, a symbol called Third World or Saturn (digit 3 within a circle with a horizontal curved line through it), the digit 2 (used by the Insane Deuce Nation), the digit 4 (used by Insane Two-Two Nation and the Almighty Harrison Gent Nation), the digit 7 (used by the Almighty Imperial Gangster Nation), the digit 8 (used by the Insane Ashland Viking Nation), the number 13 (used by the Milwaukee King Nation), the Playboy bunny (used by all Gangster Familia nations excluding the Gangster Disciple Nation), a cane (used by the Almighty Stoned Freak Nation, Almighty Vice Lord Nation, Almighty Harrison Gent Nation and the Latin Jiver Nation), a top hat (used by the Almighty Harrison Gent Nation and the Latin Jiver Nation), a crown with seven rounded steps (used by Almighty Imperial Gangster Nation, sometimes the Gangster Disciple Nation), a six point crown (represents entire Folks Nation though modern use is typically by the Insane Gangster Satan Disciple Nation), various cross variants, and the number 360, "360" or phrase "360 degrees", usually used to refer to their international presence (360 degrees around the globe) though it has other meanings within Folks literature. We've received your submission. Street gangs in Brooklyn should be on notice that we will use every resource available to rid our communities of this needless violence. Ms. Kasulis expressed her grateful appreciation to the FBI/NYPD Metro Safe Streets Task Force, the NYPDs Gun Violence Suppression Division, and the Kings County District Attorneys Office for their outstanding work and assistance in this investigation and prosecution. On January 28, 2011, Merritt, Laurent, and another man attempted to rob Dasta James at his residence on McKeever Place in Brooklyn. Teen Gunman Convicted of Murder for Shooting Innocent Man On Crowded Bus in Bedford-Stuyvesant During Rush Hour, Fake Lawyer Who Falsely Claimed Brooklyn Bar Association as his Office Pleads Guilty in Connection with Offering Bogus Immigration Services for a Fee. Yesterday, following a three-week trial, the defendants Yasser Ashburn, Jamal Laurent, and Trevelle Merritt were found guilty by a jury in Brooklyn federal court of racketeering and racketeering conspiracy, including as racketeering acts the murders of Courtney Robinson, Brent Duncan, and Dasta James, and related crimes. No Thanks The Six Tre set of the Folk Nation operated out of the Ebbets Field Houses in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn for years. Arrests are the Result of a Joint Federal-State Effort to Dismantle Violent Gangs, John Marzulli
Folks gangs also disrespect People Nation gangs by inverting or "cracking" (adding crack marks to or removing half of a gang symbol) their symbols. Video . Over the course of the conspiracy, which ran from July 21, 2016 to June 27, 2019, the accused allegedly agreed to commit crimes, including murder, assault, weapons possession and various other crimes to establish and maintain their dominance, according to the indictment, and feuded with rival gangs from East Flatbush and Flatbush, as well as Canarsie, particularly subsets of the violent Bloods and Crips street gangs. These indictments are part of a coordinated effort to dismantle the Brooklyn sets of GD and their leadership by federal and state authorities, the press release reads. Bail set at $150,000/$75,000. Hutchinson, Deleon, dob: 11-10-95, Hook Creek Boulevard, Valley Stream, N.Y. The arrests, the second gang bust in Brooklyn this week, are part of a city, state and federal mission to dismantle gangs behind the violence, according to law enforcement. . 11. For almost a decade, the defendant Yasser Ashburn led a Folk Nation set of 20 to 25 members that operated in the Ebbets Field Houses, a New York City public housing community in the Crown Heights . Bail status: remanded. Charges against members of No Love City, a subset of the violent Folk Nation street gang, include conspiracy to commit murder, weapons possession and multiple shootings throughout Brooklyn . During the escalating violence, it is alleged, NLC members frequently discussed their intentions and efforts to engage in additional attacks and took credit for past attacks using social media. Ameth Best, 22, of East New York, Brooklyn. We will continue to work together in partnership and use every law enforcement resource available to us to help drive down gun and gang violence, stated KCDA Gonzalez. Twenty-one alleged members of two subsets of a violent street gang have been charged in connection with a reign of terror that included multiple shootings throughout Brooklyn that left two men dead and four other injured, prosecutors say. Among the acts of violence charged in the indictment are the following: The investigation was conducted by New York City Police Department Detective Kevin Muirhead, under the supervision of Sergeant Edward Deighan and Lieutenant Richard Zacarese of the Gun Violence Suppression Division. Bail status: remanded. Destine, Fremont, Hepburn, Lawrence, Lima, Thompson and Williams were arrested Tuesday morning in Brooklyn. [2] Larry Hoover, the chairman of the Gangster Disciple Nation, created the idea for the alliance and persuaded many leaders of large black, white, and Latino gangs from Chicago to join. On Thursday, Yasser Ashburn, 33, was sentenced to two terms of life in prison, plus 10 years. Bail status: remanded. Bail status: remanded. They are rivals of the People Nation . Age: 21 The governments case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Darren LaVerne, M. Kristin Mace, and Margaret Lee. To be extradited from Florida. An individual with the victim threw a drink inside the Gold Room Restaurant and Lounge in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, splashing a person standing with Brown. The District Attorney said that, according to the investigation, following the murder of Bhola, members of NLC, including some of the defendants, would go riding out in Canarsie, by which they meant going on hunting expeditions in vehicles and shooting individuals they suspected of being 100 Cloccs or HQ Monopoly, or merely being from the Flossy.. Thomas, Occean, Blount and Gaye each pleaded not guilty in Brooklyn Supreme Court Thursday afternoon. On October 18, 2015, following the shooting death of Richard James in California defendants Javanni Moise, Jean Fremont, Jarmel Blake and others drove down to the DUMBO section of Brooklyn and engaged in a gun battle with rival gang members. Omar Peters, 24, of Flatlands, Brooklyn. Commanding Officer Deputy Inspector James Palumbo, an alleged shoplifter was detained by store employees, suffered a heart attack and died. To be arraigned on July 16, 2019. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 13. Gaye, who was wanted in a couple of shootings, was hauled out of his building in handcuffs, wearing a white shirt, maroon shorts and sneakers. Fyffe, Oshane, dob: 11-4-96, East 21st Street, Brooklyn. Eleven members and associates of the Folk Nation Gangster Disciples were hit with a 20-count superseding indictment on Tuesday in federal court in Brooklyn. Bail set at $100,000/$50,000. Myrie, Jerome, dob: unknown, East 104th Street, Brooklyn. An individual with the victim threw a drink inside the Gold Room Restaurant and Lounge in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, splashing a person standing with Brown. FBI.gov is an official site of the U.S. Department of Justice. Being sought by police. He was caught on ATM cameras in August. The shooting, which injured two victims, was revenge for a Folk Nation member who had been shot the night before, prosecutors said. In the first two robberies, Merritt and others robbed two residents of the Ebbets Field Houses of their cell phones. On May 30, 2014, defendant Kenny Dorcean exchanged gunfire with a rival gang member in Flatbush, then a few minutes later Dorcean opened fire again, striking 60-year-old Deleta Crawford, who was grocery shopping on Flatbush Avenue. The Folk Nation gang active in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn operated out of the Marcus Garvey Village and Riverdale Towers housing facilities. Todays verdict is a victory for the residents of the Ebbets Field Houses and the Brooklyn community, stated United States Attorney Lynch. On May 26, 2014, after Jerome Myrie allegedly discussed a plan to shoot up a party in Canarsie on Facebook, three individuals were shot and received non-fatal injuries while in the vicinity of a barbecue in Canarsie on Memorial Day. Wednesday, February 3, 2016 Eighteen Alleged Members of Violent Folk Nation Street Gang Indicted for Terrorizing and Shooting Up the Streets of Brooklyn During Hunting Expeditions Defendants Allegedly Plotted to Shoot and Murder Rivals in Canarsie, Flatbush and DUMBO, Killing one rival, paralyzing an innocent woman and shooting many others; Bailey and Battice were arrested Tuesday morning in Atlanta, Georgia. The victim was struck in the leg, prosecutors said. 10. 2. It is alleged that during the conspiracy charged in the indictment, which is from September 27, 2013 until January 25, 2016, to further the criminal activities of the gang, NLC members committed various other crimes including selling prison contraband and robberies. Zidon Clarke, 20, of Flatbush, Brooklyn. The investigation was conducted for the KCDA by the Violent Criminal Enterprises Bureau led by First Deputy Bureau Chief Jonathan R. Sennett, Senior Assistant District Attorney Giannina Berrocal, Senior Assistant District Attorney Viviane Dussek, Senior Assistant District Attorney Krysten Tendy, and Assistant District Attorney James Buchanan, with assistance from Senior Assistant District Attorney Thomas Teplitsky, under the supervision of VCE Bureau Chief Al DeIngeniis, and the overall supervision of Executive Assistant District Attorney for VCE and Crime Strategies Raymond Tierney. Before he was shot he sent out a call for help noting that there were opps in the area, referring to opposition members of gangs from Canarsie, also known as the Flossy in gang parlance. Prior to the shooting, the intended target of the shooting had been walking through a part of Prospect Lefferts Gardens known as GD territory while broadcasting himself on Instagram Live mocking GD. An indictment is merely an accusation and not proof of a defendants guilt. Unapprehended. 9. The shooting stemming from a thrown drink and rival gang signs left a rival Crips member needing surgery after he was shot in the butt by Folk Nation members, officials said. Age: 27 On May 24, 2014, defendant Jerome Myrie fired from his vehicle at two individuals in another car whom he believed were rival gang members. Alfaro-Barber, Paolo, dob: 7-28-91, Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn. Investigators built their case against the 11 Folk Nation members by connecting surveillance photos from the shootings to photos members posted on social media in the same outfits and texts they sent to one another bragging about the hits, court records show. 17. Abu Gaye, Bobby Thomas, Jaden Occean and Krisalya Blount were busted Thursday and six have not yet been arrested. This indictment makes clear that we will not cede our streets to armed criminals but will do everything in our power to keep our streets safe for all., Commissioner Bratton said, These defendants are not just crew members but part of a criminal enterprise that has been responsible for a significant amount of the violence which has plagued the Flatbush and Canarsie sections of Brooklyn over the last two years. Khaysean Porter, 21, of Brownsville, Brooklyn. On February 24, 2017, Walter Porter and his sons, Khaysean Porter and Keemari Porter, were in a vehicle that was stopped by police in the vicinity of Pennsylvania Avenue, in East New York. She described Blount, 16, as a girlfriend of a jailed gang member accusing her of luring a rival member to a location where he would be shot. Occean, 18, meanwhile, serving as the alleged gunman in three of the shootings charged in the indictment. Brooklyn, New York, E.D.N.Y. Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Another defendant is awaiting extradition from New Jersey and two others are being sought. We believe these kinds of cases are a reason why Brooklyn is the only borough where shootings are down this year., Commissioner ONeill said, This group posed a significant threat to the members of our community and were known to be involved in serious criminal activity including attempted murder, illegal guns and robberies. Brooklyn, New York, DERYCK THOMPSON (also known as Benzo, DBenzo and Kenzie) District Attorney Gonzalez said, These defendants allegedly terrorized the streets of Brooklyn by opening fire on perceived rivals and recklessly firing their guns including in broad daylight endangering innocent bystanders. As part of the federal-state initiative, the United States Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of New York and the KCDA have brought multiple prosecutions against members and associates of GD. Walter Porter, 41, of Elizabeth, New Jersey. Bail set at $250,000/$100,000. Bail set at $150,000/$75,000. Laurent subsequently told a friend that he shot Duncan because Duncan was a member of the rival Crips gang, although no evidence established that Duncan actually belonged to that gang. Fraser, Jaquan, dob: 10-23-97, Sheffield Avenue, Brooklyn. The suspects were involved in shootings against rival gangs, including Folk Nation and 8 Trey, and nabbed as part of a long-term probe by the Brooklyn District Attorney's Violent Criminal. Assistant United States Attorneys Jonathan Siegel and Kayla C. Bensing along with Special Assistant United States Attorneys Gillian DiPietro and James Slattery are in charge of the prosecution. Bail status: remanded. 1. As alleged, on March 14, 2020, Brown was involved in the shooting of a victim for perceived disrespect towards GD. Smart Composting Bins Appear in Prospect Heights, Delighting Neighbors, Ebbets Field Fire In PLG Injures Three: FDNY, Eastern Parkway Subway Line Goes Back To 2006 With Clock Outage: MTA, Berkeley College Honors Program Information Session, Try a FREE Dance class - Ballet, Tap, Jazz ages 3-10, Berkeley College Master of Business Administration Information Session, Behind The Scoreboard Determination Brings Success To Local Powerlifter, Disabled Veteran: George Santos Took $3K From Dying Dog's GoFundMe, NYC Expands Free Abortion Pills To City Health Clinics, Prospect Heights-Crown Heights Area Real Estate Roundup. A Post reporter and photographer were on hand as authorities arrested Gaye, 19, at his home on Eastern Parkway near Pacific Street in Ocean Hill. Soon after its formation, the People Nation was formed to counter the Folks alliance. Williams, Christian, dob: 7-7-95, East 21st Street, Brooklyn. Age: 19 12. Bailey, Battice, Fremont, and Agoro are all members or associates of the Flatbush-based Folk Nation Gangster Disciples, also known as "GD." Bailey and Fremont are also leaders of the No Love City (NLC) subset of GD, with Fremont serving on NLC's five-member "Steering Committee," and Bailey serving as the set's "Chief of Security." The Department of Justice believes that it is important to keep victims/witnesses of federal crime informed of court proceedings and what services may be available to assist you. Among the charged with violent crimes in-aid-of racketeering including attempted murder and related firearms offenses are: Oluwagbenga Agoro (21), Lorenzo Bailey (32), Quincy Battice (32), Davon Brown (27), Hans Destine (30), Jean Fremont (30), Ricardo Hepburn (19), McKoy Lima (26), Triston Lawrence (27), Deryck Thompson (22) and Michael Williams (19). Rean Awong, 22, of Flatbush, Brooklyn. After leaving the hospital, Williams and other members of GD retaliated against the Crips gang by driving to an area of Brooklyn they believed to be Crip territory where Williams and another gunman opened fire into a crowd of people, wounding two victims in the knee and chest. Kwyme Waddell, 30, the leader of murderous "No Love City" offshoot of the Chicago-based Folk Nation gang, is back behind bars, indicted Tuesday on federal felon-with-a-firearm charges. From approximately 2007 until their arrests in 2011 and 2012, the defendants were responsible for numerous acts of gang-related violence, including homicides, non-fatal shootings, and robberies in and around Crown Heights and Flatbush, and elsewhere in the tri-state area. This case is being prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state, and local Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program, the centerpiece of the Department of Justices violent crime reduction efforts. Zidon Clarke, 23 . All of the defendants are charged with second-degree conspiracy for which they face up to 25 years. Brooklyn, New York, McKOY LIMA (also known as Mak) It was abandoned by Prospect Park and found to have multiple bullet holes, as well as Fremonts fingerprints and Moises blood. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, together with New York City Police Commissioner James P. ONeill, today announced that 21 alleged members of two subsets of the violent Folk Nation street gang have been variously charged in a 65-count indictment with murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, robbery, weapons possession and other charges in connection with multiple shootings throughout Brooklyn that left two young men dead and four others injured.Visit http://www.brooklynda.org/2019/07/09/twenty-one-alleged-members-of-violent-folk-nation-street-gang-indicted-in-connection-with-conspiracy-to-possess-weapons-commit-murder-of-rivals/ to learn more. Everyone has a right to live in a society that is free from violence, and today we are one step closer to restoring a sense of security for the residents of this community, stated FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Rodriguez. Note: audio/visual materials that were displayed in the press conference are availablehere. Prosecutors say that, according to the indictment, the accused, whose ages range from 17 to 41 years old, and include a father and his two sons, are members of subsets of the violent Folk Nation street gang known as Super Rich Kids, a.k.a., Street Rich Kartel (SRK-Folk) and Newkirk (Newkirk-Folk) and operate primarily in and around East Flatbush and Flatbush. Brown switched to the Folk Nation gang while in prison, prosecutors said. Age: 30 Tahir Thomas, 18, of Canarsie, Brooklyn. Some of the suspects, also associates of the Bergen Fam gang, were arrested in pre-dawn raids two of which were witnessed by The Post in Brooklyn. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Thanks for contacting us. Bail set at $250,000/$100,000. Subscribe PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Share on Twitter Twitter All rights reserved, Tractor Trailer Falls Off Overpass Onto West I-287 Lanes Below in Westchester County; 1 Dead, Scooter-Riding Robbers Targeting Seniors in Manhattan Sought: NYPD, JetBlue Flight Bumps Plane at JFK, 2nd Unusual Incident in Days, Finally, There's Snow In the Forecast! Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. I commend the investigators and prosecutors who developed a substantial case against this group., Mayor de Blasio said, The Gun Violence Suppression Division is using state-of-the-art policing to successfully investigate, arrest and prosecute violent criminals who attempt to wreak havoc on our citys streets. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime. The outcome of this investigation is testament to the dedicated investigators of our department and its law enforcement partners.. On July 15, 2015, defendant Oshane Fyffe shot and killed an individual, Adetunji Ajakaye, believed to be a rival gang member from Rugby Road a day after defendants Fremont and Dorcean were overheard discussing a growing dispute with the gang on Rugby Road and declaring that Oshane must take care of that. The defendants were members of, and committed crimes with, a violent set of the Folk Nation street gang. The governments evidence at trial established that on April 20, 2008, a fight erupted at a birthday party held in an apartment at the Ebbets Field Houses. Gonzalez said that 19 of the accused were arraigned last week on the multi-dozens-count indictment in which they were charged with second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder, first-, second-, third- and fourth-degree conspiracy, second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, second-degree criminal use of a weapon, first-degree reckless endangerment and related charges. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Jonathan R. Sennett, Deputy Chief of the District Attorneys Violent Criminal Enterprises Bureau, under the supervision of Assistant District Attorney Nicole Chavis, Bureau Chief, and the overall supervision of Executive Assistant District Attorney William E. Schaeffer, Chief of the District Attorneys Investigations Division and Patricia McNeill, Deputy Chief. 15. A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. These indictments are part of a coordinated effort to dismantle the Brooklyn sets of GD and their leadership by federal and state authorities, including the United States Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of New York, the KCDA, the Joint FBI-NYPD Safe Streets Task Force, and the NYPDs Gun Violence Suppression Division. They wake up in the morning and think about who they are going to shoot today.. Ashburn then returned to the apartment and shot Robinson at point blank range in the back, killing him. (See defendant addendum). The defendants then drove back to Thompsons residence, before setting out again for a second shooting in Canarsie, during which two individuals were wounded in their legs. During a three-week period in January 2011, the defendant Trevelle Merritt and fellow gang members participated in a robbery spree that culminated in murder. Assistant District Attorney Lisa Berk, formerly of the District Attorneys Violent Criminal Enterprises Bureau, also assisted in the investigation. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. The months-long gang war begins with a March shooting outside Gold Room restaurant that two Folk Nation members were charged in last summer, according to prosecutors. Bail status: remanded. The residents of the Ebbets Field Houses should not be plagued by this type of violent criminal behavior. Bhola was shot in the chest following a fight over a girl at a party he had attended. [3], A 1995 report from the Florida Department of Corrections' Security Threat Intelligence Unit listed Folk Nation's major sets as follows:[3], "FBI - Publications - Law Enforcement Bulletin - December 2001", People and Folk Nation Sets (continued) - Gang and Security Threat Group Awareness, List of Chicago criminal organizations and crime bosses, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Folk_Nation&oldid=1128704163, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using infobox criminal organization with ethnicity or ethnic makeup parameters, Pages using infobox criminal organization with rivals parameter, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Drug trafficking, burglary, extortion, homicide, This page was last edited on 21 December 2022, at 14:43. Folk. Bail status: remanded. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, together with New York City Police Commissioner James P. ONeill, today announced that 21 alleged members of two subsets of the violent Folk Nation street gang have been variously charged in a 65-count indictment with murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, robbery, weapons possession and other charges in connection with multiple shootings throughout Brooklyn that left two young men dead and four others injured. Age: 30 Jacquelyn M. Kasulis, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Jacqueline Maguire, Acting Assistant Director-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office (FBI), Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Kings County District Attorneys Office (KCDA), and Dermot F. Shea, Commissioner, New York City Police Department (NYPD), announced the arrests and charges. Three people were hurt in the drive-bys, prosectors said. 14. Additionally, during the execution of search warrants this morning, investigators recovered three firearms at Destines residence, one firearm at Lawrences residence, one from Thompsons residence and one from Baileys residence in Georgia. Many of the shootings were also caught on surveillance video, including on July 26, 2020 when three of the charged Amath Kebe, Malik Harry and Kymani Salkey allegedly opened fire on a member of the rival Structure gang. As alleged, on July 24, 2020, Michael Williams was involved in the shooting of two individuals in Prospect Park South. Then, in August, a Folk Nation member shot at a Crips member who had been broadcasting himself on Instagram Live walking through Folk Nation territory in Prospect Lefferts Gardens mocking the gang, prosecutors said. The outcome of this investigation is testament to the dedicated investigators of our department and its law enforcement partners.. Authorities say New York City's "Folk Nation" gang operates out of the Ebbetts Field Houses in Brooklyn (above) (CBS/AP) NEW YORK - Authorities are searching for one of the reputed leaders of the . Email Email. Standing six feet tall . Julien, Marvin, dob:12-12-92, Rogers Avenue, Brooklyn. They were charged with seven non-fatal shootings that happened in Brooklyn over the course of 2020 in which six individuals were wounded. The governments case is being handled by the Offices Organized Crime and Gangs Section. A lock () or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. On the previous evening, a member of GD had been shot and Williams and others took him to the hospital. 16. Barrington Songue, 26, of Flatlands, Brooklyn. The Folks Nation was formed on November 11, 1978, within the confines of the Stateville Correctional Center. Eastern District of New York (718) 254-7000 A superseding indictment was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn this morning charging seven members, associates, and leaders of the violent. Age: 22 Brown then handed the gun to a coconspirator who walked behind the victim and shot the victim in the buttocks at close range. The final incidents in the indictment are part of a shooting spree in November, when Folk Nation members carried out four drive-by shootings in a matter of days. It's the FBI's latest success in its campaign against America's violent street gangs. The Six Tre set of the Folk Nation operated out of the Ebbets Field Houses in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn for years. Police recovered dismantled pieces of two separate pistols inside the vehicle, a .40 caliber pistol and a .38 caliber pistol that were used in the four shootings detailed above. A few months later, another shooting aimed at the Crips unfolded in Prospect Park South, when Folk Nation members opened fire into a crowd of people on July 24 in what they believed to be Crip territory. Unapprehended. Raquan Wilson is an alleged member of the Folk Nation gang. Fourteen alleged members of the Babiiez street gang a Flatbush-based subset of the Insane Crip Gangstas face charges in an 81-count indictment including conspiracy to commit murder and weapons possession. When sentenced, on July 10, 2015, the defendants Yasser Ashburn and Jamal Laurent face mandatory life imprisonment, and the defendant Trevelle Merritt faces ten years to life. Bail status: remanded. An argument ensued, and the victim, a Crips gang member, flashed a gang sign known as dropping the rake a gesture intended to be insulting to GD. 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