Age: 22 "As the indictment makes clear, violent street gangs like the Folk Nation Gangster Disciples can commit a shocking amount of violence and inflict a tremendous amount of harm, which endangers. Members of the "No Love City" chapter of the Folk Nation street gang were charged with multiple offenses, including conspiracy to commit murder, in a 76-count indictment unsealed Wednesday,. The targets, who were on a residential street in Canarsie, attempted to flee in reverse. The litany of crimes we allege in this case is demonstrative of the fear and frustration facing far too many New York City communities. In the first two robberies, Merritt and others robbed two residents of the Ebbets Field Houses of their cell phones. The 20-count indictment charged 11 members of the "Folk Nation Gangster Disciplines" for a spree of shootings aimed at rivals that spanned March to November of 2020, the peak of an ongoing shooting surge that has gripped the city throughout the coronavirus pandemic. According to charges, in the early hours of Sept. 7, 2015, Elianor allegedly attended the J'ouvert culture festival with other Folk Nation gang members and members of Hood Starz, who was allied. . The NYPD Firearms Analysis Section subsequently determined that it was the same gun that Laurent had used to murder Duncan. It's the FBI's latest success in its campaign against America's violent street gangs. Ashburn then returned to the apartment and shot Robinson at point blank range in the back, killing him. 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. In order to fund its illegal activities, the defendant and other members of the gang committed violent robberies of . Zidon Clarke, 20, of Flatbush, Brooklyn. 3. 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Crime & Safety Leader Of Brooklyn 'Folk Nation' Gang Behind Flatbush Shooting: Feds Kwyme Waddell bragged about firing 11 shots into a crowd in Flatbush earlier this year, according to prosecutors. 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. Darren Wilson, 19, of Canarsie, Brooklyn. No Thanks On July 13, 2015, defendant Corey Roberts entered a courtyard at 866 Coney Island Avenue filled with people, including children playing on scooters, and opened fire, striking two innocent bystanders and narrowly missing two others. (He did not mention. 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. As alleged, on July 24, 2020, Michael Williams was involved in the shooting of two individuals in Prospect Park South. Bail status: remanded. Bail status: remanded. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Keemari Porter, 19, of East New York, Brooklyn. NYPD Wilson also has two court dates next month, April 14 and 20, on a pair of armed robberies in Queens from 2020. The most recent takedown includes top leaders from a subset of the Folk Nation gang known as "No Love City," including Hans "YL Flocks" Destine and Jean "Juno" Fremont, who were part of a five-member "Steering Committee" that ran the No Love City sect, prosecutors said. 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. Giving Back to the Community through a variety of venues & initiatives. Two weapons were discarded en route: a Glock 26 9mm had Moises DNA and matched shell casings at DUMBO and in the car; a Smith & Wesson 9mm matched Moises fingerprint on the magazine. Dorcean, Kenny, dob: 12-26-91, Rogers Avenue, Brooklyn. 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. Hutchinson, Deleon, dob: 11-10-95, Hook Creek Boulevard, Valley Stream, N.Y. 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. Vincent and his passenger fled, leaving behind a pistol with a 30-round clip, containing 19 bullets, under the passenger seat. The violent attacks on their Canarsie rivals escalated further following the October 14, 2015, murder of NLC member Richard James, aka, Money Bags. James was shot to death outside the Comedy Store on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California. Subscribe As alleged, on March 14, 2020, Brown was involved in the shooting of a victim for perceived disrespect towards GD. Brooklyn, New York, QUINCY BATTICE (also known as Hush Dinero and George Ayala) Abu Gaye, Bobby Thomas, Jaden Occean and Krisalya Blount were busted Thursday and six have not yet been arrested. As alleged, on March 14, 2020, Brown was involved in the shooting of a victim for perceived disrespect towards GD. (See defendant addendum). The Post also witnessed the arrest of Bobby Thomas, 20. Inspector Jason Savino, commanding officer of the Gun Violence Suppression Division, said the busted gangbangers, who range in age from 16 to 21, were as dangerous a group as they come., They have been involved in 37 gun-related offenses, and they have no qualms about pulling a trigger, Savino said. 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 . Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, together with New York City Police Commissioner James P. O'Neill, today announced that 21 alleged members of two subsets of the violent Folk Nation. The suspects, all men ages 18 to 27, are members of a subset of the Folk Nation gang called No Love City, based in Flatbush, Brooklyn, the Brooklyn district attorney, Ken Thompson, said at. DEFENDANT ADDENDUM: Bail set at $100,000/$50,000. Fyffe, Oshane, dob: 11-4-96, East 21st Street, Brooklyn. 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, NYPD Commissioner James ONeill said in a statement. Folk. 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. In one instance, an innocent 15-year-old boy was killed when he was mistaken for a rival gang member, Gonzalez said in a statement. The residents of the Ebbets Field Houses should not be plagued by this type of violent criminal behavior. Furthermore, the defendants also allegedly directed their acts of violence toward rival gang members living in and around Canarsie, Brooklyn, including members of the Crips subsets 100 Cloccs and GS9, as well as HQ Monopoly and the 1090s, in retaliation for the murder of NLC member Malik Bhola, 17, aka, Reckless, on January 1, 2014, in Bushwick. 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.. 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! Travis Laroc, 17, of East Flatbush, Brooklyn. 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. An official website of the United States government. // ]]>, Report an Issue | Clair Bailey)Age: 32, QUINCY BATTICE (also known as Hush Dinero and George Ayala)Age: 32, DAVON BROWN (also known as Chico Dinero)Age: 27, HANS DESTINE (also known as YL Flocks)Age: 30, JEAN FREMONT (also known as Juno and Bigga Twirl)Age: 30, RICARDO HEPBURN (also known as Riko Floxks)Age: 19, TRISTON LAWRENCE (also known as Birdy Flock)Age: 27, DERYCK THOMPSON (also known as Benzo, DBenzo and Kenzie)Age: 22, MICHAEL WILLIAMS (also known as Mikey Floxks and Mikey Gzz)Age: 19. 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 Attorneys Violent Criminal Enterprises Bureau and the NYPDs Gun Violence Suppression Division. He was convicted in Brooklyn Federal Court for the shooting Courtney Robinson to death at a party in 2008. (Jesse Ward/for New York Daily News) Members of a gun-toting Brooklyn gang have been indicted on a slew of weapons, robbery and homicide charges. Dandre Stanford, 20, of Cambria Heights, Queens. The governments case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Darren LaVerne, M. Kristin Mace, and Margaret Lee. On April 17, 2015, defendant Oshane Fyffe shot and injured a rival gang member on Bedford Avenue, in Flatbush. The thugs allegedly boasted about the crimes on social media and some of the defendants were caught on Rikers Island phone calls discussing violent acts and the possibility of being indicted, the Brooklyn DAs Office said. Julien, Marvin, dob:12-12-92, Rogers Avenue, Brooklyn. The charges relate to seven non-fatal shootings committed in Brooklyn over the course of 2020 in which six individuals were wounded. Here's a list of all 11 members who were charged, all of whom are from Brooklyn: OLUWAGBENGA AGORO (also known as "Gee Banga") Age: 21 LORENZO BAILEY (also known as "Renzo" and "St. Clair. 16. OLUWAGBENGA AGORO (also known as Gee Banga) Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Walter Porter, 41, of Elizabeth, New Jersey. On November 9, 2020, Agoro, Destine, Hepburn and Thompson drove to Prospect Park South, where they shot at a group of individuals but did not hit anyone. As alleged in the indictment, the defendants are members and associates of the Folk Nation Gangster Disciples, also known as GD. Bailey, Destine, Fremont, and Thompson are leaders of the No Love City (NLC) subset of GD, with Destine and Fremont serving on NLCs five-member Steering Committee its top leadership. Bailey and Battice were arrested Tuesday morning in Atlanta, Georgia. To be arraigned on July 15, 2019. 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. Clair Bailey) The recently released Brooklyn Bus Network Redesign will hurt more than it will help, argues Allan Rosen, a former director of MTA NYCT Bus Planning, because it is based on erroneous assumptions and is not as comprehensive as it needs to be. 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. Hayes, Tyreek, dob: 1-4-89, Christopher Avenue, Brooklyn. (See defendant addendum). 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. A second person was shot and injured in that incident, which occurred on East 55. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. 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. Bail status: remanded. On Thursday, Yasser Ashburn, 33, was sentenced to two terms of life in prison, plus 10 years. A two-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Davon Brown and Christian Williams, members of the violent street gang Folk Nation Gangster Disciples, with being felons in possession of a firearm in connection with their involvement in a March 14, 2020 shooting that wounded a man. Agoro and Brown were already in federal custody on prior charges and will be arraigned at a later date. Three people were hurt in the drive-bys, prosectors said. But Don't Get Too Excited Yet, NYC Restaurant Week 2023 Begins: What to Know, Plus 2 for 1 Broadway Tickets, 21 alleged members subsets of violent street gang charged in connection with multiple shootings throughout Brooklyn, prosecutors say, 21 alleged members of subsets of the Folk Nation street gang were charged with murder, other charges in 65-count indictment, prosecutors say, The accused face various penalties, depending on their age and the charges, ranging from probation to 25 years to life in prison. 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. Age: 19 For more news check out the Gangsters Inc. News feed. The 21 alleged members of subsets of the Folk Nation street gang have been variously charged with murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder robbery, weapons possession and other charges in a 65-count indictment, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Tuesday. The officers entered Laurents room and recovered a 9-millimeter Smith and Wesson handgun hidden in a slit in the box-spring of Laurents bed. Commanding Officer Deputy Inspector James Palumbo had this to report: The next 70 Community meeting is on May 30th at Touro College on Avenue J at 7:00pm (right next to Avenue J subway stop). He was caught on ATM cameras in August. 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. Brooklyn, New York, JEAN FREMONT (also known as Juno and Bigga Twirl) On February 5, 2017, it is alleged, defendant Khaysean Porter, 21, acting in concert with Travis Laroc, Tahir Thomas and others, shot and killed Darren Harrison, 22, an alleged rival and injured a second alleged rival in the vicinity of East 84, On February 20, 2017, it is alleged, defendant Zidon Clarke acting in concert with others, shot and killed Rohan Levy, an innocent 15-year-old, who he mistakenly believed was a rival. 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. Age: 21 As alleged, on July 24, 2020, Michael Williams was involved in the shooting of two individuals in Prospect Park South. The gun was recovered by law enforcement and Browns DNA was found on the weapon. 70th Precinct community policing officers will be hosting their district meetings as follows, all meeting are at 7:00PM: Sign in or become a Bklyner member to join the conversation. Bail status: remanded. 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. Adams to meet nation's mayors amid NYC migrant influx 1 hour ago. Brooklyn, New York LORENZO BAILEY (also known as "Renzo" and "St. Clair Bailey") Age: 32 Brooklyn, New York QUINCY BATTICE (also known as "Hush Dinero" and "George Ayala") Age: 32 Brooklyn, New York DAVON BROWN (also known as "Chico Dinero") Age: 27 Brooklyn, New York HANS DESTINE (also known as "YL Flocks") Age: 30 Brooklyn, New York Bhola was shot in the chest following a fight over a girl at a party he had attended. Moise, Javanni, dob: 3-24-94, East 25th Street, Brooklyn. As the indictment makes clear, violent street gangs like the Folk Nation Gangster Disciples can commit a shocking amount of violence and inflict a tremendous amount of harm, which endangers entire communities if left unchecked, stated Acting United States Attorney Kasulis. Bail status: remanded. The Folks Nation was formed on November 11, 1978, within the confines of the Stateville Correctional Center. Myrie, Jerome, dob: unknown, East 104th Street, Brooklyn. The Folks Nation is an alliance of street gangs originating in Chicago, established in 1978. Ameth Best, 22, of East New York, Brooklyn. 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. To be arraigned on July 16, 2019. 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. This Office and its federal, state and local law enforcement partners will spare no effort in targeting and prosecuting violent individuals and street gangs that intentionally wreak havoc in our communities by possessing and wantonly discharging loaded weapons with no regard for human life. Brooklyn, New York, DERYCK THOMPSON (also known as Benzo, DBenzo and Kenzie) 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. Soon after its formation, the People Nation was formed to counter the Folks alliance. //

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