folk culture was deeply intertwined with religion and other forms of creed, which ensured the extensive popularity of . 3. A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. Bail status: remanded. Being sought by police. You need to be a member of Gangsters Inc. - www.gangstersinc.org to add comments! 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. DEFENDANT ADDENDUM: An indictment is merely an accusation and not proof of a defendants guilt. (He did not mention. Many of the phone calls were allegedly made by or with Kwyme Waddell, aka, K, who is considered the Big Homie, or leader of NLC. 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. Williams, Christian, dob: 7-7-95, East 21st Street, Brooklyn. On the previous evening, a member of GD had been shot and Williams and others took him to the hospital. Remanded. Now we are a citywide unit going after the most violent offenders, he said. The Folk Nation is a nationwide gang active in numerous cities and prisons across the United States. As alleged, on March 14, 2020, Brown was involved in the shooting of a victim for perceived disrespect towards GD. 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. Unapprehended. As alleged, on November 7 and 9, 2020, Agoro, Bailey, Battice, Destine, Fremont, Hepburn, Lima and Thompson engaged in four separate drive-by shootings in Canarsie, Prospect Park South, and Brownsville, during which three victims were wounded. 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. Fremont, Jean, dob: 6-25-91, East 25th Street, Brooklyn. More than a dozen reputed gangbangers eyed in a series of shootings were swept up in a massive takedown in Brooklyn Thursday with police officials calling them as dangerous a group as they come.. The outcome of this investigation is testament to the dedicated investigators of our department and its law enforcement partners.. To be extradited from Florida. The NYPDs gun suppression unit initially focused its cases in Brooklyn, because there was an uptick in shootings, according to Savino. Bhola was shot in the chest following a fight over a girl at a party he had attended. YASSER ASHBURN, a/k/a Indio, Swerve, Supa Swerve 6, and Yassen Ashburn, emailStay Connected 16. Roberts, Corey, dob: 5-22-92, Newkirk Avenue, Brooklyn. Todays verdict is a victory for the residents of the Ebbets Field Houses and the Brooklyn community, stated United States Attorney Lynch. There's already a lot to catch up on. Darren Wilson, 19, of Canarsie, Brooklyn. 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. Ameth Best, 22, of East New York, Brooklyn. The argument continued outside the bar where Brown displayed a gun and fired a shot into the air. Bail set at $25,000/$5,000, Gishanie Gray, 18, of East New York, Brooklyn. On February 9, 2014, it is alleged, defendant Christian Williams shot and injured a rival on a commercial street, an instance of NLC members engaging in a riding out hunting expedition in Canarsie. We remain relentless in our efforts to identify, arrest, and prosecute anyone who involves themselves in violence on our streets, stated NYPD Commissioner Shea. 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 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. Age: 30 Prosecutors also say it was part of the conspiracies for SRK-Folk members to engage in armed attacks against rival gang members, running reconnaissance missions in vehicles and shooting individuals they suspected of being rival gang members, especially in Canarsie, an act commonly referred to by the accused as spinning the Floss. On at least two occasions, these armed hunting expeditions resulted in death, prosecutors say. On December 30, 2015, Rahim Vincent was observed using his phone to access Facebook, while driving, and instead of submitting to a vehicle stop, led officers on a brief high speed chase that ended in a three-car accident. Khaysean Porter, 21, of Brownsville, Brooklyn. Get FBI email alerts Docket Nos. The defendants who were arraigned were ordered to return to court on March 22, 2016. On Thursday, Yasser Ashburn, 33, was sentenced to two terms of life in prison, plus 10 years. Folk. Senior Assistant District Attorney Jane C. Kim of the District Attorneys Crime Strategies Unit, assisted in the investigation under the supervision of Edward J. Carroll, Chief, and the overall supervision of Senior Executive Assistant District Attorney Mark E. Feldman, Crime Strategies and Investigations. 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. During the course of the robbery, James was shot in the back and head. Destine, Fremont, Hepburn, Lawrence, Lima, Thompson and Williams were arrested this morning in Brooklyn and are scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Sanket J. Bulsara. 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. Bail set at $250,000/$100,000. 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. Brooklyn, New York, E.D.N.Y. 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 $150,000/$75,000. Bail status: remanded. Age: 19 To be extradited from NJ. 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. Vincent, Rahim, dob: 2-16-95, 286 East 45th Street, Brooklyn. 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. 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. In one instance, an innocent 15-year-old boy was killed when he was mistaken for a rival gang member. Myrie then took credit for the shooting on Facebook. Agoro and Brown were already in federal custody on prior charges. 13. The gun was recovered by law enforcement and Browns DNA was found on the weapon. Age: 32 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 neighborhood of Brooklyn. I want to thank Commissioner Bratton, District Attorney Ken Thompson and the brave NYPD members who worked tirelessly together to secure these charges and keep our streets safe. It's the FBI's latest success in its campaign against America's violent street gangs. (718) 254-6323, Download Agoro et al. No injuries were reported. As alleged in the indictment and other court filings, the charges relate to seven non-fatal shootings committed in Brooklyn over the course of 2020 in which six individuals were wounded. 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. Dorcean, Kenny, dob: 12-26-91, Rogers Avenue, Brooklyn. Brown then handed the gun to a coconspirator who walked behind the victim and shot the victim in the buttocks at close range. 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. Destine, Fremont, Hepburn, Lawrence, Lima, Thompson and Williams were arrested Tuesday morning in Brooklyn. The Folk Nation gang active in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn operated out of the Marcus Garvey Village and Riverdale Towers housing facilities. 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. . While two of the individuals were taken in critical condition, following a memorial for another gun violence victim at Rose Fantasy restaurant earlier that nigh, shots that were fired at E21st and Albemarle on April 10, also no one was injured, Shots were fired on Tuesday night at Ocean Ave and Woodruff, Palumbo acknowledged, but no one was injured. 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. Three people were hurt in the drive-bys, prosectors said. 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. The litany of crimes we allege in this case is demonstrative of the fear and frustration facing far too many New York City communities. 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 . They are rivals of the People Nation. Two gang takedowns over the past two days demonstrates our commitment to pursue the violent criminals who choose to terrorize our communities, stated FBI Acting Assistant Director-in-Charge Maguire. 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. 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. Shaquille Benjamin, 19, of East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Over the course of the conspiracy, which ran from July 21, 2016 to June 27, 2019, the defendants variously 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. Remanded. Bail status: remanded. 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. Bail status: remanded. Immediately after the shooting, Lawrence sent an encrypted message to Brown using the Telegram encrypted application stating that he had just boomed at the intended target. Bailey and Battice were arrested this morning in Atlanta, Georgia, and are scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Catherine M. Salinas at the federal courthouse in Atlanta. 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 Every day, they wake up to benefit the gang, Chief of Detectives James Essig told the officers from the NYPDs Gun Violence Suppression Division as they assembled in Brooklyn around 4 a.m. before the takedown. 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. 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. The subset's "Chief of Security," Lorenzo Bailey and "Assistant Chief of Security," Deryck Thompson, were also arrested Tuesday, according to the indictment. 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. 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. "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. As alleged, on November 7 and 9, 2020, Agoro, Bailey, Battice, Destine, Fremont, Hepburn, Lima and Thompson engaged in four separate drive-by shootings in Canarsie, Prospect Park South, and Brownsville, during which three victims were wounded. Furthermore, it is alleged, it was part of the conspiracies for SRK-Folk members to engage in armed attacks against rival gang members, running reconnaissance missions in vehicles, and shooting individuals they suspected of being rival gang members, especially in Canarsie, an act commonly referred to by the defendants as spinning the Floss. On at least two occasions, these armed hunting expeditions resulted in death. Giving Back to the Community through a variety of venues & initiatives. Bail set at $200,000/$100,000. 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. The Federal Bureau of Investigation website in 2014 stated that there were some 33,000 gangs in the United States which they classified as street gangs, motorcycle gangs or prison gangs. After the gun battle, a black Cadillac was seen fleeing at a high rate of speed through Carroll Gardens. 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. Contents 1 Formation 2 Symbols 3 Active Gangs 4 References Formation [ edit] An indictment is merely an accusation and not proof of a defendants guilt. 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