Prosecutors said the Babiiez and Insane Crip Gangsta territory spans the Flatbush area, specifically East 21st Street with buildings on that block referred to as The Castle and serving as the gang members hub. After the gun battle, a black Cadillac was seen fleeing at a high rate of speed through Carroll Gardens. Hayes, Shaquille, dob: 7-30-96, Christopher Avenue, Brooklyn. Assistant District Attorney Lisa Berk, formerly of the District Attorneys Violent Criminal Enterprises Bureau, also assisted in the investigation. 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. Age: 26 Bail set at $250,000/$100,000. Brooklyn, New York, E.D.N.Y. During the course of the robbery, James was shot in the back and head. The governments case is being handled by the Offices Organized Crime and Gangs Section. To be arraigned on July 16, 2019. 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. 7. Williams, Christian, dob: 7-7-95, East 21st Street, Brooklyn. Ashburn then returned to the apartment and shot Robinson at point blank range in the back, killing him. Folk. Instead of a date, the victim received a gunshot wound to the face that left him with a broken jaw. In the first two robberies, Merritt and others robbed two residents of the Ebbets Field Houses of their cell phones. 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. Myrie then took credit for the shooting on Facebook. Today, the NYPDs best of the best went after the worst of the worst.. 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Brooklyn, New York, TRISTON LAWRENCE (also known as Birdy Flock) On December 27, 2016, on Utica Avenue, in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, defendant Khaysean Porter, acting in concert with others, allegedly shot and injured an alleged rival gang member. 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. Later that same day, Agoro, Fremont, Hepburn, Lima and Thompson drove to Brownsville for another shooting, where one victim was shot in the shoulder and grazed in her back. BROOKLYN, NY A leader of a major Brooklyn gang who fired 11 shots into a crowd in Flatbush earlier this year has been arrested, according to prosecutors. After Courtney Robinson entered the fight to protect his nephew who was being beaten by Folk Nation gang members, Ashburn left the melee and retrieved a handgun from the building stairwell where the gang typically stored weapons. Tarell Herbert, 25, of East Midwood, Brooklyn. 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. Led by MCTIER, the gang was notoriously violent and murdered, shot at, stabbed, and robbed rival gang members as well as innocent bystanders. Bail status: remanded. Brooklyn, New York, QUINCY BATTICE (also known as Hush Dinero and George Ayala) Adams to meet nation's mayors amid NYC migrant influx 1 hour ago. 8. 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. 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. The District Attorney said that, according to the indictment, the defendants, whose ages range from 17 to 41 years old, and include a father and his two sons, are members of two subsets of the violent Folk Nation street gang. 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. 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. They are rivals of the People Nation . Welcome to the first newsletter of 2023. The Folks Nation is an alliance of street gangs originating in Chicago, established in 1978. 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. 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. 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. 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. In order to fund its illegal activities, the defendant and other members of the gang committed violent robberies of . In one instance, an innocent 15-year-old boy was killed when he was mistaken for a rival gang member. DITMAS PARK The April meeting of the 70th Precinct Community Council took place on Wednesday at 249 Caton Avenue. [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. 4. Zidon Clarke, 23 . Remanded. Age: 27 The shooting left her paralyzed from the waist down. Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson, together with New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and Mayor Bill de Blasio, today announced that 18 alleged members of No Love City, a subset of the violent Folk Nation street gang, have been variously charged in a 76-count indictment with conspiracy to commit murder, weapons possession and other charges for multiple shootings throughout Brooklyn, including one that left a 25-year-old man dead and another that left a 60-year-old innocent woman paralyzed. 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. The shooting, which injured two victims, was revenge for a Folk Nation member who had been shot the night before, prosecutors said. 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. 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. Julien, Marvin, dob:12-12-92, Rogers Avenue, Brooklyn. 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Two years later, on June 19, 2010, the defendant Jamal Laurent shot and killed 18-year-old Brent Duncan while Duncan sat in his car outside party in Brooklyn. 11. Bail set at $100,000/$50,000. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. Twenty-One Alleged Members of Violent Folk Nation Street Gang Indicted in Connection with Conspiracy to Possess Weapons, Commit Murder of Rivals Defendants Allegedly Plotted to Shoot Rivals in Flatbush, East Flatbush and Canarsie, Two Individuals Shot and Killed, Four Others Shot and Injured 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. 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. 14. [1] The alliance has since spread throughout the United States, particularly the Midwest region of the United States. The gun was recovered by law enforcement and Browns DNA was found on the weapon. For far too long, the defendants and their fellow gang members terrorized this community, murdering innocent young men and committing other violent crimes in their attempt to control what they mistakenly believed was their turf. He was convicted in Brooklyn Federal Court for the shooting Courtney Robinson to death at a party in 2008. YASSER ASHBURN, a/k/a Indio, Swerve, Supa Swerve 6, and Yassen Ashburn, emailStay Connected Moise, Javanni, dob: 3-24-94, East 25th Street, Brooklyn. He had been in custody since his 2014 arrest on conspiracy and weapons possession charges. The gun was recovered by law enforcement and Browns DNA was found on the weapon. Devon Bratton, 26, of East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Bail set at $150,000/$75,000. Bail set at $100,000/$50,000. The 26-year-old is accused of committing the same bank fraud scheme last summer. 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. The outcome of this investigation is testament to the dedicated investigators of our department and its law enforcement partners.. To be extradited from NJ. The Post also witnessed the arrest of Bobby Thomas, 20. An official website of the United States government. Those indicted include six juveniles and four people who are already in jail, officials said. Dismantling the Brooklyn sets of the Folk Nation Gangster Disciples. Brooklyn, New York, HANS DESTINE (also known as YL Flocks) 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. These defendants will now be held to account for their crimes. Ms. Lynch extended her grateful appreciation to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the New York City Police Department, the agencies responsible for leading the governments investigation. Vincent, Rahim, dob: 2-16-95, 286 East 45th Street, Brooklyn. Later that same day, Agoro, Fremont, Hepburn, Lima and Thompson drove to Brownsville for another shooting, where one victim was shot in the shoulder and grazed in her back. On December 28, 2016, in the vicinity of President Street and Utica Avenue, in Crown Heights, defendant Travis Laroc, acting in concert with others, allegedly shot and injured a rival gang member. 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. 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. Folk Nation Superseding Indictment. Being sought by police. The charges in the indictments are allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. Zidon Clarke, 20, of Flatbush, Brooklyn. It was abandoned by Prospect Park and found to have multiple bullet holes, as well as Fremonts fingerprints and Moises blood. 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. 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. In the first November 7 shooting, Agoro, Bailey, Battice, Fremont and Thompson drove to Canarsie, where they shot at a group of individuals. 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 Six Tre set of the Folk Nation operated out of the Ebbets Field Houses in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn for years. Tahir Thomas, 18, of Canarsie, Brooklyn. Age: 32 By David Amoruso Devon "D-Bloc" Rodney, a former leader of the violent Brooklyn street gang "Six Tre Outlaw Gangsta Disciples Folk Nation," was sentenced to 20 years in prison at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, yesterday. Moise, whose DNA appeared in the Cadillac, was taken to Kings County Medical Center. Travis Laroc, 17, of East Flatbush, 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. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Thanks for contacting us. The defendants who were arraigned were ordered to return to court on March 22, 2016. 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