{"id":52211,"date":"2023-02-18T10:55:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T18:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=52211"},"modified":"2023-02-18T10:57:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T18:57:36","slug":"l-a-gang-member-pleads-guilty-to-leading-crack-cocaine-ring-in-watts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=52211","title":{"rendered":"L.A. Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Leading Crack Cocaine Ring in Watts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv7592641160MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7592641160MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/c3m56pq0j1m.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52212 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/c3m56pq0j1m-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/c3m56pq0j1m-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/c3m56pq0j1m-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/c3m56pq0j1m-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/c3m56pq0j1m-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/c3m56pq0j1m.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A leader of the Bounty Hunter Bloods street gang pleaded guilty Friday to federal drug and firearms charges for the manufacturing and distribution of crack cocaine conspiracy, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7592641160MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">The criminal activity occurred in and around the gang\u2019s \u201cterritory\u201d of the Nickerson Gardens public housing projects in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7592641160MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Damion Baker, 45, a.k.a. \u201cFatts,\u201d of Compton, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7592641160MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Baker is the lead defendant in an April 2021\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-cdca\/pr\/federal-indictments-target-street-gang-alleged-crack-cocaine-distribution-and-firearm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">indictment targeting<\/a>\u00a0members and associates of the BHB street gang for drug- and firearm-related crimes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7592641160MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52077 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/l4ygusg0fxs-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"woman in gold dress holding sword figurine\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/l4ygusg0fxs-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/l4ygusg0fxs-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/l4ygusg0fxs-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/l4ygusg0fxs.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>According to his plea agreement, from August 2019 to May 2020, Baker organized and led a drug trafficking conspiracy in which he and his accomplices agreed to distribute cocaine. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7592641160MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Specifically, Baker arranged to obtain powder cocaine from at least two drug suppliers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7592641160MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Baker then directed his co-conspirators to cook, and would himself cook, the powder cocaine and manufacture it into crack cocaine to sell to customers, including back to his powder cocaine suppliers to sell in crack form.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7592641160MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Baker directed his accomplices in the packaging, sale, and delivery of crack cocaine to customers, which included co-conspirators and other BHB gang members. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7592641160MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Baker also directed the receipt and storage of drug proceeds throughout BHB-claimed territory in South Los Angeles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7592641160MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51356 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/898931-1-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/898931-1-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/898931-1-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/898931-1-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/898931-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>As part of these activities, Baker arranged for an accomplice\u2019s residence in the Nickerson Gardens housing projects in Watts to be used as a stash house where Baker and his co-conspirators continuously sold crack cocaine over many months. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7592641160MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Baker recruited and hired co-conspirators to work at the Watts stash house and directed them in selling narcotics to customers there and in nearby areas, restocking the stash house\u2019s drug supply, and transporting drug proceeds to Baker and other accomplices at various locations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7592641160MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Baker admitted in his plea agreement to possessing a firearm in May 2020.\u00a0 He was not permitted to do so because he previously had been convicted of felonies in Los Angeles Superior Court, including a cocaine possession charge in 1998 and a domestic violence-related charge in 2001. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7592641160MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/gwwwhabtohs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52215 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/gwwwhabtohs-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"prison cells\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/gwwwhabtohs-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/gwwwhabtohs-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/gwwwhabtohs.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Baker admitted in his plea agreement that he possessed the firearm to protect his crack cocaine distribution business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7592641160MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Baker also agreed to forfeit the firearm and $44,600 in cash law enforcement seized at his residence in Compton and another in San Pedro.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7592641160MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 U.S. District Judge Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha scheduled a<b>\u00a0<\/b>July 14 sentencing hearing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7592641160MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0Baker is facing up to more than 50 years in prison for the crimes he committed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7592641160MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The other 11 defendants in this indictment either have pleaded guilty or signed plea agreements and await sentencing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7592641160MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Another Bloods gang member, and Baker\u2019s second in command in the drug trafficking conspiracy, Tony Carr, 52, a.k.a. \u201cT-Bone,\u201d of Watts, pleaded guilty in July 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7592641160MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">He admitted to one count of cocaine trafficking conspiracy and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Judge Aenlle-Rocha sentenced Carr to 15 years and eight months in federal prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7592641160MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In April 2021, law enforcement conducted a takedown in which 22 BHB members and associates were charged in nine federal grand jury indictments. Of those 22 defendants, prosecutors have secured 19 convictions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7592641160MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">The FBI\u2019s Los Angeles Metropolitan Task Force on Violent Gangs, which consists of the FBI, the Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department, and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, investigated this matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7592641160MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Assistant U.S. Attorney Amy E. Pomerantz of the Violent and Organized Crime Section is prosecuting this case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0 A leader of the Bounty Hunter Bloods street gang pleaded guilty Friday to federal drug and firearms charges for the manufacturing and distribution of crack cocaine conspiracy, officials stated. The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s-department-of-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>L.A. 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