{"id":53888,"date":"2023-08-18T19:47:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T02:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=53888"},"modified":"2023-08-18T19:48:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T02:48:31","slug":"five-leaders-of-a-violent-illinois-violent-criminal-street-gang-sentenced-to-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=53888","title":{"rendered":"Five Leaders of a Violent Illinois Criminal Street Gang Sentenced to Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"node-body\">\n<div class=\"field-formatter--text-default field-text-format--wysiwyg text-formatted field_body\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3600 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Federal-Bureau-of-Prisons-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Federal-Bureau-of-Prisons-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Federal-Bureau-of-Prisons-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Federal-Bureau-of-Prisons.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Five leaders of the Gangster Disciples, a gang with a long history of lawlessness and violence, were sentenced in Illinois.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The convictions were for their participation in a years-long interstate racketeering conspiracy involving drug trafficking, witness tampering, and multiple murders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The following are the defendants and their sentences:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Frank Smith, aka Little Frank, aka Red Beard, 50, of Naperville, Illinois, was sentenced today to life in prison.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Warren Griffin, aka GG, aka Big Head, 54, of Glenwood, Illinois, was sentenced on July 18 to life in prison.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sean Clemon, aka Pops, 53, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, was sentenced on July 19 to life in prison.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Dominique Maxwell, aka D-Mac, aka Monster, 31, also of Cape Girardeau, was sentenced on July 20 to life in prison.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Anthony Dobbins, aka Crazy, aka Tony Rome, 55, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced on July 21 to 32 years in prison.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39979 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/judge-gavel-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" \/>Smith, Griffin, Clemon, and Maxwell were convicted of racketeering conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering, and related firearms offenses after a six-week jury trial. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Dobbins pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering, and related firearms offenses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15321 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DEA-IMAGE-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DEA-IMAGE-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DEA-IMAGE.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cWith life sentences imposed on four defendants and a 32-year sentence for a fifth defendant, law enforcement has delivered a devastating blow to the Gangster Disciples criminal enterprise,\u201d said Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri of the Justice Department\u2019s Criminal Division. \u201cDismantling violent, criminal organizations is a priority for the Justice Department, and a goal we share with our law enforcement and prosecution partners across the country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52838 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/th-47-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/th-47-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/th-47.jpg 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>According to court documents, the five defendants were national and regional leaders of the Gangster Disciples, a criminal organization in the United States, including in federal and state prisons. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The gang employs a structured hierarchy, with leadership positions such as national \u201cBoard Members\u201d and state \u201cGovernors.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">As part of their efforts to maintain control of the gang, the defendants murdered two other Gangster Disciple leaders who opposed their regime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u201cThe FBI and our partners are firmly committed to ensuring that our communities are protected from the extreme violence and lawlessness displayed by those sentenced today,\u201d said\u00a0Assistant Director Luis Quesada of the FBI\u2019s Criminal Investigative Division. \u201cThrough close collaboration and coordination, five leaders of the Gangster Disciples faced justice, and we will not rest as we continue to put a stop to interstate racketeering.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">On April 28, 2018, Clemon and Maxwell, on orders from Smith, fatally shot a Gangster Disciples leader and injured two other men in a public park in Bridgeton, Missouri. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The shooting was part of a leadership dispute in which Board Members Smith and Griffin sought to remove another Gangster Disciple member from his position as Governor of Missouri. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Smith texted \u201cMike Tyson Punch Out\u201d to Maxwell prior to the shooting, which was an order to commit \u201cextreme violence,\u201d including murder. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The gang members fired more than 70 shots during the attack. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Both Clemon and Maxwell were promoted to leadership positions within the gang after committing this murder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7514 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Chicago-Police-Department-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Chicago-Police-Department-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Chicago-Police-Department-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Chicago-Police-Department-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Chicago-Police-Department-95x64.jpg 95w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Chicago-Police-Department.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Then, on May 18, 2018, Board Members Griffin and Dobbins drove to the south side of Chicago to murder a former powerful Board Member because he opposed their status as leaders in the gang. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Griffin lured the victim into the street, and Dobbins came up behind the victim and shot him three times in the back and once in the face.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The defendants\u2019 other acts of violence included a nightclub stabbing in East St. Louis and another shooting in Cape Girardeau. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Gangster Disciples members also engaged in various acts of drug trafficking, including a scheme to smuggle the synthetic drug \u201cK2\u201d into Missouri state prisons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u201cDrug trafficking organizations like this one employ violence and intimidation to further their criminal enterprise,\u201d said Special Agent in Charge Michael A. Davis, head of the division that leads Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) investigations in Missouri, Kansas, and southern Illinois. \u201cUnfortunately, we are well aware that violence is too often an element of drug trafficking. These men are an extreme example of that terrible combination. Our communities are well-served with this group off our streets.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The ATF, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), FBI, DEA, Missouri Department of Corrections, Illinois State Police, Chicago Police Department, Bridgeton Police Department, Cape Girardeau Police Department, Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis, and O\u2019Fallon (Illinois) Police Department investigated the case. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Trial Attorneys Jeremy Franker, Alexander Gottfried, Christopher Usher, and Conor Mulroe of the Criminal Division\u2019s Organized Crime and Gang Section prosecuted the case.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five leaders of the Gangster Disciples, a gang with a long history of lawlessness and violence, were sentenced in Illinois. 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