{"id":54713,"date":"2023-11-14T17:31:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T01:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=54713"},"modified":"2023-11-14T17:31:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T01:31:28","slug":"23-sex-money-murder-gang-members-and-associates-charged-with-drug-trafficking-firearms-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=54713","title":{"rendered":"23 Sex Money Murder Gang Members and Associates Charged with Drug Trafficking, Firearms Violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"node-body\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"field-formatter--text-default field-text-format--wysiwyg text-formatted field_body\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3918 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A 12-count indictment was unsealed in Georgia, charging 23 defendants\u2014all alleged Sex Money Murder (SMM) gang members and associates\u2014with crimes including racketeering conspiracy, drug trafficking, and firearms violations, officials announced Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">According to court documents, SMM is a subset of the Bloods gang, which originated in Los Angeles in the early 1970s. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The SMM subset has spread from the Bronx and New York to areas across the East Coast, including Georgia, where it operates inside and outside prisons and jails. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The indictment alleges an extensive criminal enterprise in which SMM members, including inmates within the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDOC), orchestrated numerous crimes, including murders, attempted murders, attempted arson, drug trafficking within and outside of GDOC facilities, and wire and bank fraud. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3521 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DEA-Badge-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"382\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DEA-Badge-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DEA-Badge.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/>Eleven defendants were in prison when they allegedly committed or ordered the charged crimes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u201cGang activity poses a grave risk of harm to our communities as well as to many of our institutions,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan for the Northern District of Georgia. \u201cThe defendants charged in this case allegedly perpetrated numerous violent and other criminal offenses, including multiple murders, brutal assaults, and drug trafficking crimes, on behalf of the gang Sex Money Murder.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Adding, &#8220;for more than a decade, these gang members and their associates allegedly orchestrated a criminal enterprise within and outside of multiple prisons to earn money for, boost their status in, and impose discipline required by the gang. This indictment is the culmination of a lengthy and carefully coordinated federal and state law enforcement investigation aimed at dismantling this violent group.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39971 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/crime-scene-do-not-cross-signage-923681-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/crime-scene-do-not-cross-signage-923681-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/crime-scene-do-not-cross-signage-923681-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/crime-scene-do-not-cross-signage-923681-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/crime-scene-do-not-cross-signage-923681-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/crime-scene-do-not-cross-signage-923681-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The indictment alleges that the defendants or other SMM members committed multiple acts of violence, including storming a home and shooting multiple rounds of ammunition into a bathroom, killing a 9-month-old boy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">On multiple occasions, incarcerated SMM members murdered, stabbed, or beat other inmates for disrespecting SMM leadership or violating SMM rules.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In addition, gang members shot and killed another SMM member on the belief that the member had cooperated with law enforcement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The following defendants have been charged in the indictment for conduct related to their alleged roles in the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) conspiracy and related crimes:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Ryan Brandt, aka Street Life and Robert Kraft, 44, of Hays State Prison in Trion, Georgia, is charged with RICO conspiracy, conspiring, aiding, and abetting, and possessing a controlled substance and a controlled substance analogue with the intent to distribute<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Kyle Oree, aka Nasty Nu, 52, of Washington State Prison in Davisboro, Georgia, is charged with RICO conspiracy, conspiring to possess and possessing a controlled substance with intent to distribute and a controlled substance analogue with the intent to distribute<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Chase Pinckney, aka Chase Pickney, Three Shots, Noriega, and Sinatra, 38, of Ware State Prison in Waycross, Georgia, is charged with RICO conspiracy and conspiring to possess a controlled substance with the intent to distribute<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Elton Jackson, aka 2gz and John Madden, 41, of Telfair State Prison in Helena, Georgia, is charged with RICO conspiracy and conspiring to possess a controlled substance with the intent to distribute<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sean Carr, aka Nut and Nutkase, 51, of FCI Talladega in Talladega, Alabama, is charged with RICO conspiracy and conspiring to possess a controlled substance with the intent to distribute<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Lavorsia Jones, aka Shitbag, 23, of Dacula, Georgia, is charged with RICO conspiracy and conspiring, attempting, and possessing a controlled substance with intent to distribute and possessing a controlled substance analogue with the intent to distribute<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Danielle Ford, 49, of Ellenwood, Georgia, is charged with RICO conspiracy, conspiring to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute, and possessing a controlled substance analogue with the intent to distribute<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Charlton King, aka Hell\u2019s Militant Camp, 23, of Valdosta, Georgia, is charged with RICO conspiracy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Demarco Draughn, aka Shoota B, 28, of Macon State Prison in Oglethorpe, Georgia, is charged with RICO conspiracy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Richard Smith, aka Alleyway and Brett Favre, 36, of Ware State Prison in Waycross, is charged with RICO conspiracy and conspiring to possess a controlled substance with the intent to distribute<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Rontavious Fowler, aka Lil Hot, 26, of Hancock State Prison in Sparta, Georgia, is charged with RICO conspiracy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Shavon Thomas, aka Shavon Edwards, 55, of Decatur, Georgia, is charged with RICO conspiracy and conspiring to possess a controlled substance with the intent to distribute<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Lionel Edwards, aka Tony, Tyson, and Python, 41, of USP Florence in Florence, Colorado, is charged with RICO conspiracy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Anthony Jernigan, aka Hell Raiser, 36, of Hays State Prison in Trion, is charged with RICO conspiracy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Cedric Pierre, aka Flip, 23, of Robert A. Deyton Correctional Facility in Lovejoy, Georgia, is charged with RICO conspiracy and conspiring to possess and possessing a controlled substance with the intent to distribute<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Ricardo Sanchez, 40, of Macon State Prison in Oglethorpe, is charged with conspiring to possess and possessing a controlled substance with the intent to distribute<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Troy McCraine, 57, of Tennessee, is charged with conspiring to possess a controlled substance with the intent to distribute<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Qawwee Mitchell, 36, of Gainesville, Georgia, is charged with conspiring to possess and possessing a controlled substance with the intent to distribute, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possessing a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sherri Gandy-Torres, 56, of Lakeland, Florida, is charged with conspiring to possess and possessing a controlled substance with the intent to distribute<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Nyla Blacknell, 43, of Duluth, Georgia, is charged with conspiring to possess and possessing a controlled substance with the intent to distribute and possessing a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Tracey Wise, 46, of Milledgeville, Georgia, is charged with conspiring to possess a controlled substance with the intent to distribute;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Shounnette Wooten, 50, of Gray, Georgia, is charged with conspiring to possess a controlled substance with the intent to distribute<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Kierra Williams, 31, of Milledgeville, Georgia, is charged with conspiring to possess a controlled substance and possessing a controlled substance analogue with the intent to distribute.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10178 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Georgia-Department-of-Corrections-257x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Georgia-Department-of-Corrections-257x300.png 257w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Georgia-Department-of-Corrections.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/>If convicted of the charges, the defendants face up to life in prison. All defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The FBI, the Atlanta-Carolinas High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, the DEA, and the Georgia Department of Corrections are investigating the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Trial Attorney Lisa M. Thelwell of the Criminal Division\u2019s Violent Crime and Racketeering Section (VICAR) and Assistant U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg for the Northern District of Georgia are prosecuting the case, and former VICAR Trial Attorney Rebecca R. Dunnan previously prosecuted the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 12-count indictment was unsealed in Georgia, charging 23 defendants\u2014all alleged Sex Money Murder (SMM) gang members and associates\u2014with crimes including racketeering conspiracy, drug trafficking, and firearms violations, officials announced Tuesday. 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