{"id":56012,"date":"2024-04-18T20:06:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T03:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=56012"},"modified":"2024-04-18T20:06:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T03:06:28","slug":"thirty-seven-gang-members-and-associates-sentenced-in-large-scale-racketeering-and-drug-trafficking-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=56012","title":{"rendered":"Thirty-Seven Gang Members and Associates Sentenced in Large-Scale Racketeering and Drug Trafficking Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6759 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The 37th and final defendant was sentenced Thursday in a Northern Mississippi case that targeted the violent activities, drug trafficking, and money laundering of the Simon City Royals prison gang, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Joshua Miller, 33, of Jackson, Mississippi, was sentenced to 16 years and eight months in prison for Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) conspiracy, including conspiracy to murder, related to his participation in the Simon City Royals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cThe Simon City Royals gang engaged in murder and torture and smuggled drugs and other contraband into prisons,\u201d said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri, head of the Justice Department\u2019s Criminal Division. \u201cToday\u2019s sentencing of 37 gang members ends the gang\u2019s reign of terror in the communities and prisons of Mississippi. This prosecution demonstrates the Justice Department\u2019s resolve, along with our law enforcement partners, in holding violent criminal gang members to account.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"37 people connected to a deadly prison-based Mississippi gang have been convicted, prosecutors say\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NkggoZ2WFKU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cSociety simply cannot function if criminals and gangs are allowed to inflict violence on individuals and communities without consequences, and this years-long investigation and prosecution demonstrates that such criminality will not go unchecked,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Clay Joyner for the Northern District of Mississippi. \u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55380 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1e03ebda-45a2-4a94-8176-a9975e0e7112-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1e03ebda-45a2-4a94-8176-a9975e0e7112-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1e03ebda-45a2-4a94-8176-a9975e0e7112-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1e03ebda-45a2-4a94-8176-a9975e0e7112-850x638.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1e03ebda-45a2-4a94-8176-a9975e0e7112.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Court records reveal that the Simon City Royals, a violent prison gang, operated predominantly within the Mississippi Department of Corrections. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">This group also had members and affiliates conducting activities across Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and other locations. The gang was structured sophisticatedly and allied with the notorious Gangster Disciples gang. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Together, they perpetrated various criminal acts such as murder, attempted murder, assault, kidnapping, robbery, extortion, witness tampering, money laundering, and interstate racketeering. Additionally, they were involved in extensive drug trafficking and committed fraud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54449 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/download-23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/>\u201cThis investigation shows the dedication of the ATF and its law enforcement partners to making our neighborhoods safer by disrupting and dismantling these violent gangs wherever they exist,\u201d said Special Agent in Charge Joshua Jackson of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) New Orleans. \u201cWe will continue to be aggressive in stopping their criminal activities, bringing them to justice, and making an impact on reducing violent crime in our communities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37897 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jail-Hallway.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/>\u201cThis final sentencing shatters the myth of the Simon City Royals\u2019 invincibility,\u201d said Special Agent in Charge Steven L. Hofer of the Drug Enforcement Administration\u2019s (DEA) New Orleans Field Division. \u201cKeeping our communities safe is the DEA\u2019s unshakeable mission. This message goes out to all who peddle drugs and unleash gun violence: law enforcement is relentless. We will never stop, not on the streets, not behind bars. We will dismantle these violent gangs, bringing the full force of the federal government to bear, and ensure they no longer terrorize our communities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Simon City Royals were responsible for the brutal murder of a prison inmate in 2018, when a Simon City Royals leader issued a \u201ckill on sight\u201d order, directing any gang member who encountered the targeted inmate to murder him. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In January 2018, Dillon Heffker and Robert Williams acted on the order, stabbing the victim dozens of times with improvised prison knives. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Leaders of the Simon City Royals rewarded Heffker and Williams for the murder by arranging for hundreds of dollars to be directed to their prison commissary accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cIn over 40 years of working with law enforcement and the State and federal courts in Mississippi, this case took as many serious offenders off the street as any I can remember,\u201d said U.S. Marshal Daniel R. McKittrick. \u201cThanks to all the agencies that work together to try and keep our communities safe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Simon City Royals were also responsible for the savage kidnapping and torture of a former gang member for perceived violations of the gang\u2019s code of conduct. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In 2015, a member of the Simon City Royals kidnapped the victim at knifepoint and forced him into a hotel room. There, Simon City Royals members and associates tied the victim to a chair, interrogated him, tortured him, and burned off his Simon City Royals tattoo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In addition, the Simon City Royals engaged in widespread drug trafficking, including smuggling large quantities of methamphetamine, marijuana and synthetic marijuana, heroin, and benzodiazepines into dozens of Mississippi state prison facilities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The gang distributed these dangerous substances, including nearly 100% pure crystal methamphetamine, to inmates throughout the prison system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Before Miller\u2019s sentencing, his co-conspirators were sentenced to the following terms of imprisonment:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Allen Posey, 48, of Jackson, 20 years;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Jonathan Davis, 39, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, 30 years and five months;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Jeremy Holcombe, 43, of Meridian, Mississippi, 20 years;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Jonathan Burnett, 39, of Birmingham, Alabama, 22 years and six months;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Hank Chapman, 38, of Riply, Mississippi, three years;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Jason Hayden, 42, of Picayune, Mississippi, five years;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Gavin Pierson, 33, of San Diego, 21 years and 10 months;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Justin Shaw, 36, of Holly Springs, Mississippi, 25 years;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Bobby Brumfield, 44, of New Orleans, 15 years and eight months;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Jordan Deakles, 31, of Gulfport, Mississippi, two years and six months;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Bryce Francis, 43, of Columbus, Ohio, 15 years;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Anthony Murphy, 30, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 10 years;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Chancy Bilbo, 31, of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, 20 years;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Dillon Heffker, 32, of Bay St. Louis, 35 years;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Douglas Jones, 34, of Jackson, 19 years and seven months;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Cody Woodall, 31, of Gulfport, five years;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Michael Muscolino, 43, of Phoenix, five years;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Valerie Madden, 54, of Chicago, two years;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Samuel Conwill, 45, of Tupelo, Mississippi, time served of 20 months;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Jason Collins, 40, of Loraine, Ohio, five years;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Justin Leake, 43, of Meridian, 25 years;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Michael Dossett, 42, of Carriere, Mississippi, six years and six months;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Angel Labauve, 43, of Picayune, Mississippi, nine months;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Bruce Floyd, 42, of Senatobia, Mississippi, 10 years and five months;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Jacquelyn Harmon, 33, of Senatobia, one year and months;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Cody Myrick, 33, of Grenada, Mississippi, one year and eight months;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Craig Thomas, 36, of Grenada, two years and three months;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Arvis Tolbert, 43, of Hurley, Mississippi, three years;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Preston Edwards, 36, of Jackson, 21 years and 10 months;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Catherine Perry, 41, of Tupelo, five years;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">John Brooks, 37, of Greenwood, Mississippi, 10 years;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Alana Dickey, 21, of Holly Springs, five years of probation;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Austin Ruby, 35, of Holly Springs, 10 years;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Chris Vincent, 20, of Gulfport, five years and two months;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Trevor Overby, 45, of Jackson, time served of 18 months; and<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Anthony Rouse, 33, of Picayune, 10 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The ATF, DEA, the U.S. Marshals Service, the U.S. Secret Service, the FBI Jackson Field Office, the Mississippi Department of Corrections, and dozens of 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