{"id":8538,"date":"2015-01-14T19:03:11","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T03:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=8538"},"modified":"2015-01-14T20:27:03","modified_gmt":"2015-01-15T04:27:03","slug":"gang-member-chief-fatah-sentenced-nearly-29-years-prison-planning-pizza-restaurant-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=8538","title":{"rendered":"Gang member &#8220;Chief Fatah&#8221; Sentenced to Nearly 29 Years in Prison for Planning Pizza Restaurant Robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DETROIT &#8211; \u00a0<\/strong>A leader of a Detroit street gang was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly 29 years behind bars for planning the armed robbery of Little Caesars pizza restaurant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christopher LaJuan Tibbs<\/strong>, 38, of Detroit, was convicted on Aug. 29, 2014, of aiding and abetting an armed robbery after a three-day trial before U.S. District Judge Bernard A. Friedman.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The evidence at trial indicated the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tibbs, also known as \u201cChief Fatah,\u201d was the leader of the Michigan branch of the <strong>Mafia Insane Vice Lords<\/strong>, a violent street gang that operated primarily on the east side of Detroit.<\/li>\n<li>The Mafia Insane Vice Lords was a local faction of the national Vice Lord gang that originated in Chicago.<\/li>\n<li>The evidence at trial further showed that, during his leadership of the Mafia Insane Vice Lords, Tibbs recruited and used young adults and children to commit crimes for the gang, and ordered the murder of a witness in connection with this case.<\/li>\n<li>The evidence at trial showed that Tibbs helped plan an armed robbery of a Little Caesars restaurant in Redford, Michigan, in September 2013.<\/li>\n<li>Tibbs \u201cblessed\u201d it as a mission for the gang, and sent four subordinate members to commit the crime.<\/li>\n<li>As part of the planning for the robbery, Tibbs instructed the robbers to disable the cameras and phones in the Little Caesars.<\/li>\n<li>Tibbs also told the robbers what to wear, had them diagram the Little Caesars, and instructed them how to use the gun during the robbery.<\/li>\n<li>During the robbery, one of the robbers brandished a gun and forced the employees, including a pregnant woman, inside the store, where the robbers tore down the surveillance cameras.<\/li>\n<li>At the robbers\u2019 direction, the employees disabled the alarm and opened the safe. \u00a0Although he was not present for the robbery itself, Tibbs took a majority of the proceeds, some of which were spent on the gang.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Because the jury found that Tibbs committed the crime to advance the criminal activities of his gang, the maximum penalty for aiding and abetting the robbery was increased, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DETROIT &#8211; \u00a0A leader of a Detroit street gang was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly 29 years behind bars for planning the armed robbery of Little Caesars pizza restaurant. 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