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Three Gangster Disciples bosses guilty of racketeering, triple murder in nightclub, murder of witness, and shooting
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2019-10-11T08:04:27.000Z
2019-10-11T08:04:27.000Z
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<p>Three bosses of the Gangster Disciples national criminal organization were convicted in federal court Tuesday of racketeering conspiracy involving murder, attempted murder in aid of racketeering, drug trafficking conspiracy, and other crimes. This case is the latest of a series of trials and pleas for members and leaders of the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=GD" target="_blank">Gangster Disciples</a>.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>“Extremely organized”</strong></span></p>
<p>“The Gangster Disciples are extremely organized and their reach is wide-spread across the United States,” U.S. Attorney Byung Pak told the press. “Their strict chain of command that carried their message of violence and crime throughout the organization posed a serious threat nationwide. They lured young people into the gang with the promise of a better life, and then inducted them into an appalling world of violence and crime.”</p>
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<li><strong>READ: The Governor of Tennessee:</strong> <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-governor-of-tennessee-gangster-disciples-boss-byron-montrail" target="_blank"><strong>Gangster Disciples boss Byron Montrail Purdy ruled state’s underworld</strong></a></li>
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<p>“Drug trafficking, thefts, violent assaults and murders are all crimes that the Gangster Disciples commit every day to protect their turf, increase their territory, control and recruit members and terrorize rival <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Gangs" target="_blank">gangs</a>. They are merciless and have wreaked havoc in our neighborhoods for far too long,” said Special Agent in Charge Chris Hacker of the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=FBI" target="_blank">FBI</a>’s Atlanta Field Office.</p>
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<li><strong>READ:</strong> <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/president-obama-gives-gangster-disciples-leader-a-sentence-reduct" target="_blank"><strong>President Obama gives Gangster Disciples leader a sentence reduction</strong></a></li>
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<p>According to U.S. Attorney Pak, the charges, and other information presented in court: The Gangster Disciples are a national gang with roots in <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Chicago" target="_blank">Chicago</a> dating back to the 1970’s. The gang is highly structured, with a hierarchy of leadership posts known as “Positions of Authority” or “POAs.” The gang strictly enforces rules for its members, the most important of which is “silence and secrecy” – a prohibition on cooperating with law enforcement. Violations of the rule are punishable by death.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Boss level</strong></span></p>
<p>42-year-old Lewis Mobley, 43-year-old Vertuies Wall, and 30-year-old Lawrence Grice were in a position of power in the Gangster Disciples, prosecutors claimed. The evidence showed that the three men and their fellow gang members used the gang’s structure to carry out violent and serious crimes, including <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Murder" target="_blank">murder</a>, attempted murder, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Robbery" target="_blank">robbery</a>, bank and wire fraud, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Drugs" target="_blank">drug trafficking</a>, and <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Extortion" target="_blank">extortion</a>.</p>
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<li><strong>READ: The Big Hen:</strong> <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-big-hen-regional-enforcer-of-gangster-disciples-gets-30-years" target="_blank"><strong>Regional enforcer of Gangster Disciples gets 30 years in prison</strong></a></li>
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<p>The evidence also showed that each of the trial defendants held a position of authority within the gang’s structure. Mobley held a position in the gang’s security/enforcement arm, and exercised leadership over the enforcement team known as “HATE Committee,” that was responsible for committing murders, shootings, and other violence. Wall was the “First C,” or local leader, for the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Macon" target="_blank">Macon</a> area Gangster Disciples. Gang member Lawrence Grice also held a leadership position over Gangster Disciples in parts of <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Texas" target="_blank">Texas</a> including the city of <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Houston" target="_blank">Houston</a>.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Murder, murder, murder</strong></span></p>
<p>One such murder was a deadly shooting at a nightclub in Macon, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Georgia" target="_blank">Georgia</a>. Three people were killed and another three were wounded after gang member Wall and his subordinates started a gunfight with rivals.</p>
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<li><strong>READ:</strong> <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/senator-declares-war-on-gangster-disciples" target="_blank"><strong>Senator Declares War On Gangster Disciples</strong></a></li>
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<p>On another occasion, gang member Lewis Mobley shot a teenage victim twice at point-blank range. Mobley believed that the victim had disrespected the gang by walking through a crowd while shouting a slogan and wearing the color associated with a rival gang.</p>
<p>In a third incident, a top Gangster Disciples leader summoned the gang’s National Chief Enforcer to travel across the country to kill a witness. The witness, who was scheduled to testify against a Gangster Disciple on drug charges, was shot dead in her home on the gang’s orders.</p>
<p>To date, 27 defendants have pleaded guilty, five were convicted at a separate trial, and three defendants are presently awaiting trial.</p>
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The Big Hen: Regional enforcer of Gangster Disciples gets 30 years in prison for decades-long crime career
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2018-03-24T10:00:00.000Z
2018-03-24T10:00:00.000Z
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<p>A high-ranking member of the Gangster Disciples was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Thursday for racketeering conspiracy. 37-year-old Henry Cooper went by the nickname “Big Hen” and functioned as the organization’s enforcer, making sure all other gang members toed the line and followed the rules.</p>
<p>Cooper became a Gangster Disciple in 1992 and remained one up until the time of his arrest in 2016. The <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=GD" target="_blank">Gangster Disciples</a> is a highly organized national gang active in more than 24 states. The group protects its power through deadly violence and its own members and associates are subject to a strict code of discipline and are routinely fined, beaten, and even murdered for failing to follow the gang’s rules. Enforcers within the enterprise ensure that members who violate the rules are punished.</p>
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<li><strong>Read: <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-governor-of-tennessee-gangster-disciples-boss-byron-montrail" target="_blank">The Governor of Tennessee</a>: Gangster Disciples boss Byron Purdy ruled state's underworld</strong></li>
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<p>Among those enforcers was Cooper, who served as the Regional Enforcer for the State of Tennessee. As such, he was responsible for enforcement in <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Tennessee" target="_blank">Tennessee</a> and six other states, including Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Wisconsin. </p>
<p>One of his responsibilities was to pass along information from the Chief Enforcer for the Gangster Disciples to enforcers in these states. Cooper also oversaw the enforcement of punishments, supervised the criminal activities of other members, issued orders to commit violent offenses against rivals and subordinates, and presided over Gangster Disciple meetings where criminal activity was discussed.</p>
<p>Of course, when the time came to get his own hands dirty, Cooper was willing and able. He participated directly in <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Murder" target="_blank">murder</a>, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Kidnapping" target="_blank">kidnapping</a>, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Assault" target="_blank">assault</a>, witness intimidation, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Drugs" target="_blank">narcotics distribution</a>, and weapons trafficking. </p>
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Gangster Disciple who held repo men at gunpoint as he took his car back sentenced to over 17 years in prison
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2018-02-17T18:00:02.000Z
2018-02-17T18:00:02.000Z
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<p>The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Perhaps that is why the public has a love for outlaws and gangsters who stick it to the man. Are you being sucked dry by banks and credit card companies? Are repo men hounding you? Gangster Disciples member Marvin Meux knows the feeling, and he was having none of it.</p>
<p>When repo men, also known as repossession employees, were attempting to hook up Meux’s car on October 21, 2015 in <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Memphis" target="_blank">West Memphis</a>, Meux, himself a known gang member with several convictions for <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Drugs" target="_blank">drugs</a> and violence, did something plenty of honest, hardworking, law abiding citizens thought about doing: He said “Fuck this.”</p>
<p>He jumped into the driver’s seat and drove off in the vehicle with one of the employees still in the passenger seat. After fleeing a short distance, Meux drove back to his residence. One of the repo men exited the vehicle, as he did so he saw Meux running towards him with a small black gun.</p>
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<li><strong>Read: <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-governor-of-tennessee-gangster-disciples-boss-byron-montrail" target="_blank">The Governor of Tennessee</a>: Gangster Disciple boss Byron Purdy</strong></li>
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<p>Shocked and in utter terror, the two repo men forgot about repossessing the car and quickly got into their truck. They drove off while Meux pointed his gun at them, making certain they left. Of course, one might hate their deeds, these repo men were just doing their job. Can't fault them for that.</p>
<p>West Memphis police officers were dispatched to the area shortly thereafter, arresting Meux and searching his residence. There, they found an SKS assault rifle and a .38 caliber revolver. Meux was immediately identified as a member of the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=GD" target="_blank">Gangster Disciples</a> in West Memphis.</p>
<p>Faced with two witnesses and overwhelming evidence, the hot-headed Meux pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Because of his previous convictions, the Judge threw the book at the 45-year-old Gangster Disciple on Thursday, sentencing him to 17 and a half years in federal prison.</p>
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The Governor of Tennessee: Gangster Disciples boss Byron Montrail Purdy ruled state’s underworld
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2018-01-26T07:30:00.000Z
2018-01-26T07:30:00.000Z
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<p>In the underworld of Tennessee, Byron Montrail Purdy’s reign was unquestioned. He ruled the state as a governor. Not the political kind, mind you. His power went beyond the rule of law. As a governor in the Gangster Disciples, Purdy coordinated racketeering activity and gangland killings in his territory with fellow leaders around the country.</p>
<p>Founded in <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Chicago" target="_blank">Chicago</a> in the 1960s, the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=GD" target="_blank">Gangster Disciples</a> have grown into a highly organized national crime syndicate operating in more than 24 states. The group protects its power through threats, intimidation, and violence, including murder, assault, and obstruction of justice.</p>
<p>Members and associates of the gang are subject to a strict code of discipline and are routinely fined, beaten, and even murdered for failing to follow the rules. Taking a page out of the book written by Italian Mafia groups like <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=CosaNostra" target="_blank">Cosa Nostra</a> and the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Camorra" target="_blank">Camorra</a>, the Gangster Disciples also provide financial and other support to members doing time for gang-related offenses or those who are fugitives from law enforcement.</p>
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<li><strong>Read: <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/profile-rockford-s-black-gangster-disciples-boss-karl-fort" target="_blank">Profile of Rockford Gangster Disciples boss Karl Fort</a></strong></li>
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<p>38-year-old Byron Montrail Purdy, known on the streets of Jackson, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Tennessee" target="_blank">Tennessee</a>, by his nicknames “Lil B” or “Ghetto,” was the highest-ranking Gangster Disciple within the State of Tennessee, holding the title of governor. He had earned his rank, having been a loyal and integral part of the group for over two decades.</p>
<p>As governor, Purdy manages gang activities within Tennessee and is responsible for coordinating much of the criminal activity that occurs within the state. He did this in cooperation with other Gangster Disciples bosses throughout the United States, supervising the criminal activities of the gang, issuing orders to kill rivals and disobedient subordinates, and presiding over gang meetings.</p>
<p>A typical workday saw Purdy direct his underlings to carry out a wide variety of criminal activities. They handled largescale drug distribution – <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Cocaine" target="_blank">cocaine</a>, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Heroin" target="_blank">heroin</a>, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Marijuana" target="_blank">marijuana</a>, you name it, they sold it, weapons trafficking, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Robbery" target="_blank">robbery</a>, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Kidnapping" target="_blank">kidnapping</a>, assault, and <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Murder" target="_blank">murder</a>. The life of a gangster isn’t pretty, but it brings in plenty of cash. One should call it hazard pay, though, since the risk of getting whacked or imprisoned is always there and only increases as time passes by.</p>
<p>It was no different for Purdy. On Friday, January 19, 2018, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison for conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise.</p>
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<p>“[This] sentence of 30 years for Byron Purdy’s gang activity should send a serious warning to gang members of all factions in Jackson, Memphis and throughout West Tennessee that their continued reign of terror through actions of violence, intimidation, and all manner of firearms and narcotics trafficking will eventually come to an end,” Captain Phillip Kemper of the Jackson Police Department’s Special Operations Division said.</p>
<p>He continued: “This investigation of Purdy included crimes involving racketeering activity, which spanned two and half decades. Byron Purdy, who was the head of the Gangster Disciples enterprise for the State of Tennessee will now spend the majority of his adult life in Federal Prison. Gang life only leads to two places: the grave, or prison for an extended period of time.”</p>
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President Obama reduces Gangster Disciples boss' sentence
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2017-01-19T16:00:00.000Z
2017-01-19T16:00:00.000Z
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<p>Eric “Fat Eric” Wilson, a former leader in the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=GD">Gangster Disciples</a>, was given a sentence reduction by President Barack Obama on Tuesday. Wilson (photo above, left) was serving a life sentence for drug trafficking, but that has been reduced to 35 years, which means he’ll be eligible for release in 7 years.</p>
<p>The former gang boss can thank U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush for sending a letter to Obama in which he wrote that Wilson deserved a break in his sentence because of his “extraordinary rehabilitative efforts,” the <a href="http://chicago.suntimes.com" target="_blank">Chicago Sun Times</a> reported. “Wilson earned a 4.0 grade average in college in prison while working in the prison steel factory as a skilled welder,” Rush wrote, adding that he did not believe Wilson would’ve gotten the same life sentence had he been subjected to current laws.</p>
<p>As a “governor” in the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/black-organized-crime">Gangster Disciples organization</a>, Wilson reported directly to supreme leader Larry Hoover and himself ruled over large areas of <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Chicago">Chicago</a>, commanding hundreds of <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/street-gangs">gang members</a>. In the late 1990s, Hoover, Wilson, and several others were busted and convicted of participating in a drug conspiracy. In 1998, Wilson was sentenced to life behind bars.</p>
<p>Not far from Chicago, in <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Rockford">Rockford</a>, a leader of the Black Gangster Disciples also received a sentence reduction. <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/profile-rockford-s-black-gangster-disciples-boss-karl-fort">Karl Fort’s life sentence was reduced</a> to 35 years as well. He’ll be out in 2019. Though no one can predict how both these men will behave once outside, they might play a role in the community, telling kids to stay away from the gang life and perhaps mediating between various groups currently at war with each other.</p>
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