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High-ranking Bloods gangster arrested for organizing murder of Bonanno family mobster - At behest of Albanian Mob?
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2018-10-12T19:16:37.000Z
2018-10-12T19:16:37.000Z
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<div><p><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/high-ranking-bloods-gangster-arrested-for-organizing-murder-of-bo" target="_blank"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9237105292,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9237105292?profile=original" width="550" /></a>By David Amoruso</p>
<p>New York’s melting pot of an underworld has erupted into a violent volcano with the city’s Bonanno crime family and the Bloods street gang involved in a deadly dance that resulted in the murder of Mafia associate Sylvester Zottola at a McDonald’s drive through in The Bronx last week.</p>
<p>Federal prosecutors charged 34-year-old Bushawn Shelton (photo above) yesterday with federal conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and brandishing a firearm. He allegedly organized the attempted murder of Salvatore Zottola this summer and the killing of Salvatore’s father <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/murder-at-the-drive-thru-bonanno-family-mobster-shot-in-the-head" target="_blank">Sylvester on October 4th</a>.</p>
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<p>Shelton is described as a high-ranking member of the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bloods" target="_blank">Bloods gang</a>. According to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/11/nyregion/bronx-assassination-mafia-arrest.html" target="_blank">the New York Times</a>, investigators found $45,000 in cash and loaded guns inside his <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Brooklyn" target="_blank">Brooklyn</a> apartment.</p>
<p>Authorities believe he acted as middle-man in a murder-for-hire plot that went on for several months as hitmen hunted father and son Zottola. Investigators caught a break when one of the hitmen flipped and began cooperating with authorities against Shelton.</p>
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<li><strong>WATCH & READ:</strong> <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/bonanno-family-mobster-shot-in-front-of-his-bronx-mansion-salvato" target="_blank"><strong>Video shows how Bonanno family gangster is shot in front of his Bronx mansion</strong></a></li>
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<p>At this point, that is where the buck stops: Bloods gang boss Shelton was hunting two known associates of New York’s infamous <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-bonanno-crime-family" target="_blank">Bonanno Mafia family</a>, wounding one and killing another. Exactly why Shelton had such animosity towards the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Zottola" target="_blank">Zottolas</a> remains unclear. It also remains a mystery whether he had any kind of business relationship with them.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/11/nyregion/bronx-assassination-mafia-arrest.html" target="_blank">New York Times</a> found that sworn testimony indicated that the case originated from the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=FBI" target="_blank">FBI</a>’s <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Balkan" target="_blank">Balkan</a> and Middle Eastern organized crime squad. In combination with the murder-for-hire charge brought against Shelton, this could mean that the individual(s) behind this murder plot fall under that umbrella. In New York, the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Albania" target="_blank">Albanian Mob</a> has a long and notorious presence, making its members prime suspects.</p>
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<p>With Shelton behind bars facing serious charges chances of uncovering a massive conspiracy involving the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/organized-crime-in" target="_blank">Italian Mafia</a>, the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bloods" target="_blank">Bloods street gang</a>, and a mysterious third party have increased exponentially.</p>
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The Blood Life: How robbery led to double homicide earning two United Blood Nation leaders life in prison
https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/the-blood-life-how-robbery-led-to-double-homicide-earning-two-uni
2018-05-18T08:28:16.000Z
2018-05-18T08:28:16.000Z
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<div><p><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-blood-life-how-robbery-led-to-double-homicide-earning-two-uni" target="_blank"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9237111079,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9237111079?profile=original" width="600" /></a>By David Amoruso</p>
<p>It was to be a simple robbery. When three members of the United Blood Nation robbed The Mattress Warehouse in Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 25, 2014, it was just another day at the office. But things escalated quickly once law enforcement picked up a scent.</p>
<p>The trail led them to Jamell “Assassin” Cureton (photo above, left), Nana “Ratchet” Adoma, and David “Flames” Fudge. All three are members of the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=UBN" target="_blank">United Blood Nation</a>, a nationwide criminal organization with a strong hierarchy and strict code. Once the three <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bloods" target="_blank">Bloods</a> gangsters were charged in connection with that robbery, they began using the group’s long reach and ability to use deadly force to silence opponents.</p>
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<li><strong>READ: <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/united-blood-nation-godfather-says-he-is-part-of-the-last-ones-th" target="_blank">United Blood Nation Godfather</a> says he is part of the last ones that God put in power</strong></li>
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<p>As a 5-Star General in the gang, Cureton, especially, held enough sway to set in motion a violent plot. According to court records, Cureton and other <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bloods" target="_blank">Bloods</a> gang members discussed that Mattress Warehouse owner Douglas London was the only eye witness that could identify Cureton. As such they saw no other option than to kill him.</p>
<p>Over the next months, the gangsters exchanged correspondence and conducted numerous in-person and telephonic meetings, during which they discussed and planned the murder of London. The gang picked Malcolm Jarrel Hartley, who goes by the nickname “Silent,” as the hitman. On October 23, 2014, he was driven to South Carolina, where he shot and killed not just Douglas London, but also his wife who was at home as well.</p>
<p>Collateral damage, Cureton would later call her death.</p>
<p>Upon returning to Charlotte, Hartley (photo above, right) stopped at the house of Rahkeem “Hitman” McDonald, another Blood, to dispose of the gun. Afterwards, Hartley returned to his apartment, where he met with other gang members to celebrate the couple’s murders. </p>
<p>After successfully carrying out the gang leadership’s orders, Hartley was “ranked up” or promoted to a 2-Star General. Shortly after the murders, Cureton ordered the gang to remain silent about the Londons’ murders and authorized action against any person who talked about it. During a telephone gang meeting with other United Blood Nation members, Ibn Rashaan Kornegay also directed them to lay low to avoid contact with law enforcement.</p>
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<p>Over the course of the investigation into The Mattress Store robbery and the Londons’ murders, authorities determined that Cureton, Adoma, and Ahkeem “Lil Keem” McDonald were responsible for the August 2013 murder of Kwamne Clyburn, who was killed for “false claiming.” He falsely claimed to be a Bloods member and subsequently failed a “DNA check,” meaning the gang members could not verify Clyburn’s claim to be a Blood.</p>
<p>For their roles in this organized orgy of violence and death, a jury found some of those charged guilty, while others had already pleaded guilty. A judge then handed down heavy sentences. Adoma was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences and 25 years in prison, Akheem McDonald is to serve two consecutive life sentences, Jamell Lamon Cureton, Malcolm Jarrel Hartley and Rahkeem Lee McDonald were each sentenced to life in prison, David Lee Fudge was sentenced to 26 years, and Ibn Rashaan Kornegay was sentenced to 23 years.</p>
<p>“Jamell Cureton and Malcolm Hartley are violent and ruthless men who used their gang affiliations to commit heinous crimes against innocent victims,” John Strong, the Special Agent in Charge of the Charlotte Division of the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=FBI" target="_blank">FBI</a>, told reporters. “Due to the incredible cooperation and coordination between the FBI and our local law enforcement partners, they had no choice except to admit their crimes and accept their fate to spend the rest of their lives in federal prison.”</p>
<p>Despite the long prison sentences, one can be certain that all the men involved have already been replaced by the United Blood Nation. With a vast pool of disgruntled youngsters growing up in poverty surrounded by drugs and violence and lacking options, groups like the Bloods will never have a shortage of willing soldiers.</p>
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VIDEO: Bloods gangster talks about doing time with Mafia boss John Gotti in 1997
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2018-04-07T17:10:25.000Z
2018-04-07T17:10:25.000Z
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<div><p><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/video-bloods-gangster-talks-about-doing-time-with-mafia-boss-john" target="_blank"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9237101697,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9237101697?profile=original" width="564" /></a>By David Amoruso</p>
<p>Doing time is a trip. So much so that sharing a cell with one of America’s most notorious <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Mafia" target="_blank">Mafia</a> bosses seems like just another day in a world filled with violence and crazy inmates. <a href="http://www.streetgangs.com" target="_blank">StreetGangs.com</a> talked to <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bloods" target="_blank">Bloods</a> gangster “Kre Kre” who shared some anecdotes about the years he spent locked up and the time he spent with New York’s Dapper Don <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Gotti" target="_blank">John Gotti</a>.</p>
<p>“Yeah, we was in the same year together in 1997,” the Bloods gangster tells the interviewer in the YouTube clip – watch below. “We did 9 months together at <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Marion" target="_blank">Marion</a>. In the same unit. It was all blacks and Mexicans there,” he adds. Gotti was cool with them, but he didn’t socialize with the “dirty” white gangs, the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bikers" target="_blank">bikers</a> and <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Nazi" target="_blank">Nazis</a>, Kre Kre says.</p>
<p><strong>In the video below, he also talks about the time Gotti was assaulted by a fellow inmate:</strong></p>
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Rap mogul Suge Knight shot six times at VMA party
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2014-08-25T07:45:33.000Z
2014-08-25T07:45:33.000Z
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<p>Some guys just attract violence. Case in point: rap mogul Suge Knight. This Sunday morning, Knight was attending a party celebrating this year’s MTV Video Music Awards when he was shot a reported six times by an unknown assailant.</p>
<p>The party at the <a href="http://1oakla.com/" target="_blank">10AK nightclub</a> in Los Angeles was held by singer Chris Brown, MTV told gossip site TMZ, and had no official link to the VMAs. Perhaps not. However, many of the people at the party did have some interesting links of their own.</p>
<p><a href="http://amzn.to/1tvsFMl" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9237033492,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9237033492?profile=original" width="300" /></a>Brown and Knight are both known affiliates of the Bloods crime gang. Knight has been repping the group publicly and out in the open for several decades now. Back in the 1990s, as CEO of Death Row Records Suge controlled rap superstars such as <a href="http://amzn.to/1lrgcby" target="_blank">Dr Dre</a>, <a href="http://amzn.to/1nsKUwg" target="_blank">Snoop Dogg</a>, and the legendary <a href="http://amzn.to/1qFp4GH" target="_blank">Tupac “2Pac” Shakur</a>. His Bloods background gave Knight's label and rappers instant street cred, but was also the cause of their downfall as violence became a daily occurrence.</p>
<p>On the night of September 6, 1996, Suge Knight was driving through Las Vegas with Shakur after they had just seen Mike Tyson beat Bruce Seldon at the MGM Grand. As Knight stopped the car in front of a red light at the intersection of Flamingo Road and Koval Lane in front of the Maxim Hotel, another car drove by and multiple shots were fired at Shakur and Knight.</p>
<p>Knight was wounded but lived. Shakur died seven days later at age 25.</p>
<p>Now Knight is back in the hospital with more bullet holes. At age 49 he should seriously consider putting his massive 6 ft 4, 265 lb, frame in less dangerous situations. He isn’t exactly a hard target.</p>
<p>Though it is still unknown what precisely went down at club 10AK on the night of Saturday and early Sunday morning, TMZ <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2014/08/24/1oak-gunshots-video-shooting-oak-suge-knight/" target="_blank">posted a video</a> made inside the club on which five shots can be heard. Knight’s family claims he was hit six times.</p>
<p><a href="http://amzn.to/1lrfP0K" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9237033685,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9237033685?profile=original" width="366" /></a>Eyewitnesses told TMZ that “Brown (right) was throwing up gang signs before the shooting inside 1OAK early Sunday and he was performing with a red bandana -- the Bloods' moniker.” Several Bloods gangbangers were allegedly surrounding Brown at the time of the shooting.</p>
<p>After being shot, Knight walked out of the club and took cover behind a white Bentley. He was taken to the hospital after cops saw him. He is currently in the intensive care unit and expected to recover.</p>
<p>An hour-and-a-half before the shooting, rapper <a href="http://amzn.to/1tAmTbn" target="_blank">Game</a>, another famous Bloods gang member, was involved in a fight with the club’s bouncers after they wouldn’t let him and his friends in.</p>
<p>With three high-profile Bloods gang members at one location it is obvious police are investigating the gang link in hopes of solving this shooting. It is doubtful they will find many witnesses willing to testify, though, as the rap business has made it its goal to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Snitchin%27" target="_blank">campaign</a> against “snitching.”</p>
<p>Time in prison is one thing, apparently, but losing your street cred is a whole ‘nother deal.</p>
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