Defendants Conspired to Murder Gang Rivals in East Flatbush
Yesterday, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Lenard
Barletto, a member of the Outlaw Gangsta Crips (“OGC”) and the Shoota Gang, was
sentenced to 210 months’ imprisonment for racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy
to distribute crack cocaine and conspiracy to murder two gang rivals. Barletto pleaded guilty to the charges in
June 2018. He is the final gang member
to be sentenced in this case, in which 23 defendants, including the gangs’
leaders, were charged and convicted of racketeering conspiracy, murder
conspiracy, attempted murder, narcotics trafficking conspiracy and bank fraud,
among other crimes. The sentencing
proceedings were held before United States District Judge William F. Kuntz II.
Richard P. Donoghue, United States Attorney for the Eastern
District of New York, William F. Sweeney, Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge,
Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office (FBI), and James P.
O’Neill, Commissioner, New York City Police Department (NYPD), announced the
sentences.
“With Outlaw Gangsta Crips and Shoota Gang leaders and members
now serving well-deserved prison terms, the East Flatbush community is a much
safer place,” stated United States Attorney Donoghue. “We warn all violent street gang members, in
no uncertain terms, to expect a similar fate for menacing our communities.”
“Violent street gangs, and the crews and subsets that
splinter off from them, remain a focus of law enforcement wherever their
illegal trade in narcotics and brutal rivalries threaten the safety of our
city’s neighborhoods and residents,” stated NYPD Commissioner O’Neill. “We applaud our federal partners for working
together in this case to eradicate a criminal franchise and ensure justice for
the East Flatbush community with the culmination of this successful
prosecution.”
OGC and the Shoota Gang were based in the East Flatbush
neighborhood of Brooklyn. OGC was a
violent set of the nationwide Crips street gang, and the Shoota Gang was a
local offshoot of OGC that included members of OGC, the Eight Trey Gangsta
Crips, the Bosses in Business (“BIB”) and the Bloods. Between August 9, 2013 and May 12, 2015,
members of OGC and the Shoota Gang committed multiple acts of violence, sold
drugs and guns, committed robberies and bank fraud and promoted prostitution. Among the crimes of conviction were the following:
Attempted Murder
On June 3, 2014, Conell Brogdon, a leader of both OGC and
the Shoota Gang, and Malik Campbell, a member of the Bloods and the Shoota
Gang, attempted to murder a victim identified as John Doe #1. Brogdon, Campbell and three other Shoota Gang
members surrounded John Doe #1 inside the Big Boy Deli on Nostrand Avenue and
attempted to steal his necklace. During
the confrontation, Brogdon handed Campbell a gun, and Campbell shot John Doe
#1, who survived.
Murder Conspiracy
In January 2014, OGC member Kareem Mitchell, also known as
“Pop,” was murdered, and OGC and the Shoota Gang believed BIB was
responsible. In a series of phone calls
intercepted pursuant to judicially authorized wiretaps, Parris Desuze, a leader
of both OGC and the Shoota Gang, and Lenard Barletto and Courtney Coy, both
members of OGC and the Shoota Gang, confirmed that they had firearms and would
meet at the location identified by Solomon Artis, another OGC member, to attack
two BIB members. The plan was thwarted
by FBI agents and NYPD detectives monitoring the wiretaps, and Artis, Barleto,
Coy and Desuze were arrested.
Subsequently, co-conspirator Andre Holman, a member of the Eight Trey
Gangsta Crips, was also arrested.
Assault
On July 19, 2014, Cordero Passley, a member of the Eight Trey
Gangsta Crips and associate of OGC, assaulted and stabbed a victim on Lenox
Road. The confrontation began when
Passley ordered a woman to stop playing a song recorded by an alleged rival
gang member and rapper. When the victim
defended the woman, Passley and others attacked him.
Drug Trafficking
Between August 9, 2013 and May 12, 2015, members of OGC and
the Shoota gang conspired to sell crack cocaine in Brooklyn, Connecticut, West
Virginia and elsewhere.
Bank Fraud Conspiracy
Between January 6, 2014 and January 20, 2015, members and
associates of OGC, and members of the Eight Trey Gangsta Crips, conspired to
defraud Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citibank and TD Bank. The conspirators obtained paychecks issued to
others and used the information on the checks to create fraudulent checks that
appeared to be written by business entities.
Those checks were then deposited into bank accounts, and the deposits
were promptly withdrawn.
Convictions and Sentences
Conell Brogdon, a
leader of both OGC and the Shoota Gang, was sentenced to 210 months’
imprisonment for racketeering conspiracy, including predicate acts of attempted
murder and conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine.
Parris Desuze, a
leader of both OGC and the Shoota Gang, was sentenced to 210 months’
imprisonment for racketeering conspiracy, including predicate acts of
conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine.
Lenard Barletto, a
member of both OGC and the Shoota Gang, was sentenced to 210 months’ imprisonment
for racketeering conspiracy, including predicate acts of conspiracy to murder
and conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine.
Malik Campbell, a
member of the Bloods and the Shoota Gang, was sentenced to 188 months’
imprisonment for racketeering conspiracy, including predicate acts of attempted
murder and conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine.
Courtney Coy, a
high-ranking member of both OGC and the Shoota Gang, was sentenced to 168
months’ imprisonment for racketeering conspiracy, including predicate acts of
conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine.
Solomon Artis, a
member of OGC, was sentenced to 121 months’ imprisonment for racketeering
conspiracy, including predicate acts of conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to
distribute crack cocaine.
Steven Cherenfant,
Stanley Cherenfant and Stephon Rene, brothers and members of the Eight Trey
Gangsta Crips and the Shoota Gang, were sentenced to 135, 121 and 121 months’
imprisonment, respectively, for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine with
OGC.
Aikiam Floyd, a
member of the Bloods and the Shoota Gang, was sentenced to 121 months’
imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine with OGC.
Andre Holman, a
member of the Eight Trey Gangsta Crips and associate of OGC, was sentenced to
87 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to murder.
Cordero Passley, a
member of the Eight Trey Gangsta Crips and an associate of OGC, was sentenced
to 46 months’ imprisonment for assault in aid of racketeering.
The government’s case was handled by the Office’s Organized
Crime and Gangs Section. Assistant
United States Attorney Allon Lifshitz is in charge of the prosecution.
The Defendant Sentenced Yesterday:
LENARD BARLETTO
Age: 31
Brooklyn, New York
Defendants Previously Sentenced:
SOLOMON ARTIS
Age: 30
Brooklyn, New York
DERRICK BIENAIME
Age: 24
Brooklyn, New York
CONELL BROGDON
Age: 32
Brooklyn, New York
DAVON BROWN
Age: 21
Brooklyn, New York
MALIK CAMPBELL
Age: 32
Brooklyn, New York
STANLEY CHERENFANT
Age: 24
Brooklyn, New York
STEVEN CHERENFANT
Age: 28
Brooklyn, New York
COURTNEY COY
Age: 32
Brooklyn, New York
PARRIS DESUZE
Age: 31
Brooklyn, New York
BRANDON GREENIDGE
Age: 34
Brooklyn, New York
CORY HARRIS
Age: 41
Brooklyn, New York
JAMAR HARRY
Age: 30
Brooklyn, New York
ANDRE HOLMAN
Age: 31
Brooklyn, New York
JEFFREY JOSEPH
Age: 34
Brooklyn, New York
SILBERT NICHOLSON
Age: 27
Brooklyn, New York
CORDERO PASSLEY
Age: 25
Brooklyn, New York
GABRIEL PATTERSON
Age: 24
Brooklyn, New York
STEPHON RENE
Age: 23
Brooklyn, New York
AKEEM WATSON
Age: 27
Brooklyn, New York
E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 15-CR-287 (S-1) (WFK)
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