A leader of the Latin Counts gang was sentenced yesterday to
20 years in federal prison for assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of
racketeering, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
Schneider was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in
Charge James Deir of the ATF’s Detroit Division, and Chief James Craig of the
Detroit Police Department.
Christopher Nicholas Rishell, a/k/a “C-5,” 30, of Lincoln
Park, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert H. Cleland.
According to court records, Rishell orchestrated and helped carry out with fellow
Latin Counts gang members a drive-by shooting in a residential neighborhood of
southwest Detroit that occurred on October 7, 2017, killing one victim and
injuring two others. Rishell was the
“president” of the Toledo Mafia Counts set of the Latin Counts at the time of
the shooting.
Also according to court records, the Latin Counts gang
operates primarily in southwest Detroit and the downriver communities of
Lincoln Park and Ecorse. The Latin
Counts are a criminal enterprise responsible for murders, robberies, and the
distribution of illegal drugs. The Latin
Counts use violence to retaliate against rivals, intimidate citizens in the
community, and advance members’ positions within the gang.
Through the lead efforts of the ATF, FBI, and the Detroit
Homicide Task Force, law enforcement identified and charged a total of seven
violent members of the Latin Counts gang responsible for the drive-by shooting,
all of whom have since pleaded guilty.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys
Louis Crisostomo, Robert VanWert, and Eric Straus.
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