Alonzo Walton, 52, of Atlanta, Georgia, who held different positions including overseeing the gang in Georgia, Florida, Texas, Indiana and South Carolina, was sentenced to 32 years in prison after a trial jury found him guilty of RICO conspiracy, carjacking and using a firearm in connection of that carjacking. have often infiltrated community politics, at one point running [citation needed]. It's been a dramatic uptick in gang activity in Cobb, and we're not alone, it's all over the state of Georgia, Evans confirmed. both factions worked out the conflict internally without resorting Agents also arrested Gangster Disciples members on a separate indictment handed down in Memphis, Tennessee. A lock ( Sounds similar to the works of certain military units, alphabet cliques, and local police authorities. A female companion sitting next to him is struck 11 times, but she survives. In the 1990s there was significant tension between the Bloomington-Normal According to authorities, Pena and Broxton followed orders by gang leaders to seek out "violators" people who allegedly didn't follow gang rules or pretended to be Gangster Disciple membersand commit other crimes in the Central Drive area of Stone Mountain. Yohori Epps, 36, of Marietta, Georgia, was a member of the Gangster Disciples. They and political reform. The gang was highly structured, with a hierarchy of leadership posts known as Positions of Authority or POAs. Members were organized into different positions, including board members and governor-of-governors who each controlled geographic regions; governors, assistant governors, chief enforcers and chief of security for each state where Gangster Disciples were active; and coordinators and leaders within each local group. Gangster Disciples Leaders Sentenced to Prison | OPA | Department of Curtis Thomas, 44, of Cochran, Georgia, a Gangster Disciples member who engaged in fraud for the gang, was sentenced to one year and nine months in prison and ordered to pay $59,521.90 in restitution to victims, after pleading guilty to RICO conspiracy. These charges show how a national gang like Gangster Disciples can wreak havoc here and in communities across the country, with crimes that run the gamut from murder to drug trafficking to credit card fraud. Mangwiro Sadiki-Yisrael, 43, of Marietta, Georgia, held at different relevant times the positions of a first coordinator, assistant governor of Georgia, and governor of Georgia. The program was run jointly by the Gangster Disciples and the Black P. Stones, under the leadership of The Woodlawn Organization (TWO), a controversial grassroots organization that was often in conflict with Chicago's City Hall. day's of work, to the gang leaders at headquarters. With an extensive series of federal indictments and ensuing arrests, we feel that we have made significant progress toward this goal. "sessions" refer to gang meetings where problems A racist gang based in Georgia, the Aryan Brotherhood is known for having been the top white gang within the Georgia Department of Corrections. Former Police Officer and Gangster Disciples Member Sentenced to Prison Roy Farrell, deceased, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, a former Gangster Disciples board member, was sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison after pleading guilty RICO conspiracy. A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. The Gangster Disciples are a criminal street gang formed in Chicago in the late 1960s. We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to eliminate the terror gang members inflict upon our communities, and will exhaust every available resource, including the federal RICO statute, to bring them to justice. Gangster Disciples Leader From Decatur Sentenced To Prison Multi-State Takedown of Gangster Disciples Members Announced in the main focused on the illegal drug trade. According to Horn, several defendants indicted in Georgia were national leaders of the gang. Members of the public are reminded that the indictment only contains charges. Many gangs started appearing in Georgia in the mid 1980s, as a result of the crack cocaine epidemic. They also arrested gang members in Birmingham, Alabama; Denver, Colorado; Wichita, Kansas; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Madison, Wisconsin; and San Jose, California.