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Gang Member Sentenced For Role In Courthouse Shooting In Fairfield County Gang Member Sentenced For Role In Courthouse Shooting In Fairfield County
Gang Member Sentenced For Role In Courthouse Shooting In Fairfield County A gang member in Fairfield County will spend nearly two decades in prison after being sentenced for his role in a shooting in front of a Bridgeport courthouse. Marquis Israel - also known as “Garf” or “Baby,” age 25, was sentenced to 210 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for racketeering offenses related to his participation in a gang-related shooting in front of a state courthouse in Bridgeport in January 2020, federal prosecutors announced. Prosecutors said that Israel and his co-conspirators attempted to kill members and associates of the East End gang on Ja…

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Western Mass Man Sentenced For Racketeering Offenses Relating To Prostitution Western Mass Man Sentenced For Racketeering Offenses Relating To Prostitution
Western Mass Man Sentenced For Racketeering Offenses Relating To Prostitution A Western Massachusetts man has been sentenced to time served and three years of supervised released for racketeering offenses relating to the promotion of commercial sex. Hampden County resident Kevin Smoot, age 60, was sentenced on Thursday, Aug. 19.  He pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to use a facility of interstate commerce to promote prostitution offenses and seven counts of use of a facility of interstate commerce to promote prostitution offenses, said the US Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts.  According to officials, between February 2019 and J…

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by Kathy Reakes