18 Alleged Suffolk County Gang Members Charged After Investigation Into Murder, Robberies

Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney announced the indictment of alleged members of the "No Fake Love" gang, also known as "NFL," on Monday, Dec. 12.

Tierney said the investigation involved 31 separate incidents, including the murder of Jorge Mauricio Sevilla Barrera in December of 2021.

Authorities also investigated six shootings, six armed robberies, the recovery of eight loaded handguns, and the grand larceny or possession of 15 stolen vehicles, and thefts of seven French Bulldogs, the DA's Office said.

Investigators found that the defendants are allegedly members of the NFL gang, which operated from October 2021 throughout Long Island and was mainly centered in Mastic, Shirley, Bellport, and Riverhead, Tierney said.

The DA's Office said the following individuals are included in the indictment: 

• Taevon Bazemore, age 21, of Shirley, faces a top count of second-degree attempted murder and up to 25 years’ incarceration.
• Kevin Cabrera, age 17, of Shirley, faces a top count of first-degree robbery and up to 25 years’ incarceration.
• Corey Foggy, age 18, of Mastic, faces a top count of first-degree robbery and up to 25 years’ incarceration.
• Simone Feliz, age 20, of Gordon Heights, faces a top count of first-degree conspiracy and up to 25 years to life incarceration.
• Noah Green, age 18, of Shirley, faces a top count of second-degree attempted murder and up to 25 years’ incarceration.
• Romaine Hopkins, age 18, of Mastic, faces a top count of first-degree robbery and up to 25 years’ incarceration.
• Keandre Hudson, age 27, of Mastic, faces a top count of first-degree conspiracy and up to 25 years to life incarceration.
• Janell Johnson, age 20, of Shirley, faces a top count of first-degree conspiracy and up to 25 years to life incarceration.
• Nisiah Jones, age 21, of Mastic, faces a top count of second-degree attempted murder and up to 25 years’ incarceration.
• Walter Jones, age 21, of Mastic, faces a top count of second-degree conspiracy and up to eight-and-a-third to 25 years’ incarceration.
• Mekhi Kennedy, age 17, of Patchogue, faces a top count of first-degree robbery and up to 25 years’ incarceration.
• Jason Parker, age 21, of Loganville, Georgia, faces a top count of second-degree conspiracy and up to eight-and-a-third to 25 years’ incarceration.
• Marquize Pittman, age 22, of Mastic, faces a top count of second-degree conspiracy and up to 12-and-a-half to 25 years’ incarceration.
• A 15-year-old boy from Schenectady, faces a top count of first-degree robbery and up to three-and-a-third to 10 years’ incarceration.
• David Trent, age 18, of Mastic, faces a top count of second-degree murder and up to 25 years to life incarceration.
• Matthew Walker, age 17, of Wading River, faces a top count of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and up to 15 years’ incarceration.
• Aamiya Williams, age 23, of Shirley, faces a top count of first-degree conspiracy and up to 25 years to life incarceration.
• Jane Doe, of Hempstead, faces a top count of first-degree robbery three-and-a-third to 10 years’ incarceration.

In 10 months of the investigation, authorities executed more than 100 search warrants into homes, vehicles, and digital sources to gather evidence, the DA's Office said. 

Investigators found that NFL members took orders from incarcerated gang members Keandre Hudson and Janell Johnson, and they stole or possessed 15 stolen vehicles, often at the direction of Hudson and Johnson, Tierney said. 

Members also allegedly committed other larcenies, Tierney said.

During the investigation, authorities found that Jorge Mauricio Sevilla Barrera was murdered in Farmingville at about 2:50 a.m. on Dec. 5, 2021, after he was involved in an argument with David Trent, and Trent fatally shot him, the DA's Office said.

Two other victims reportedly suffered non-fatal injuries in the shooting.

Authorities also investigated an armed carjacking and robbery of a Lyft driver in Wading River that happened on April 13, the DA's Office said. 

Tierney said a Schenectady juvenile, Corey Foggy, and Trent allegedly were passengers in the vehicle, and the Schenectady boy began striking the driver. The teen from Schenectady and Trent allegedly pointed guns at the driver's head.

Foggy then exited the vehicle and pulled the driver out, causing the driver to fall to the ground, Tierney said. The Schenectady teen got into the driver's seat and began driving the vehicle away with Trent in the back seat, the DA's Office reported. 

The driver suffered lacerations to his forehead, head, and knee during the incident, according to the report. 

On May 5, members of the gang committed an armed carjacking in Wantagh, investigators found.

Investigators found that Trent, Romaine Hopkins, and Mekhi Kennedy traveled from Suffolk County to Wantagh at about 8:50 p.m., pointed a gun at a victim's head, and stole her Mercedes-Benz sedan, Tierney said.

Then on May 28, Trent and Taevon Bazemore allegedly fired multiple rounds into the windows of a vehicle that was occupied by alleged rival gang members, the DA's Office said.

Tierney said the indictment also covers an incident on June 4, in which Trent and another individual allegedly fired rounds into the windows and walls of a Mastic residence. 

Later that night, Trent, Foggy, Mekhi Kennedy, and Nisiah Jones traveled to Nassau County and allegedly robbed a victim at gunpoint of a 2022 BMW M340i in a Dairy Queen parking lot in Levittown, the DA's Office said.

That same night, Trent, Kennedy, Foggy, and Nisiah Jones allegedly engaged in a shootout with rival gang members in Mastic. No one was injured.

Trent and Foggy were arrested in Brookhaven on June 8 after they were found with a stolen 2015 BMW 3 Series that was taken from East Hampton on May 17, Tierney said. 

On July 24, at about 3:45 a.m., Marquize Pittman, Kennedy, and Walter Jones allegedly stole six French Bulldog puppies and the mother of the puppies from the home of a dog breeder, according to the report.

The DA's Office said the puppies have not been recovered, but the mother dog was recovered from a shelter.

On Friday, Oct. 7, police executed a search warrant at the Wading River home of Matthew Walker and recovered a .9mm Taurus Pistol, the DA's Office said.

Tierney said Walker, Jason Parker, and Kevin Cabrera were arrested at the home.

Authorities also investigated the shooting of two victims outside of Congressman Lee Zeldin's home in Shirley on Sunday, Oct. 9, the DA's Office said.

Investigators found that Noah Green drove a stolen 2022 Honda CR-V and shot out of the driver's side window at three alleged rival gang members, striking two of them in the chest, Tierney said.

The victims survived the shooting.

Green was arrested on Monday, Oct. 31, according to the report. 

In another incident, Cabrera is accused of committing an armed carjacking with a juvenile defendant identified as "Jane Doe" in Hempstead on Thursday, Nov. 24, the DA's Office reported. 

Tierney said ten of the 18 defendants were arrested on Thursday, Dec. 8, and seven of the defendants were already in custody on other charges.

One defendant remains at large, the DA's Office said.

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