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Three Members Of Jersey City Gang Face Life After Murder Convictions: Feds Three Members Of Jersey City Gang Face Life After Murder Convictions: Feds
Three Members Of Jersey City Gang Face Life After Murder Convictions: Feds Three members of the Jersey City based Marion street gang were convicted in Newark federal court on Wednesday, Dec. 11 for their role in a racketeering conspiracy that included three murders, authorities said. Myron Williams, a 31-year-old Newark residnt, Khalil Kelley, a 25-year-old Jersey City resident and Roger Pickett, a 24-year-old Jersey City resident were involved in three murders in 2021 and 2022, US Attorney Philip Sellinger said. On March 29, 2021,  Kelley and other gang members lured a rival gang member outside by sending him Instagram messages pretending to be the vict…

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by Sam Barron
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Two Jersey City Gang Members Sentenced For Role In Multiple Shootings: Feds Two Jersey City Gang Members Sentenced For Role In Multiple Shootings: Feds
Two Jersey City Gang Members Sentenced For Role In Multiple Shootings: Feds Two Jersey City gang members were sentenced to lengthy prison terms on Wednesday, Aug. 21, for their role in two different shootings and other crimes, authorities said. Jakeem Gibson-Madison, a.k.a. “Beanz,” 30; and Terick Rogers, a.k.a. “Moot,” 32, are members of a Jersey City gang associated with the Marion Gardens Housing Complex, US Attorney Phillip Sellinger said.  Gibson-Madison was sentenced to 15 years in prison while Rogers was sentenced to 16 years in prison, Sellinger said.  While in the gang, Gibson-Madison and Rogers routinely distributed cocaine and heroin, among oth…

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by Sam Barron
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Feds: 12-Year-Old Jersey City Girl Shot When Allied Gangs Attack Rivals In Drive-By Feds: 12-Year-Old Jersey City Girl Shot When Allied Gangs Attack Rivals In Drive-By
Feds: 12-Year-Old Jersey City Girl Shot When Allied Gangs Attack Rivals In Drive-By A 12-year-old Jersey City girl was wounded in a drive-by shooting earlier this month when three members of a group of allied Jersey City gangs opened fire on a rival gang in retaliation for a previous attack, federal authorities said Wednesday. Marc “Bando” Taylor, Jashawn “Trilly” Tate and Damari “Juggy” Blackwell, all 18 years old, were scheduled for first appearances via videoconference Thursday before U.S. Magistrate Judge James B. Clark III in Newark, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Taylor, Tate and Blackwell are associated with violent street gangs tied to three neighborhoods -- t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Two Alleged Jersey City Gang Members Charged In Revenge Shooting Two Alleged Jersey City Gang Members Charged In Revenge Shooting
Two Alleged Jersey City Gang Members Charged In Revenge Shooting Two men believed to be members of a Jersey City street gang have been accused of shooting two others as payback for a murder last year, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Tuesday. Jalil “Broadday” Holmes, 19, of East Orange and Jakeem “Beanz” Gibson-Madison, a 24-year-old Jersey City man, belong to a gang based at the Marion Gardens Housing Complex, authorities said. A member of the gang was shot and killed in December. On Jan. 9, Holmes and Gibson-Madison, who were looking to avenge the killing, spotted a white BMW they believed was occupied by rival gang members, according to authorities. W…

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by Paul Milo