Shmurda Indictment Shows His Phone was Tapped

DJ Akademiks speaks on Bobby Shmurda being indicted in Conspiracy to Murder and Selling Drugs, Gun Posession and other things.

Here are some excerpts from the official press release about the indictment, provided by the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York:

BRIDGET G. BRENNAN, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner WILLIAM J. BRATTON and Brooklyn District Attorney KENNETH P. THOMPSON announced today the arrest and indictment of 15 members of “GS9”, also known as “G Stone Crips,” a street gang based in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. As charged in the indictment, members of GS9 engaged in violent disputes with rival gangs, committed murder and carried out numerous non-fatal shootings. GS9 members are also charged in multiple instances of gunfire in public locations in which no one was shot in both New York City and Miami, Fla. Twelve indicted defendants are charged with narcotics trafficking and using the proceeds to further the criminal activities of the gang.

The 69-count indictment contains charges of Conspiracy and substantive charges of Murder, Attempted Murder, Assault, Attempted Assault, Weapons Possession, Criminal Use of a Firearm, Reckless Endangerment, Narcotics Sales and Criminally Using Drug Paraphernalia.

Police seized 21 guns during the course of the long-term investigation, which was conducted by New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) Brooklyn South Violence Reduction Task Force and the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor’s Narcotics Gang Unit, with assistance from the Kings County District Attorney’s Office. Other evidence includes surveillance video, inmates’ recorded phone conversations, DNA and ballistics test results, seized narcotics and drug paraphernalia, and eyewitness accounts.

Early yesterday morning, NYPD officers arrested eight defendants in the vicinity of Quad Recording Studios, located at 723 7th Avenue in Manhattan. Police seized 10 firearms during these arrests. Five additional defendants were arrested simultaneously elsewhere in the city, while two defendants are in custody outside of New York State.

During the operation at the recording studio, police recovered three guns from inside a bag in a stairwell. The bag also contained clothing branded with a logo related to GS9 rap performances and a motel receipt in MARSHALL’s name. MARSHALL and another indicted defendant, SANTINO BODERICK, aka “Cueno”, were arrested in the vicinity of this same stairwell after the NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit froze the location.

POLLARD and defendant NICOLAS MCCOY, aka “Montana Flea” aka “Monty,” were stopped in a vehicle soon after leaving the recording studio. Police recovered two firearms and a small quantity of crack-cocaine from the car. One gun was wedged between POLLARD and MCCOY, who were in the backseat of the car. The second gun was inside a duffle bag lying across the laps of POLLARD and a female passenger seated next to him.

Special Narcotics Prosecutor BRIDGET G. BRENNAN said, “The defendants are charged with narcotics dealing and an escalating pattern of violence spreading from their home community of Brooklyn to South Beach, Florida. Painstaking investigative work linked the defendants and their guns to a wave of senseless shooting. We hope these arrests provide the community with a sense of relief.”

Police Commissioner WILLIAM J. BRATTON said, “These violent individuals will now be held accountable for their decision to participate in a gang which has brought a disturbing level of violence to the streets of Brooklyn and beyond our city’s borders. The NYPD, along with our counterparts in law enforcement, remain dedicated to the residents of Brooklyn who deserve to live in a community free of gangs and gang violence.”

Brooklyn District Attorney KENNETH P. THOMPSON said, “These defendants did not hesitate to turn the streets of Brooklyn into a shooting gallery, leaving death and destruction in their wake. They wreaked havoc to protect their drug dealing, even shooting into crowds causing hundreds of innocent people to scramble to safety. Now they will be held accountable for their senseless acts of violence and illicit drug activity. I am committed to working with the New York City Police Department and the Special Narcotics Prosecutor to protect the law-abiding residents of Brooklyn.”

The NYPD’s investigation into GS9 took place from January 2013 to October 2014, with the most serious incident in the indictment involving the alleged murder of a Brooklyn’s Most Wanted (BMW) gang member on February 8, 2013.

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