9 Alleged Detroit Gang Members Indicted For Murder, Racketeering
DETROIT (WWJ) - Nine more alleged gang members have been indicted on federal charges in connection with violent crime in Detroit.
The initial indictment in June charged Edwin Lamont Mills, aka "Edboy," and Carlo Dajuan Wilson, aka "Los," with murder in aid of racketeering for shootings late last year that resulted in two deaths and serious injuries to children. A 21-year-old man and a 13-year-old girl were killed while sitting in a parked car outside a market on Hayes in broad daylight on Dec. 1, 2015.
The superseding indictment unsealed Tuesday adds nine more defendants on charges of racketeering conspiracy, additional murders in aid of racketeering and related offenses.
[View a copy of the indictment]
Federal investigators say members of 6 Mile Chedda Grove — a violent street gang based on Detroit's east side — are responsible for murders and assaults in retaliation against rivals and to intimidate witnesses; also firearms and narcotics
trafficking.
Four defendants were taken into custody over the last two days on this indictment, according to a release from the US Attorney's Office. They are identified as:
• Mario Leico Jackson, a/k/a "Ugg," 23, of Detroit, charged with racketeering conspiracy;
• Phillip Glen-Earl Peaks, a/k/a "Peezy," 28, of Detroit, charged with racketeering conspiracy;
• Michael Richardson, a/k/a "Mikey Made," 28, of Detroit, charged with racketeering conspiracy, felon in possession of a firearm, possession with intent to distribute heroin and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime;
• Devontae Aaron Russell, a/k/a "Tae," 23, of Knoxville, Tennessee, charged with racketeering conspiracy.
Seven other defendants are already in federal or state custody based upon other charges, including:
• Edwin Lamont Mills, a/k/a "Ed Boy," 26, of Detroit, charged with racketeering conspiracy, and two counts each of murder in aid of racketeering, assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, and using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence causing death;
• Carlo Dajuan Wilson, a/k/a "Los," 23, of Warren, charged with racketeering conspiracy, and two counts each of murder in aid of racketeering, assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering and using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence causing death;
• Donell Christopher Thompson, a/k/a "Dnell," 26, of Detroit, charged with racketeering conspiracy, and one count each of murder in aid of racketeering and using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence causing death;
• Lomnil Bookies Jackson, a/k/a "Lomo," 23, of Detroit, charged with racketeering conspiracy, and one count each of murder in aid of racketeering, assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering and using and carrying a firearm during
a crime of violence causing death;
• Patrick Jeffrey Johnson, a/k/a "Cane," 22, of Detroit, charged with racketeering conspiracy;
• Corey Alexander Mills, 22, of Detroit, charged with racketeering conspiracy;
• Robert Wayne Baytops, a/k/a "R.B.," 41, of Detroit, charged with racketeering conspiracy and felon in possession of firearms.
The busts were made in connection with Detroit One, a collaborative effort between law enforcement and the community to
reduce homicide and other violent crime in Detroit.
"The people of Detroit deserve a safe city in which they may thrive," said Detroit Police Chief James Craig, in a media release. "The Detroit One partnership is rooted in the belief that all citizens and neighborhoods deserve to be free of crime and our joint efforts to make that a reality will continue."
U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade told WWJ's Jon Hewett that, following the investigation of the 6 Mile Chedda Grove gang, shootings in the 9th Precinct are down by over a third.
"One of our primary focuses is to go after violent street gangs because we believe that the streets gangs are responsible for much of the violence in our neighborhoods," McQuade said.
