Casanova Pleads Guilty To Federal Drug & Racketeering Charges Again, speaking with Thomas, Luster talked about how it was important to maintain high standards with defendant Reid. }); A blood-spattered gun used by Shaaliver Douse, 14, in a shooting that ended with police killing him. In public interviews, he has admitted to stabbing inmates while incarcerated on those charges. 9 Tek Grenades. Ill see yall soon, god willing. Casanova. ga('ads.send', { Prosecutors say Jaleel Shakoor shot and killed Mazzella as a way to move up in the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation ("Gorilla Stone"), an offshoot of the Bloods Street Gang. Based on extractions from his cellphone and Austins cellphone, Hugh was intimately involved with crack cocaine distribution across Westchester County. I commend the NYPD investigators and the many law enforcement agencies involved in this investigation whose hard work resulted in these arrests. Count Fourteen (Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of Narcotics Conspiracy and Aiding and Abetting the Same). Hugh is a member of Gorilla Stone from Westchester County. On September 21, 2020, BRANDON SOTO, to further the Gorilla Stone enterprise, participated in and facilitated the murder of a minor victim, and aided and abetted the same, in Poughkeepsie, New York. learned that Reid still maintains an iron grip over Gorilla Stone from behind bars, including the gangs lucrative narcotics distribution operating in New York City and Upstate New York, as well as the gangs various fraud schemes. Because of the extraordinary work of our law enforcement partners, the defendants now face federal charges for their crimes.. Notifications can be turned off anytime from browser settings. Below is a photo from Lusters Instagram account, posted in July 2020, which depicts him with what appears to be an automatic firearm: Lusters admissions over recorded calls did not stop with just violence. 2), Count Twelve: Possession with Intent to Distribute Crack Cocaine (21 U.S.C. }); Is Rapper Casanova the Leader of the Gorilla Stone Bloods Gang Count Five (Violent Crime in Aid of Rackeeteering); Count Sixteen (Aggravated Identity Theft). Using his public platform, he has amplified the message of the gangboth through his music and his social media profiles. Evidence uncovered over the course of the investigation has shown that he works closely with defendant Austin to move large quantities of crack cocaine in the Peekskill area. pg.acq.push(function() { New York, NY -. 73 Hustler Crips. Reid shot the victim, a total stranger, in the forehead and then continued pistol-whipping him as he lay dead, prosecutors alleged. The Set Trippin rapper's hearing came more than a year and a half after he surrendered to police in New York last December after 18 other accused members of the Gorilla Stone Nation gang were indicted on a slew of charges. 1028A(a)(1), 1028(b) and 2). Officials claim Pena went into hiding for three months before popping up again in June of that year, where he is accused of having fatally shot Francesco "Franky" Gonzalez, 23, in the face.