Cleveland黑帮三名成员被判犯有勒索谋杀等罪：涉两起命案、最高面临终身监禁
美国司法部11月5日宣布，位于俄亥俄州库亚霍加县的 Cleveland 一家联邦陪审团经过三周审判，判处当地街头帮派 Fully Blooded Felons 的三名成员多项罪名成立，包括《反勒索与腐败组织法》（RICO）谋杀、RICO 共谋、RICO 绑架、毒品贩运与枪支罪。
三名被告均为 Cleveland 居民：Raven Mullins（37岁）、Malik Brooks（28岁）与 Jayon Florence（23岁）。司法部刑事司助理部长 A. Tysen Duva 表示，该帮派给 Cleveland 带来严重暴力；俄亥俄北区联邦检察官 David M. Toepfer 表示，裁决向以伤害他人、恐吓社区为业的帮派成员发出明确信号；联邦调查局（FBI）Cleveland 办公室特别探员主管 Joshua DelManzo 称，该组织被认定为 Cleveland 最重大的帮派威胁。
庭审证据显示，该帮派约自2012年起在俄亥俄州活动，主要盘踞 Cleveland 东区，也涉及 Akron、Youngstown 等地，并渗透进俄亥俄州监狱系统。Mullins 主管该帮派的 governing body「Commission」，该机构以体罚维持组织纪律，并决定成员违规的处罚，处罚从罚款直至处死。
证据显示，2022年7月28日前后，帮派成员因怀疑一名受害人与敌对帮派成员有感情关系并泄密，将她关在一处公寓内，Mullins 下令包括 Brooks 与 Florence 在内的成员反复殴打、掐压她；次日，经 Mullins 批准，Brooks、Florence 等人把她带到 Cleveland 西区，连开19枪将她杀害，尸体留在一辆被盗 Kia Optima 的前座。2022年6月30日至7月5日，Mullins 等人还绑架并殴打一名22岁女子，该女子此前曾向警方作证指认一名帮派成员参与抢劫，后被释放。2023年9月12日，Mullins 与另外两名成员又在 Cleveland 西区抢劫并杀害第二名受害人，现场发现带有 Mullins DNA 的刀鞘。
检察官还提出证据显示，Brooks 于2022年7月18日与20日在 Cleveland 西区枪击两名敌对帮派成员；执法人员在该帮派使用的两处藏毒点执行搜查令时，查获300多克芬太尼、可卡因与冰毒以及7支枪械。
三名被告最高面临终身监禁，量刑日期尚未确定。司法部表示，截至目前，该起诉中已有25名 Fully Blooded Felons 成员被起诉并定罪，罪名包括 RICO 共谋、为勒索实施的谋杀与绑架，以及多项枪支与毒品罪。本案由 FBI 主导调查，Cleveland 警察局、烟酒枪炮与爆炸物管理局（ATF）、缉毒局（DEA）等多家机构协助。
（来源：美国司法部）
Three Cleveland Gang Members Convicted of RICO Murder, Kidnapping and Drug Trafficking
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on November 5 that, following a three-week trial, a federal jury in Cleveland, in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, convicted three members of the Fully Blooded Felons, a violent Cleveland street gang, of crimes including Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act murder, RICO conspiracy, RICO kidnapping, drug trafficking and gun crimes.
The defendants are Raven Mullins, 37, Malik Brooks, 28, and Jayon Florence, 23, all of Cleveland. Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department's Criminal Division said the gang rained violence on Ohio communities. U.S. Attorney David M. Toepfer for the Northern District of Ohio said the verdicts send a clear message to gang members who hurt people and terrorize communities, and FBI Cleveland Special Agent in Charge Joshua DelManzo said the Fully Blooded Felons had been identified as Cleveland's most significant gang threat.
According to evidence presented at trial, the gang has existed in Ohio since approximately 2012, operating primarily out of the east side of Cleveland, as well as Akron, Youngstown and elsewhere, and is also entrenched in the Ohio prison system. Mullins oversaw the Commission, the gang's governing body, which maintained the structure of the criminal enterprise through physical discipline and determined punishments for violations, ranging from a fine to death.
Evidence proved that on or about July 28, 2022, gang members held a victim in an apartment, where Mullins ordered members including Brooks and Florence to repeatedly punch and choke her, after the gang suspected she was romantically involved with and sharing information with a rival gang member. The next day, upon Mullins's approval, Brooks and Florence and other members drove her to an area on the west side of Cleveland, where they fatally shot her 19 times, leaving her body in the front seat of a stolen Kia Optima. From June 30 to July 5, 2022, Mullins and other members kidnapped and assaulted a 22-year-old woman who had previously given a statement to police implicating a gang member in a robbery; she was eventually released. On September 12, 2023, Mullins and two other members robbed and murdered a second victim on the west side of Cleveland, and a knife sheath carrying Mullins's DNA was found at the scene.
The prosecution also introduced evidence that Brooks shot two rival gang members on the west side of Cleveland on July 18 and 20, 2022, and that during two search warrants at stash houses, law enforcement recovered over 300 grams of fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine, as well as seven firearms.
The defendants face maximum penalties of life in prison, and their sentencing date has not yet been set. As of today, 25 Fully Blooded Felon members have been charged and convicted in relation to this indictment. The case resulted from a yearslong investigation conducted by the FBI, with assistance from the Cleveland Division of Police, ATF, DEA and numerous other agencies.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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