In the second major gang sweep in two weeks, federal and local authorities
announced Wednesday a crackdown on the Imperial Insane Vice Lords, a
violent West Side gang, with the arrests of nearly three dozen leaders and
members for a murder, an attempted murder and almost two decades of drug
trafficking.
Among those charged was the gang's reputed "king," Nathaniel Hoskins, 45, who
was accused of ordering the April 2011 murder of drug rival Marcus Hurley in
West Humboldt Park. The gang henchman who allegedly carried out the killing,
Andre Brown, was himself fatally shot in June 2012.
Hoskins was arrested at O'Hare International Airport on Tuesday as he was
boarding a flight to Las Vegas, where he has a second home.
Prosecutors will seek to continue to detain him and a number of his
co-defendants at hearings next week.
Hoskins and nine other defendants were charged with federal racketeering
conspiracy. Hoskins and 23 other members of the gang were also charged with drug
conspiracy for allegedly running an open-air market on the West Side that
peddled heroin, cocaine and marijuana. Nine others face state charges in Cook
County.
According to the indictment, the gang used violence to control its drug
markets. Authorities alleged three high-ranking gang members — Torrie King, 37;
Julian Martin, 28, and Raymond Myles, 39 — plotted the murder of an individual
in May 2011, but the killing was not carried out. Another gang leader, Joseph
Faulkner, 40, was charged with ordering the January 2010 shooting of an unnamed
victim who was wounded but survived the attack.
Court records show that two decades ago, Hoskins and Faulkner were charged in
the 1993 murder of Jerome Lucious on the West Side. Hoskins fled to Las Vegas,
where he was arrested in 2005 living under an alias, records show. The murder
charges were eventually dropped against Hoskins, while Faulkner was found not
guilty by a Cook County judge.
Late last month, the leader and several other members of the Hobos street
gang were charged in connection with several homicides, including the 2006
killing of a police informant.
11 comments:
Ha!! Copeeerrrsss! You did'nt get everybody. 16th still strong. FREE THE GUYS
Stop lying,yall weak as well lmao
I thought they was going to send in the National Guard , What happen?
See, Tiny dancer and McStupid said we don't need the feds or state police. At least when they come, they make big arrests.
Send Army
Send US Air Force. Or let us kill the gangsters . WE SHOULD GANG UP ON THERE SORRY ASSES.
CARPET BOMB THE GHETTOS :-)
Invite the muslims to take out the Gangsters. but obama has another plan for USA see it on utube: Russian troops here in US to disarm Americans..Chinese troops in Mexico....Forigen troops in US... Russia, China, Iran ready to attack US....World war 3 is here....Biden announces new world order...plasic coffins...look Obama got millions for us...Fema death camps with gas chambers in them, and gas chambers in train cars....CHEM TRIALS TO DEPOPULATE AMERICIANS...Toxic chem trails..Toxic Floride...Martial law is here...Obama sending National quard to Chacgio....Obama is arming the terriost...FAST AND FURIOUS...Obama sold guns to drug cartel. now 87, dead mexicans.... Obamas race war...Obamas civil war..Obama droning americans...Obama will kill us...( Government poised for military take over...Ndaa law , allows military to arrest you NO TRIAL....Obama signs bill to shut down internet...Americia , is losing our constution.
lol @ carpet bomb ya want another DEETROIT ?
Obama send the drones up here, and in every Urban city, Your droning blacks right now , drone them here to in US.
Should have been vicelord that would have never happened, shoot that money
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