Knoxville Police Department Chief David Rausch makes a statement regarding the indictment of several alleged members of the Mafia Insane Vice Lords criminal street gang for heroin distribution conspiracy and violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act, Friday, July 22, 2016. Authorities say they've dismantled the Vice Lords Gang in Knox County. Defendant was a leader of a gang known as the "Vice Lords" that operated crack cocaine sales in Knoxville, Tennessee. Use this information to draw … DA Charme Allen announced plea agreements with 19-year-old Marquez Billingsley and 22-year-olds Daton Matthews and Jeremy Edwards. United States v. Williams, 158 Fed.Appx. That included names like the Vice Lords, Aryan Nation, Gangster Disciples, SUR-13, the Bloods, and the Crips. ... Knoxville, and Atlanta areas, among others. 2005). The following page presents statistics and interpretations on the activity of gangs in Knoxville in Tennessee, including information relating to overall numbers, per capita numbers, approximate gang membership, locations, and any correlations between gang activity and the demographic and socio-economic environment of Knoxville, Tennessee. The government launched an investigation in 2001 after residents of a housing project in Knoxville complained about the gang. A high-ranking member of the Vice Lords criminal street gang, Smith is behind bars serving a 14-year sentence at the West Tennessee State Penitentiary for … Each pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Sell Heroin in a Drug Free Zone. The remaining members of the Mafia Insane Vice Lords Gang were convicted in a heroin conspiracy case prosecuted under the RICO statute Monday, according to a representative with DA Charme Allen's office. to the Knoxville branch of the Vice Lords gang. Un The case is the first time the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations statute has been used in Knox County. WJHL reported that a suspect killed in March of 2018 in Jonesborough was a member of the Crips, along with numerous other arrests and crimes related to gang activities based on the tattoos of those arrested. CHATTANOOGA — On Nov. 13, after a five-day jury trial before the Honorable Curtis L. Collier, Senior U.S. District Judge, James Silas, … 651, 652-53 (6th Cir. Vice Lords Gang Member Convicted by Jury Posted: 3/25/2015. Another gang member is being sent to prison due to the hard work of the prosecutors in the newly-created Career Gang Unit. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Officials with the Rogersville Police Department said a confirmed member of the Vice Lords gang, one of the oldest street gangs in Chicago, who was wanted in Knox County was arrested Sunday. After a former member turned informant, agents obtained authorization to set up video surveillance of the gang’s regular meeting place. A Knox County jury convicted Ziberia Carero, 35, of Possession with Intent to Deliver Cocaine. Mafia Insane Vice Lords member to be sentenced in Chattanooga for heroin distribution.