A federal judge yesterday sentenced Eric "Bubba" Correia, 26, to 15 years in prison for his role in the Cameron Street Gang, who, when not posting YouTube rap videos exulting in the deaths of rival gang members, tried to orchestrate the murder of one of those archenemies himself - only to have the victim saved by surgeons at Boston Medical Center. Read more.
Cameron Street Gang
A federal judge yesterday sentenced Keiarri "Kemo" Dyette, 26, to 42 months in federal prison for his role in the Cameron Street gang, which included beating a member of the rival Wendover Street gang bloody with a gun and selling guns to a man who turned out to be working for the feds, the US Attorney's office in Boston reports. Read more.
A federal judge yesterday sentenced Daronde Bethea to 250 months - 20 years, 10 months - in prison for his role in the Cameron Street Gang, which included trying to gun down a member of the rival Wendover Street Gang and participating in armed home invasions in Dorchester and Canton, the US Attorney's office reports. Read more.
A federal judge yesterday sentenced Kenny Romero to 7 1/4 years - 87 months - in federal prison for violating the RICO law and for selling cocaine and being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition - 63 months for the charges to which he'd pleaded guilty and another 24 months for doing all that while on probation for an earlier gun-possession charge. Read more.
A federal judge today unsealed an indictment charging 19 alleged members of the Dorchester-based Cameron Street gang with a variety of RICO violations dating to 2010 that include one murder, 33 attempted murders, 17 armed robberies, 19 unarmed robberies, including home invasions, one carjacking and selling crack, marijuana and guns. Read more.