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Thursday, 4 August 2011

North Side gang member gets 10 years

North Side man was sentenced to 10 years and five months in prison for his activities as a member of the Brighton Place Crips.

Kevin "J-Reed" Underwood, 30, of Brighton Place pleaded guilty to a federal racketeering charge. He was sentenced on Tuesday in federal court.

Underwood was one of 26 people charged in February with committing crimes while members of the Brighton Place/Northview Heights Crips gang, and one of 20 members or associates of the gang who have pleaded guilty.

The gang's activities included armed robberies, attempted murders, drug trafficking, obstruction of justice and witness intimidation, prosecutors say. The Brighton Place Crips formed in the early 1990s and in 2003 allied with the Northview Heights/Fineview Crips, according to prosecutors.

 

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