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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

U.S. Attorney's Office

Southern District of Florida

For Immediate Release

Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Ariana Fajardo Orshan
, United States Attorney
Contact: Marlene A. Fernandez-Karavetsos
www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl


MIAMI-BASED VIOLENT CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES SENTENCED FOR
RICO CONSPIRACY, DRUG TRAFFICKING, ROBBERY, AND USE OF FIREARMS



This month, the last of 14 defendants were sentenced for their respective roles
in a violent criminal enterprise that operated in the Miami neighborhood of
Allapattah for crimes committed as early as the year 2000. 

 

Ariana Fajardo Orshan, United States Attorney for the Southern District of
Florida, Ari C. Shapira, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Miami Field Division, George L. Piro, Special
Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office,
Adolphus P. Wright, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration
(DEA), Miami Field Office, Jorge Colina, Chief, Miami Police Department (MPD),
Juan Perez, Director, Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD), and Daniel Junior,
Director, Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department (MDCR), made the
announcement as part of the Southern District of Florida Violence Reduction
Partnership (VRP).

 

On September 14, 2018, at the conclusion of a two-month trial before U.S.
District Judge Jose E. Martinez, the jury convicted 10 defendants for
racketeering and drug-related offenses.  On April 12, 2019, Judge Martinez
completed the sentencing of the final defendant.  The sentences as to the
defendants convicted at trial are as follows: 

 

Antonio Glass, of Miami, was convicted at trial of one count of Racketeering
Conspiracy, one count of Drug Distribution Conspiracy, and one count of
Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute.  Glass was
sentenced to life imprisonment for his conduct, which included the death of a
victim arising from the racketeering conspiracy;

 

Jerimaine Bryant, of Miami, was convicted at trial of one count of Racketeering
Conspiracy, one count of Drug Distribution Conspiracy, and three counts of
Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute.  Bryant was
sentenced to life imprisonment; 

 

Curtis Bryant, of Miami, was convicted at trial of one count of Racketeering
Conspiracy, one count of Drug Distribution Conspiracy, and one count of
Attempted Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute. 
Bryant was sentenced to life imprisonment for his conduct, which included the
death of a victim arising from the racketeering conspiracy; 

 

Samuel Hayes, of Miami, was convicted at trial of one count of Racketeering
Conspiracy, two counts of Robbery, and one count of Firearm Possession in
Furtherance of a Crime of Violence.  Hayes was sentenced to 27 years
imprisonment;

 

Mario Rodriguez, of Miami, was convicted at trial of one count of Drug
Distribution Conspiracy, one count of Possession of a Controlled Substance with
Intent to Distribute, and one count of Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of
a Drug Trafficking Crime.  Rodriguez was sentenced to 21 years imprisonment;

 

Michael Walker, of Miami, was convicted at trial of one count of Racketeering
Conspiracy, one count of Drug Distribution Conspiracy, and one count of
Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute.  Walker was
sentenced to 19 years imprisonment;

 

Reginald Graham, of Miami, was convicted at trial of one count of Racketeering
Conspiracy, Drug Distribution Conspiracy, and one count of Attempted Possession
of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute.  Graham was sentenced to 19
years imprisonment;

 

Daniel Jones, of Miami, was convicted at trial of one count of Drug Distribution
Conspiracy.   Jones was sentenced to 19 years imprisonment;

 

Levi Bryant, of Miami, was convicted at trial of one count of Drug Distribution
Conspiracy and one count of Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to
Distribute.  Bryant was sentenced to 16 years imprisonment; and

 

Torivis Reginald Ingram, of Miami, was convicted at trial of one count of Drug
Distribution Conspiracy and one count of Possession of a Controlled Substance
with Intent to Distribute.  Ingram was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment.

 

The other four defendants, of Miami, pled guilty prior to trial and were
sentenced for periods of sixty months to 15 years imprisonment.

 

During the trial, evidence, that included civilian and law enforcement witness
testimony, presented proved how the charged racketeering enterprise, which used
names such as the Dub Side Blood Family (DSBF), for over 17 years conducted its
unlawful business practices and controlled the South Gwen Cherry Housing Complex
in the Allapattah neighborhood of Miami. Witness testimony established how the
DSBF members routinely robbed victims at gunpoint and sold narcotics.  The
enterprise’s criminal spree included five commercial businesses, including
MetroPCS locations, a Food Plus store, and the armed robberies of drug dealers.

 

The evidence at trial showed that the DSBF became so emboldened that it told a
future homicide victim’s own mother that her son would be killed.  The DBSF
followed through on that promise with his subsequent murder.  Trial evidence
also established that members of the group celebrated after another victim’s
murder by posting images of the deceased’s body in a casket.  Trial evidence
included jailhouse phone calls and private messages, which captured DSBF members
discussing the operation of their organization and proposed responses to
circumvent law enforcement’s investigation into the criminal enterprise.   Trial
evidence from the defendants’ social media and cellular phone records
demonstrated the group’s ability to continue criminal activity despite periods
of time when its members were incarcerated.  

 

U.S. Attorney Fajardo Orshan commended the collaborative investigative efforts
of ATF, FBI, DEA, MPD, MDPD, and MDCR, including the following key
participants:  MPD’s Narcotics Unit, Gun Squad, Gang Intelligence Detail,
Homicide Unit, and Robbery Unit; MDPD’s Robbery Bureau, Narcotics Bureau,
Homicide Bureau, and Street Violence Task Force. Ms. Fajardo Orshan also thanked
the U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Homestead Police
Department, Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department’s Security
Threat Group Unit, and the South Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Task
Force to include the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area-Miami-Dade State
Attorney’s Gang Strike Force for their support in the investigation.

 

Through the collaborative VRP, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and its federal and
local law enforcement allies have sought to dismantle the most violent criminal
networks that plague communities throughout the Southern District of Florida.
The sentences announced today are the result of the VRP’s law enforcement
initiatives. Additional information regarding the VRP initiatives is available
at usafls.vrp@usdoj.gov (link sends e-mail) or by calling (305) 961-9134.

 

The case was investigated as part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task
Force (OCDETF), Operation Northern Light.  The Northern Light Task Force is a
federal multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional task force that was formed to combat
organized violent crime in Northern Miami-Dade County.  To date the Northern
Light Task Force has secured the conviction of 27 defendants involved in complex
violent crimes involving homicide, attempted murder, serial robbery, firearms
offenses, drug trafficking, and other crimes.  The principal mission of the
Northern Light Task Force is to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the most
serious organized violent criminal conspiracies operating in Miami-Dade County,
Florida.

 

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Ignacio J. Vázquez, Jr. and
Ilham A. Hosseini.

 

A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the United States
Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida at
www.usdoj.gov/usao/fls. Related court documents and information may be found on
the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at
www.flsd.uscourts.gov or on http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov.

 

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