MORE DETAILS: The 56-count grand jury indictment charges 28 members and associates of Young Slime Life or “YSL.”@wsbtv @MarkWinneWSB
MORE DETAILS: The 56-count grand jury indictment charges 28 members and associates of Young Slime Life or “YSL.”@wsbtv @MarkWinneWSB
.@wsbtv photojournalist & @MarkWinneWSB captured this exclusive image of authorities taking @youngthug into custody earlier this evening.
Prosecutors: “YSL is a criminal street gang that started in late 2012 in the Cleveland Avenue area of ATL. YSL claims affiliation with the national Bloods gang.”
.@youngthug is accused of renting 2014 Infiniti Q50 sedan from @Hertz , which was used in the commission of the murder of Donovan Thomas, Jr., a rival gang member, on 1-10-15, according to indictment.@wsbtv
PROSECUTORS: SERGIO “Gunna” KITCHENS,associate of YSL, accused of appearing in a video released on social media titled “Fox 5,” wearing a “YSL” pendant and a “Slatt” pendant, with lyrics stating “We got ten-hundred round choppers.”@wsbtv
JUST IN: @youngthug booked into @FultonSheriff on charges of Conspiracy to Violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act & Participation in Criminal Street Gang Activity. He will make his first appearance on Tuesday at 1130 am. @wsbtv
PART 2: The Enterprise
.@youngthug defense attorney speaks with my colleague @MarkWinneWSB: “I’ll tell you the response to any allegation; Mr. Williams committed no crime whatsoever and we will fight to my last drop of blood to clear him.” -Defense attorney Brian Steel
-- Defendants conspired to associate together & w/ others for the purposes of illegally obtaining money & property through a pattern of racketeering activity & conducting & participating in the enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity.
“ Preserving, protecting and enhancing the reputation, power and territory of the enterprise by the posting of messages, images, videos and songs, demonstrating allegiance to the enterprise and a willingness to engage in violence on its behalf.”
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