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Feds aid in breaking up 'NFL' gang in Southwest Baltimore

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Feds aid in breaking up 'NFL' gang in Southwest Baltimore
Feds aid in breaking up 'NFL' gang in Southwest Baltimore

It was May of 2018 as children prepared to leave the Mary E.

Rodman rec center in Southwest Baltimore when shots rang out near the basketball court killing a 16-year-old boy.

ITSELF THE“NF” GANG THATALLEGEDLY DEALT IN DRUGS,WEAPONS AND DEATH.

WMAR 2NETHE INDICTMENTS.(HAGER ST-UP)“The gang hadnothing to do with football.The“NF” stands for Normandy,Franklin and Loudon Streetsrunning through EdmondsonVillage where it left a trailof murder and terror” (TRACK)IT WAS MAY OF 2018 AS CHILDRENPREPARED TO LEAVE THE MARY E.RODMAN REC CENTER IN SOUTHWESTBALTIMORE THAT SHOTS RANG OUTNEAR THE BASKETBALL COURTKILLING A 16-YEAR- OLD BOY.(NAT SOT)“It is a ware zone,especially when youguns in the wrong peoplehands” (NAT SOT/SPLICE)“Myson and my daughter love tocome over here to the rec, andthey do”(TRACK) OFFICERS FOUND 20BAGGIES OF MARIJUANA AND AHANDGUN ON THE VICTIM, ANDEVENTUALLY AN INDICTMENTBROUGHT CHARGES AGAINST AMEMBER OF THE NFL GANG, WHICHWOULD PROTECT ITS DRUG TURF BYANY MEANS NECESSARY.

NOW, U.S.ATTORNEY ROBERT K.

HUR HASCOME TO THE SAME RECREATIONCENTER WHERE THE TEEN WASMURDERED TO ANNOUNCE A 33-COUNT INDICTMENT OF 16MEMBERS, WHICH HAS BROUGHT THEGANG TO ITS KNEES.(SOT)---Robert K.

Hur/U.S.Attorney 12:03“NFL gangmembers committed murders infurtherance of theirenterprise.

This weekindictment charges fourmurders and one attemptedmurder committed by NFLmembers” (TRACK) ACCORDING TOTHE INDICTMENT, THE GANG ALSOTHREATENED, TAMPERED AND EVENORDERED HITS ON WITNESSES WHOTHREATENED TO EXPOSE THEM, ANDIT DEALT IN DRUGS LACED WITHFENTANYL THAT LED TO FIVEFATAL OVERDOSES AND NINEOTHERS WHILE SUPPLYING ADDICTSTHROUGHOUT THE REGION AND EVENIN NEARBY STATES.

(SOT) 16:57“In our investigation focusingon the NFL neighborhood, sofar we have seized more than25 guns, more than two and ahalf kilograms of fentanyl andheroin, and just for referencepurposes--- thatkill more than a millionpeople, because as little astwo milligrams of fentanyl canbe lethal.

Wemore than one kilogram ofcocaine base” (HAGER ST-UP)“All of the alleged gangmembers could face up to lifein prison if convicted on someof the most serious charges”ROBOCALL CENTERS SHUTDOWN BYTHE PANDEMIC ARE BACK

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