Trial Attorneys Jeremy Franker, Alexander Gottfried, and Christopher Usher of the Criminal Division’s Organized Crime and Gang Section are prosecuting the case. Louis and O’Fallon (IL) Police Department investigated the case. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Cape Girardeau Field Office Federal Bureau of Prisons FBI DEA Missouri Department of Corrections Illinois State Police Chicago Police Department Bridgeton Police Department Cape Girardeau Police Department Major Case Squad of Greater St. Attorney Rachelle Aud Crowe for the Southern District of Illinois made the announcement. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Griffin was also convicted of racketeering conspiracy, as well as firearms offenses related to the murder of Victim-1.ĭobbins pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy on Jan. Smith, Maxwell, and Clemon were also convicted of racketeering conspiracy, as well as firearms offenses related to the murder of Victim-2. The sentencing dates have not yet been set. Gangster Disciples members also engaged in various acts of drug trafficking, including a scheme to smuggle the synthetic drug “K2” into Missouri state prisons.Īll four defendants were convicted of Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act conspiracy and murder in aid of racketeering, and face a mandatory sentence of life in prison. Louis, Illinois, and a nonfatal shooting in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The defendants’ other acts of violence included a nightclub stabbing in East St. Both Clemon and Maxwell were promoted to leadership positions within the gang for committing this murder. Smith texted “Mike Tyson Punch Out” to Maxwell prior the shooting, which was an order to commit “extreme violence,” including murder. The shooting was part of a leadership dispute in which Board Members Smith and Griffin sought to remove another Gangster Disciple member from his position as Governor of Missouri. On April 28, 2018, Sean Clemon, aka Pops, 52, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and Dominique Maxwell, aka D-Mac, aka Monster, 30, also of Cape Girardeau, on orders from Frank Smith, aka Little Frank, aka Red Beard, 49, of Naperville, Illinois, fatally shot another victim (Victim-2) and injured two other men in Bridgeton, Missouri. Griffin lured Victim-1, and Dobbins came up behind Victim-1 and shot him three times in the back and once in the face. On May 18, 2018, Warren Griffin, aka GG, aka Big Head, 53, of Glenwood, Illinois, drove to the south side of Chicago with fellow Gangster Disciples Board Member Anthony Dobbins to murder a former powerful Board Member (Victim-1), because he opposed their status as Board Members in the gang. The gang employs a structured hierarchy, with leadership positions such as national “Board Members” and state “Governors.” As part of their efforts to maintain control of the gang, the defendants murdered two other members who opposed their regime. The Gangster Disciples have a presence throughout the United States, including in state and federal prisons. A federal jury convicted four leaders of the Gangster Disciples today for their participation in a years-long interstate racketeering conspiracy involving drug trafficking, witness tampering, and multiple murders.Īccording to court documents and evidence presented at trial, the four defendants were members of the Gangster Disciples, a gang with a decades-long history of lawlessness and violence.
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