Pagett Charged With Murder

A leader of the Eight Trey Crips gang, Larry Pagett, also known as “Biz,” “Biz Loc” and “Molotovbizzz,” has been charged with murder in-aid-of racketeering for the killing of a rival gang member.

The indictment, which was unsealed today in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, alleges that Pagett shot and killed Chrispine Philip, also known as “Droppa,” inside the Buda Hookah Lounge in the Prospect-Lefferts Gardens section of Brooklyn on August 28, 2015.

According to the indictment and detention memorandum, Pagett was a leader of the Eight Trey Crips gang and committed the murder to maintain and increase his position in the gang. Surveillance video from the Buda Hookah Lounge depicts the defendant removing a firearm in a crowded bar and shooting the victim several times in the back and in the head while the victim tried to escape.

The charges were announced by Bridget M. Rohde, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York; William F. Sweeney, Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office (FBI); and James P. O’Neill, Commissioner, New York City Police Department (NYPD).

“As alleged, the defendant, a leader of the Eight Trey Crips, brazenly shot and killed a rival gang member in a Brooklyn bar crowded with patrons,” stated Acting United States Attorney Rohde. “Together with our law enforcement partners, the FBI and the NYPD, we will use all available resources to hold accountable those who endanger the lives of the residents of our community.”

The defendant, LARRY PAGETT, Age: 37, Brooklyn, New York, faces mandatory life imprisonment if convicted. The government’s case is being handled by the Office’s Organized Crime and Gangs Section. Assistant United States Attorneys Patrick T. Hein and Mathew S. Miller are in charge of the prosecution. The case is docketed as EDNY Docket No. 17-CR-306.