Genesis Lee Whitted Jr., 28, of Fayetteville, was sentenced yesterday to 420 months in federal prison followed by 5 years of supervised release after a decade-long reign as leader of the violent “Addicted to Money” or “A.T.M.” Bloods gang. U.S. Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced the sentence handed down by Senior U.S. District Judge Malcolm J. Howard in Greenville, marking the fall of a man once labeled “Priority Number One” by local law enforcement.
Whitted built his criminal empire through a steady stream of cocaine and crack production, trafficking narcotics across Fayetteville for nearly ten years. His expertise in manufacturing crack was so notorious, he inked tattoos of a Pyrex measuring cup and a box of baking soda—key tools in the process—onto his chest. Behind the facade of LLB Auto Spa, a sham car wash at 1124A Pamalee Drive, Whitted ran a high-volume drug operation where cars came and went not for clean windshields, but for illicit handoffs under cover of business.
The A.T.M. gang, under Whitted’s command, didn’t just peddle poison—they terrorized. Home invasions, carjackings, and shootings became routine. Female partners of rival dealers were targeted and tortured, including incidents where boiling water was poured on victims to extract information. In one particularly brutal assault, a woman was Tased on her genital area during a raid. These acts of violence cemented Whitted’s reputation as a feared enforcer of street justice.
Fayetteville Police and the FBI spent years gathering evidence through covert surveillance, catching Whitted and his crew on camera in countless drug exchanges at the so-called car wash. The footage painted a damning picture: a steady flow of vehicles with zero actual car washing taking place. The operation wasn’t about clean cars—it was about cash, control, and violence masked as enterprise.
Whitted wasn’t the only one to face justice. Multiple A.T.M. associates have already been locked up: Wayne Whitted a/k/a “Weezy” (28 months), Joel McLaurin a/k/a “Knowledge” (25 months), Perry Sykes a/k/a “P-Funk” (30 months), Kenneth McMillian a/k/a “K-Black” (72 months), Bobby Bailey (144 months for armed carjacking and bank fraud), and Ericka Johnson (14 months for bank fraud). The sweep dismantled a network built on fear and narcotics.
The investigation was led by the Fayetteville Police Department and the FBI, with prosecution handled by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Scott Lemmon and Boz Zellinger. Whitted’s 35-year sentence sends a message: even the most entrenched kingpins can be brought down. But for the streets of Fayetteville, the scars left by a decade of A.T.M. violence may take far longer to heal.
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Key Facts
- State: North Carolina
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Violent Crime|Weapons|Organized Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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