Marquise McCants, BGF Gang Membership, Maryland 2022

Baltimore, Maryland - In a shocking turn of events, Marquise McCants, a.k.a. Digga, a 26-year-old Baltimore resident, was sentenced to life in prison for his involvement in a violent racketeering enterprise known as the Black Guerilla Family (BGF).

According to the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, Robert K. Hur, McCants conspired to participate in the BGF, a gang responsible for seven murders, three non-fatal shootings, over 10 armed robberies, and over 12 years of street-level drug dealing. The gang's activities spanned from 2005 to 2017.

Marcquise McCants was convicted by a federal jury in January 2018 of racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The government also presented evidence that McCants committed an additional unsolved murder at the time of his trial.

The sentence was announced by United States Attorney Robert K. Hur, Special Agent in Charge Rob Cekada of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives - Baltimore Field Division, Special Agent in Charge Jennifer C. Boone of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Field Office, Commissioner Michael Harrison of the Baltimore Police Department, Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh, and Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby.

“Marquise McCants and his fellow gang members brought terror and death to Baltimore’s Greenmount Avenue neighborhood with guns, drugs, and violence,” said U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur. “As a result of a coordinated effort by our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, nine members of the BGF Greenmount Regime have been removed from our community and Marquise McCants faces the rest of his life in federal prison, where there is no parole—ever.

The evidence presented at the two-month trial revealed that McCants was a member of the BGF Greenmount Avenue Regime, a violent subset of the BGF. He dealt drugs, committed stabbings, robberies, and attempted murders in furtherance of the gang’s activities. The trial also revealed that co-defendant and BGF Greenmount Regime leader Gerald Johnson supplied distribution quantities of cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, and methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (ecstasy) to BGF members, including McCants.

Defendant: Marquise McCants a.k.a. Digga, Age: 26, Charges: Racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, City: Baltimore, State: Maryland, Date: January 2018 (conviction), Sentence: Life in prison without parole, Date: [No Date in source], Outcome: Life in prison without parole.

Defendant: Marquise McCants a.k.a. Digga, Age: 26, Charges: Racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, City: Baltimore, State: Maryland, Date: 2005-2017 (gang activity), Sentence: Life in prison without parole, Date: [No Date in source], Outcome: Life in prison without parole.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/black-guerilla-family-gang-member-sentenced-life-prison-federal-racketeering-and-drug