Quandel Smothers, Racketeering Conspiracy and Firearms Offense, New York 2024
Defendant Convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy and Firearms Offense
Quandel Smothers, 32, a member of the Brooklyn-based Elite Assassin Millas (E.A.M.) gang, was convicted on both counts of an indictment charging him with racketeering conspiracy and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
The defendant faces a maximum of life in prison and a mandatory minimum sentence of five years. The conviction is the result of a federal investigation led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office and the New York City Police Department.
Quandel Smothers, also known as 'Chucky,' willfully participated in a racketeering conspiracy involving the Elite Assassin Millas gang, which operated primarily in East New York, a neighborhood the gang referred to as 'Gun Town.'
Between 2006 and 2019, Smothers agreed with other gang members and associates to engage in fraud, narcotics trafficking, and significant acts of violence, including shootings that killed at least one individual and left several other victims permanently disabled.
On April 30, 2011, the defendant shot a fellow E.A.M. member whom he believed intended to harm another member of the gang over a drug-related dispute. As a result of the shooting, the victim's leg was amputated.
This case is being prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state, and local Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program, the centerpiece of the Department of Justice's violent crime reduction efforts.
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Organized Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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