Roy Isiah Jackson, Racketeering, Connecticut 2023

A New Haven man has been sentenced to more than 9 years in federal prison for his involvement in a violent street gang.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Roy Isiah Jackson, also known as ‘I,’ 22, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall to 110 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for racketeering and firearm offenses stemming from his participation in the Red Side Guerilla Brims (‘RSGB’), a sect of the Bloods street gang.

The RSGB, which operated in New Haven from 2011 through 2015, was involved in narcotics trafficking and related acts of violence, including murder, attempted murder, assaults and armed robberies. In addition to distributing crack cocaine and other narcotics in and around New Haven, members and associates of the RSGB transported crack and heroin to Bangor, Maine, and sold the drugs in Bangor and its surrounding communities.

The RSGB also traded narcotics for firearms, brought the firearms back to New Haven and distributed them to gang members. To date, approximately 22 members and associates of the Connecticut faction of the RSGB have been charged and convicted of federal narcotics and firearms offenses in Connecticut and Maine.

Jackson, a member of the RSGB, pleaded guilty on February 14, 2017, to one count of engaging in a pattern of racketeering activity, one count of attempted assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, and one count of carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

In pleading guilty, Jackson admitted that, on March 19, 2012, he was involved in an exchange of gunfire with a rival gang on South Genesee Street in New Haven, and that, on May 30, 2012, he and others, armed with firearms, committed a home invasion robbery of a residence located on Putnam Street in New Haven, during which they threatened the residents and removed a safe containing an unknown amount of cash from the home.

This investigation has been conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the New Haven Police Department, the Connecticut Department of Correction, the Connecticut State Police, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Hamden Police Department. The New Haven State’s Attorney’s Office also provided critical assistance in the investigation.

An instrumental component of the investigation has been the work of the Connecticut State Crime Laboratory in utilizing the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) to analyze ballistics evidence.

This matter is being prosecuted in the District of Connecticut by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Robert Spector, Peter Markle and Jocelyn Kaoutzanis. A related case in the District of Maine is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Joel Casey.

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