Shondell Walker, Narcotics Trafficking, New York 2011

A hard-hitting crime journalist for Grimy Times reports on the sentencing of Shondell Walker, a member of the Brooklyn-based Murderous Maddawg Bloods, to 30 years in prison for narcotics trafficking and his role as an enforcer for Bloods gang leader Ronald Herron, also known as ‘Ra Diggs,’ or ‘Ra Digga.’

Walker, 31, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced by United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis on [no specific date mentioned] at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn.

The sentence was 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).

According to the Acting United States Attorney, Walker was an enforcer for a criminal gang that terrorized the Gowanus and Wyckoff Gardens communities for decades and also testified falsely on behalf of the gang’s leader.

Walker pled guilty pursuant to a plea agreement on October 6, 2011, to conspiring to distribute narcotics.

The case is being handled by the Office’s Organized Crime & Gangs Section. Assistant United States Attorneys Shreve Ariail, Samuel Nitze, and Rena Paul are in charge of the prosecution.

Herron was convicted after trial and previously sentenced to multiple life terms consecutive to 105 years in prison.

Shondell Walker’s exact criminal charges are conspiring to distribute narcotics. The city and state are Brooklyn, New York. The exact date of the sentencing is not mentioned in the press release, but Walker pled guilty on October 6, 2011. The sentence is 30 years in prison.