Grimy Times has learned that Steven Brown, a 42-year-old Bronx resident and member of the Taylor Avenue Crew, was sentenced to 260 months in prison for participating in the August 2, 2009, murder of Derrick Moore.
According to the allegations contained in the Indictment, the Taylor Avenue Crew was a criminal enterprise that operated principally in and around the Bronx from at least 2007 up to and including 2015. The Crew sold cocaine base, commonly known as “crack cocaine,” primarily in and around Taylor Avenue in the Bronx.
The Crew controlled crack cocaine sales within this area by prohibiting and preventing non-members, outsiders, and rival narcotics dealers from distributing crack cocaine in the area controlled by the Crew. Members and associates of the Taylor Avenue Crew also allied themselves with crews from nearby areas of the Bronx, including the Creston Avenue Crew.
One such act of violence was the murder of 22-year-old Derrick Moore. In August 2009, after escalating violence between the Taylor Avenue Crew and a rival crew, Brown, who was the head of the Taylor Avenue Crew, ordered the murder of Moore. To carry out the murder, Brown requested the assistance of the Creston Avenue Crew, whose members then shot and killed Moore.
Brown, who previously pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla, was also sentenced to five years of supervised release and $6,445 in restitution. This prison term is in addition to a 115-month sentence that Brown previously served for related narcotics conduct in the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams praised the outstanding investigative work of the New York City Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in bringing Brown to justice.
Brown will serve his 260-month sentence in addition to his previously served sentence. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Maurene Comey, Jason Swergold, and Peter Davis, and is being handled by the Office’s Violent and Organized Crime Unit.
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Organized Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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