Taurus Tillman, Violent Racketeering, Maryland 2023

Grimy Times Exclusive: Baltimore Gang Member Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison

A Baltimore, Maryland, gang member was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to participate in a drug distribution conspiracy and a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG).

Taurus Tillman, 29, also known as Tash, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake. Tillman and his co-defendants were also convicted of a drug distribution conspiracy involving heroin, marijuana, and cocaine. The Judge considered the alarmingly violent nature of the gang and therefore varied Tillman's sentence significantly higher than the advisory guideline range.

According to the evidence presented at their 24-day trial, Tillman and his co-defendants are all members of TTG, a criminal organization that operated in the Sandtown neighborhood of West Baltimore, whose members engaged in drug distribution and acts of violence including murder, armed robbery and witness intimidation. As part of the conspiracy, each defendant agreed that a conspirator would commit at least two acts of racketeering activity for TTG.

The evidence at trial showed that members and associates of TTG, including Tillman, sold heroin, cocaine and marijuana, and worked to defend their exclusive right to control who sold narcotics in TTG territory. The jury found that Tillman distributed at least one kilogram of heroin over the course of the conspiracy. In addition, the evidence proved that between May 20, 2010 and Jan. 9, 2017, members of TTG committed acts of violence, including eight murders, shootings, armed robbery and witness intimidation.

The leader of the gang, Montana Barronette, aka Tana and Tanner, 23, of Baltimore, was sentenced to life in prison on February 15, 2019. Co-defendant Brandon Wilson, aka Ali, 24, also of Baltimore, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on March 1, 2019. Two other co-defendants, John Harrison, aka Binkie, 28, and Linton Broughton, aka Marty, 25, both from Baltimore, were sentenced to life in prison and to 30 years in prison, respectively, on March 15, 2019.

The remaining defendants convicted at the trial are all from Baltimore, and face a maximum sentence of life in prison on the racketeering and drug conspiracies. They include: Dennis Pulley, aka Denmo, 31; and Timothy Floyd, aka Tim Rod, 28. The defendants remain detained.

Three other TTG members previously pleaded guilty and were sentenced to between five and 25 years in prison. Another defendant, Roger Taylor, aka Milk, is a fugitive.

The investigation was conducted by the FBI Baltimore Safe Streets Violent Gang Task Force, which includes FBI special agents and task force officers from the Baltimore, Baltimore County and Anne Arundel County Police Departments. FBI Baltimore Safe Streets Violent Gang Task Force is responsible for identifying and targeting violent gangs and gang members in the Baltimore area.

Taurus Tillman, 29, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for conspiring to participate in a drug distribution conspiracy and a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG) in Baltimore, Maryland.

Taurus Tillman, aka Tash, is a Baltimore, Maryland, gang member who was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to participate in a drug distribution conspiracy and a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG).

Taurus Tillman, 29, also known as Tash, was convicted of conspiring to participate in a drug distribution conspiracy and a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG) in Baltimore, Maryland.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/member-violent-west-baltimore-gang-sentenced-25-years-prison-federal-racketeering-and-drug