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Pittsburgh Man Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Charges
WASHINGTON – A Pittsburgh man has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiring to conduct a racketeering enterprise related to his membership in a Pittsburgh Crips gang, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton of the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Terrance Clark, 22, aka ‘Doo Wop,’ pleaded guilty yesterday before Senior U.S. District Judge Gustave Diamond to one count of conspiracy to engage in a racketeering enterprise.
According to the guilty plea, Clark and others participated in a pattern of racketeering activity that included multiple acts involving robberies at gun point; attempted murders; distribution of controlled substances, including cocaine, heroin and crack cocaine; and obstruction of justice and witness intimidation.
Clark was a member of the Northview Heights/ Fineview Crips, a criminal street gang operating out of the Northview Heights public housing facility in the Northside neighborhood, and in the nearby Fineview neighborhood of Pittsburgh.
The Brighton Place/Northview Heights Crips gang maintains exclusive control over drug trafficking in these neighborhoods through continuous violence and intimidation of rivals and witnesses.
Clark acted as a ‘hustler’ or distributor of controlled substances, including heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine, for the gang. He also acted as a ‘soldier/ gorilla’ or enforcer for the gang, providing protection for the enterprise through the commission of violent crimes.
Clark is one of 26 defendants charged in February 2010 with being members of, and conducting racketeering activity through, the Brighton Place/Northview Heights Crips gang.
This prosecution resulted from a Project Safe Neighborhoods Task Force investigation that began in 2005.
Key Facts
- State: Pennsylvania
- Category: Organized Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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