LOS ANGELES – A leader of the notorious Five Deuce Broadway Gangster Crips (BGC) has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for his role in a murder plot and other racketeering offenses.
Tyrine Martinez, also known as ‘Lil’ C-Bone,’ 36, of Vernon, was sentenced this morning by United States District Judge S. James Otero to 262 months in federal prison.
Martinez pleaded guilty in September to conspiring to violate the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, conspiring to commit murder, conspiring to traffic crack cocaine, selling crack cocaine near schools, and illegally possessing a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking and violent crimes.
The murder plot was aimed at a former-gangster-turned-cooperator who had provided law enforcement with information about a 2012 BGC gang shooting that killed an unarmed teenager and wounded three others, including a 10-year-old girl and her mother.
As a leader of the BGC’s ‘hit squad’ known as the Gremlin Riderz, Martinez directed the group assault of another BGC member who had also provided information to law enforcement regarding a BGC murder. The fellow gang member was murdered just over a month later in a case that remains under investigation.
Martinez was the lead defendant charged in a 213-page RICO indictment that charged 72 members and associates of the BGC, a street gang that claims territory in South Los Angeles and controls drug sales in an area just west of the ‘Skid Row’ district of Los Angeles.
Several other BGC leaders and significant members have been sentenced in recent months, including Tracy Harris, aka ‘Woody,’ 51, of Inglewood, who was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to participating in the racketeering conspiracy, conspiring to sell methamphetamine, and selling methamphetamine near schools.
Roosevelt Sumpter, aka ‘TuTu,’ 43, of Los Angeles, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to participating in the racketeering conspiracy, conspiring to distribute crack cocaine, and selling crack cocaine near schools.
Tyrell Thomas, Sr., aka ‘Big Rave,’ 53, of Los Angeles, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to participating in the racketeering conspiracy.
Tyrine Martinez’s sentencing is a significant blow to the BGC, which has been responsible for a decades-long reign of terror in South Los Angeles.
Key Facts
- State: California
- Category: Violent Crime|Organized Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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