According to billboard.com, a prosecutor on Monday, August 29thannounced an indictment that targeted member of what she claims is a violent street gang that has been targeting homes of famous athletes and those who flaunt expensive things on social media. Mariah Carey, Marlo Hampton of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Atlanta United soccer player Brad Guzan and Atlanta Falcons football player Calvin Ridley all have had their homes broken into. The 220 count indictment was filed August 22nd and charges 26 people, most of which are accused of violating Georgia’s anti-gang and racketing laws that are in place. Fulton County District Attorney, Fani Willis said that, the crimes alleged in the indictment carjacking, kidnapping, armed robbery, shootings, home invasions were committed by members of the Drug Rich gang. She says they started sometime around 2016 in a nearby county. She is quoted in saying, “What they do is target people who show their wealth on social media, So I do have a message for the public: Where it is kind of fun to put your things on social media and show off, unfortunately these gangs are becoming more savvy, more sophisticated in the way that they target you.”
Willis also had a message for the gang members in saying, “If you thought Fulton was a good county to bring your crime to, to bring your violence to, you are wrong and you are going suffer consequences and today is the start of some of those consequences.” Willis also said that the indictment represented a collaboration between different law enforcement agencies. She continued to say that, “I am not going to negotiate with gang members. I am not going to allow pleas, We are going to find you, we are going to convict you and we’re going to send you to the prison for the rest of your days, and I’m not apologizing for that.”
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