May 6, 2021 · DEA Special Agent in Charge Raymond P. Donovan said: “These defendants are charged with participating in the activities of the 800 YGz gang and committing numerous acts of violence. Their alleged criminal conduct has been a scourge on communities in …

May 6, 2021 · The suspects, members of the 800 YGz gang, brandished weapons, shot at and slashed rivals on their turf in the Bronx between summer 2019 and summer 2020, according to an indictment unsealed in...

Dec 9, 2015 · Count Four of the YGz Indictment charges WENDELL BELLE with aiding and abetting an assault with a deadly weapon and attempted murder in connection with a November 2013 shooting aimed at killing rival gang members near Courtlandt Avenue in the Bronx, resulting in a bystander being shot and wounded.

Dec 20, 2016 · Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TERRANCE WILLIAMS, a/k/a “TA,” and WENDELL BELLE, a/k/a “Delly Dell,” pled guilty in Manhattan federal court to racketeering and firearms charges involving multiple acts of …

Oct 7, 2021 · Known as the 800 Ygz (also called Young Gunnaz,) police say this gang has also been involved in the killing of a 16-year-old, the perpetrators of several shootings, and many other crimes, along...

Sep 27, 2016 · The controlling Indictment now charges various YGz members with four previously unsolved 40th Precinct murders: the June 27, 2009, murder of Darrel Ledgister; the January 24, 2011, murder of Dykeem Etheridge; the December 22, 2011, murder of Taisheem Ferguson; and the April 16, 2012, murder of Moises Lora.

Dec 9, 2015 · Count Six of the YGz Indictment charges Rashaad Conyers with assault with a deadly weapon and attempted murder in connection with a May 2015 shooting near the Patterson Houses in the Bronx aimed at killing rival gang members in the Bronx.

Jul 15, 2021 · Gil-Medrano, who was affiliated with the 800 YGz, or “Young Gunnaz,’’ gang, had been at the scene of the 13-year-old’s slaying, although it is not clear if he was responsible for the killing,...

Jun 27, 2017 · Williams, 24, of the Bronx, is the third defendant to be sentenced this year by Judge Caproni for participation in a YGz-related murder. Judge Caproni sentenced Williams’s co-defendant Anthony Scott, aka “Tyson,” to 23 years in prison primarily for Scott’s role in shooting and killing Darrel Ledgister on June 27, 2009, in the South ...

Sep 23, 2016 · Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ANTHONY SCOTT, a/k/a “Tyson,” pled guilty today to involvement in a racketeering conspiracy in connection with his membership in the “Young Gunnaz” (“YGz”), a violent street gang that operated in and around several housing developments in ...