23 alleged Bronx gang members were indicted following a sweeping bust in Co-op City and Castle Hill. (Bronx District Attorney’s Office)
THE BRONX – The 23 suspected members of two Bloods-affiliated gangs were indicted on a slew of charges, Bronx County District Attorney Robert Johnson announced Thursday.
All of the alleged gangsters are part of the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation and the Black Stone Gorilla Gangstas, according to police.
They terrorized the residents of Castle Hill and Co-op City, planning murders and selling drugs and weapons, as well as regularly traveling to Maryland as part of criminal operations, cops say.
“Today we dismantled a criminal organization responsible for flooding Bronx streets with large amounts of cocaine,” said Raymond R. Parmer Jr., special agent in charge Homeland Security Investigations New York. “New York City residents deserve communities free of dangerous drugs and the violence that comes with them, and HSI will continue working with our law enforcement partners to bring these offenders to justice.”
Cops brought down the alleged gangsters, whose wild nicknames ranging from Brandon “Untouchable Dot” Nieves to Michael “Butt Naked” Hamilton, using telephone wiretaps.
Police also arrested the alleged leaders of both crews, 39-year-old Rahsaan “Low Rider” Samuels of the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation, and 27-year-old Cory “Angry” Hickson, of the Black Stone Gorilla Gangstas.
The 23 alleged leaders and gang members were indicted on 217 counts, including enterprise corruption, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and narcotics sales, among others.
See the full list of arrests from the Bronx County DA below:
Those alleged BSGG and UGSN leaders/members under indictment for Enterprise Corruption are:
RAHSAAN “Low Rider” SAMUELS, age 39, alleged to be the leader of UGSN
CORY “Angry” HICKSON, age 27, alleged to be the leader of the BSGG
LEON “L Murda” LEWIS, age 30, alleged to lead GSG
HAMEED “Dyno” ABDUL-JABBAR, age 21
ROBERT “EZ” ALVAREZ, age 27
JHON “Tito” BERNABEL, age 21
DANIEL “D-Rock” DIAZ, age 24
KWESI “Beast”/”Rozay” FERGUSON, age 28
JOSHUA “Pookie” GARCIA, age 24
TYRELL “Rell” GRIFFIN, age 35
JUSTIN “Ram Rock” GUZMAN, age 25
BRANDON “Untouchable Dot” NIEVES, age 29
ANGEL “Ace” PAGAN, age 26
JEFFREY “Stacks”/”J.J.” PEREZ, age 25
Additionally, a number of BSGG and UGSN associates were indicted for a variety of related offenses, from conspiracy to commit murder to narcotics sales, committed over the course of the investigation. Those indicted for these related offenses are:
ASANTE “P.I.” BLAKE, age 33
CALYN DIAZ, age 18
MICHAEL “Butt Naked” HAMILTON, age 23
MATTHEW HARRIS, age 32
DARIO “Dee O” MIRANDA, age 18
KELVIN “Kapo” MOSQUEA, age 24
JEFFREY “Stacks”/”J.J.” PEREZ, age 25
AMAURY “Gotti” URENA, age 25
ANNETTE “Netty” ZABALA, age 26
