You can order the book at gorillaconvict.com or at the Gangsters Inc. Amazon.com store for $15.00 plus shipping & handling or request it at a bookstore near you. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. They laundered his money and made all of his business dealings look legit. Two of Burleys brothers had also been killed and their mother was McCutcheon, 7 June 2002 was Darius Spence wife Tanya shot and killed by Willie Montgomery and Shawn Gardner, Baltimore police commissioner Kevin Clark served as Baltimore commissioner from 2003 till 2004, North West Baltimore based Rice brothers The brothers Raeshio Rice and Howard Rice ordered the 22 June 2003 murder of Marvin Nutter, Special gang 14 September 2003 they killed Kevin Harper, Baltimore police commissioner Leonard Hamm served as Baltimore commissioner from 2004 till 2007, Special gang 13 October 2004 they killed James Wise, Special gang 10 September 2005 they killed Shannon Jemmison, Special gang 19 October 2005 they killed Michael Bryant and wounded John Dowery, Special gang 23 November 2006 they killed John Dowery, Baltimore Democrat Mayor Sheila Dixon became mayor 17 January 2007 and served till 4 February 2010, Baltimore police commissioner Frederick Bealefeld III served as Baltimore commissioner from 2007 till 2012, East Baltimore drug lord Anthony Ayeni Jones AJ 29 November 2007 his kid brother Tywonde Jones (13) was stabbed to death by Tavon Burks (16) and Tyrone Walker (19) of the Bloods gang, East Baltimore drug lord Anthony Ayeni Jones AJ Tavon Burks was killed and Tyrone Walker wounded 11 March 2008 by Blood member Leroy Kenny Taylor, Baltimore 8 June 2008 was Pasadena Denver Lanes Bloods gang leader Kenneth Jones kidnapped and killed by rival Kedar Anderson of the Bounty Hunters Bloods known as the Spider Gang which is led by Dajuan Marshall, Maryland prison gang Dead Man Inc (DMI) Perry Roark ordered the 2 June 2009 murder of Tony Geiger, South Side Brims leader Andre Ricardo Roach South Side Brims leader Andre Ricardo Roach his gang murdered a man 4 September 2009. Female carer who bit off part of a pub landlady's ear during vicious bar brawl is jailed for 14 months. . Its said he made a lot of cases go away through his team of lawyers. In ghettos like Cherry Hill his mob made the lions share of money. Police also found more than $700,000 in Smith's Baltimore home, as well as $700,000 in clothing. "The locals then told the producers that if they paid them, they would allow the production to continue," a department spokesperson said. But who were the real gangsters that served as inspiration for characters like Marlo, Avon Barksdale, and Stringer Bell? Baltimore 12 August 1989 was Sherman Chenault (26) shot and killed and police arrested later as suspect Kent Daniel Tillman. Garnett Gilbert Smith's lavish life was revealed in court in Baltimore, where he was found guilty of shipping the drugs from California to Maryland between 2010 and 2011. Please enter valid email address to continue. In the pantheon of gangsterdom, Peanut Kings legend looms large. Fields faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison for distribution of controlled substances and for the conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and faces a mandatory minimum of five years and a maximum of 40 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine. In September 1986, he agreed to kill a drug dealer for a rival to support his. Ronald White, a/k/a Ron, age 53, of Towson, Maryland; The money generated off his name was crazy. Peanut King was the lord of Baltimores heroin trade throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s. East Baltimore drug boss Robert Moore 7 June 2011 Robert Moore shot Veable relative Tavin baker. The studio creating the show, Endeavor Content, confirmed the incident in a statement to Deadline and said nobody was injured. East Baltimore drug boss Robert Moore 27 April 2011 was Darian Kess (family of Robert Moore whose wife is Sarah Hooker whose brother is Donnie Adams) stabbed to death during a home invasion by three masked men. Season one zeroed in on drug dealers and the police officers who were desperately trying to crack down on them. A locked padlock A search of the cellphone contents revealed that Victim 1 contacted an individual (Individual 1) the night that Victim 1 and Victim 2 overdosed. The hustlers would be lined up in their furs and jewels, pimped out. Flip through just some of what federal prosecutors seized from Smith of Baltimore, and it adds up to almost $7 million. Street Legends is a classic book that should be read twice by any young hustler that's thinking about joining the game of life and death." All of the defendants have had an initial appearance. Baltimore Police's West Side Major Case Squad. As stated in his plea agreement, law enforcement executed a search warrant at Fields Baltimore residence where investigators recovered 126 grams of cocaine. All lights were on him as he shined brightly, a lord of B-Mores underworld. Baltimore drug dealer John Edward "Liddy" ("Liddie") Jones bought his drugs from Frank Matthews his Baltimore main dealer James Wesley "Big Head Brother" Carter (it was estimated that Carter provided 80% of the heroin market in Baltimore) bail bondsman and Maryland House of Delegates member James "Turk" Scott (43) killed He bought 18 Mopeds from an East Baltimore cycle shop and had his lieutenants give them to school kids, some as young as 11, and then paid the kids up to $500 a week to run heroin for him. A pair of Baltimore drug dealers threatened to shoot up the set of a new Natalie Portman show if they didn't stop filming on their block, but told production they could stay if they coughed up $50,000. Darnell Mookie Jones Anthony Ayeni Jones step brother Darnell Mookie Jones killed 13 May 1996 Octavian Henry, Elenora McCutcheon had as sons David Burley, Kevin Burley and Travis Wendell Burley who were all killed Kevin Burley (27) was shot and killed 24 August 1996 in a gun battle with an other man who was also killed, North West Baltimore based Rice brothers The brothers Raeshio Rice and Howard Rice ordered the 16 December 1996 murder of Dante Green, North West Baltimore based Rice brothers The brothers Raeshio Rice and Howard Rice ordered the 27 December 1996 attempted murder of Dennis Smith, East Baltimore drug lord Anthony Ayeni Jones Baltimore drug lord Anthony Ayeni Jones ordered the murder of Angelo carter who was shot and wounded 16 February 1997, East Baltimore drug lord Anthony Ayeni Jones Baltimore drug lord Anthony Ayeni Jones ordered the murder of his stepbrother John Jones (40) who was found killed 27 February 1997, Baltimore Preacher crew member Derrick Hailstock was a New York drug dealer who confessed his role in nine murders testified against Anthony Ayeni Jones, West Baltimore based Lexington Terrace Boys They killed 11 June 1999 Kevin James (29), Baltimore Democrat Mayor Martin J OMalley became mayor 7 December 1999 and served till 17 January 2007, Baltimore police commissioner Ronald Daniel served as Baltimore commissioner in 2000, Baltimore police commissioner Edward Norris served as Baltimore commissioner from 2000 till 2002, Maryland prison gang Dead Man Inc (DMI) Maryland prison gang Dead Man Inc (DMI) was started in 2000 by Breezy Dayy (close associate of the Black Guerilla Family), Vally Lewis, Bryan Jordan and Perry Roark and it was closely allied to the Black Guerilla Family (BGF), West Baltimore based Lexington Terrace Boys Foster shot and killed 27 June 2000 Cortez Bailey Man Man (18) in retaliation for the shooting of a member of the West Baltimore based Lexington Terrace Boys, East Baltimore based Hot Boys gang They killed in November 2000 North Avenue/ Harford Boys gang member Keith E. Bone Hamlet with whose gang they have a feud, East Baltimore based Hot Boys gang In April 2001 was Hot Boys leader Leon Coleman shot and wounded, East Baltimore based Hot Boys gang 28 May 2001 people gather to remember North Avenue/ Harford Boys gang member Keith E. Bone Hamlet (who had been killed in November 2000) when they shot and killed Lakeisha Moten (24) the girlfriend of Shawn Henry the cousin of Hamlet, Pasadena teen Crips leader Mark Anthony Miller killed A Glen Burnie gang that calls itself the Crips killed 7 August 2001 the Pasadena teen Crips leader Mark Anthony Miller (no relation to the real Crips), West Baltimore based Lexington Terrace Boys 16 August 2001 were killed Kevin A Pearson (19) and innocent bystander Michael C Hargrove (30) by Moses and taylor, West Baltimore based Lexington Terrace Boys Lexington Terrace Boys members Michael Taylor and Keon Moses killed 23 September 2001 Gregory Spain (30) and Ronald Harris (23) and wounded Charles Brockington (22) in a robbery of drugs and money. According to his guilty plea, from December 2007 to May 7, 2008 Bundy, working with co-conspirator Tyron Rich, a/k/a Forty, agreed to purchase heroin and other drugs. East Baltimore drug boss Robert Moore 19 September 2011 was Edwin Willis shot. was his extravagance. The stories will leave you in awe- this shit is so real it reads just like a timeless gangsta flick. These 11 individuals represent the top tier of drug traffickers here in the city of Baltimore, said DEA ASAC Orville Greene. Birds of a feather really DO flock together! He had kids between fifteen and eighteen, about 30 or 40 of them on Mopeds, selling heroin, the Holbrook dude says. This indictment focuses on those importing bulk quantities of dangerous drugs into Baltimore, and is an important step in our efforts to make our communities safer., This indictment comes as the result of a continued regional commitment to reduce violence and protect our communities, said Baltimore County Police Chief Melissa Hyatt. He was making $25 million a year, says the dude from Holbrook, who was around during Nuts reign. After reading news reports about the deaths of two men who were an integral part of the HBO show, all one could think was: No, not again! I may be exaggerating, but The Wire was so good, so alive, that its characters felt like real people. Thats how good of a television series The Wire was. Taking its place next to the giants of gangster history. While listening to an intercepted phone call between that dealer and Detective Momodu Gondo, they realized that something was terribly wrong. Baltimore police commissioner Donald Pomerleau served as Baltimore commissioner from 1966 till 1981, Baltimore Democrat Mayor William Donald Schaeffer became mayor in 1971 and served till 1987, Baltimores State Attorney Milton Allen started a special Task Force on Narcotics and in the team was Homicide investigator Stephen Tabeling, Baltimore Frank Matthews main dealer Brother Carter Baltimore drug dealer John Edward Liddy (Liddie) Jones bought his drugs from Frank Matthews his Baltimore main dealer James Wesley Big Head Brother Carter (it was estimated that Carter provided 80% of the heroin market in Baltimore), bail bondsman and Maryland House of Delegates member James Turk Scott (43) killed 13 July 1973 was bail bondsman and Maryland House of Delegates member James Turk Scott (43) shot and killed, he was under a federal indictment on charges of conspiracy to transport 40 pounds of heroin from new York to Baltimore, Baltimore Frank Matthews main dealer Brother Carter In Baltimore was Frank Matthews main dealer James Wesley Big Head Brother Carter aka Bernard J. Lee and he got 5 December 1975 fifteen years, Baltimore drug boss Maurice Peanut King With the disappearance of Frank Matthews in the early 70ties and the conviction of Frank Matthews main dealer James Wesley Big Head Brother Carter in Baltimore the new drug boss became Maurice Peanut King, East Baltimore based strip club Eldorado manager Kenneth Antonio Kenny Bird Jackson East Baltimore based strip club Eldorado manager Kenneth Antonio Kenny Bird Jackson his enemy and rival is Maurice Peanut King, East Baltimore based strip club Eldorado manager Kenneth Antonio Kenny Bird Jackson East Baltimore based strip club Eldorado manager Kenneth Antonio Kenny Bird Jackson beat murder raps in 1974 and 1991. Donnie Andrews was the real life inspiration for Omar. A pimp in the drug game that exuded true O.G. 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