3 gang members get prison terms for killing Jersey City teenager they mistook for murder target six years ago
July 9, 2010 by Capo · Leave a Comment
Nearly six years after a Jersey City teenager was shot and killed in a case of mistaken identity, three gang members were sentenced yesterday to prison terms in federal court for conspiracy to commit murder.
U.S. District Judge Stanley Chesler sentenced Matthew “Blood Money” Turner, 29, of Jersey City, and Anthony “Ant” Walker, 28, of Jersey City, to 13 years in prison, and David “D-Brim” Ariste, 28, of East Orange to 10 years in prison.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Walker is a member of the Piru set of the Bloods street gang and an associate of the Fruit Town Brims set of the Bloods. Walker and Ariste are both members of the Fruit Town Brims, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.
Turner pleaded guilty Aug. 24 to one count of conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering and a count of conspiracy to commit an assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering. Walker pleaded guilty to the same charges.
Ariste pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering.
According to court documents, on July 19, 2004, a non-gang member, identified as “SJ,” shot at Walker near the corner of Wilkinson Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive in Jersey City.
Walker, Turner, Ariste and others agreed to retaliate. Turner went to look for SJ, according to court documents, and reported he was on Wilkinson Avenue, and Ariste also went to look for SJ.
Michael Taylor, 17, who authorities believe the gang members mistook for SJ, was shot multiple times on the corner of Wilkinson Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive that night.
A 3-year-old boy and 23-year-old man at a nearby family cookout were wounded by stray shots in the violent attack.
Chesler also sentenced the three men to three years of supervised release. The judge ordered Ariste’s sentence to run consecutively with a 68-year sentence he is serving on a gang-related murder in Passaic County.
Source: nj.com
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