• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • About

Motor City 911

Detroit Police, Fire & Severe Weather Incidents

  • Home
  • INCIDENT PAGE
  • LOCAL NEWS
  • DETROIT FIRE
    • QUARTERS & INFO
    • DFD DISPO CODES
  • DETROIT POLICE
    • DPD PRECINCTS
  • SEVERE WEATHER
You are here: Home / BREAKING NEWS / Two Detroit Gang Members Convicted Of Attempted Murder In Drive-By Shooting

Two Detroit Gang Members Convicted Of Attempted Murder In Drive-By Shooting

November 30, 2018 by Motor City 911

0
SHARES
ShareTweet

Detroit: November 29 2018 – The Detroit One collaboration of local, state, and federal law enforcement has led to the convictions of two members of a Detroit street gang known as “Bandgang” for attempted murder in aid of racketeering, assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider.

Joining in the announcement was Timothy R. Slater, Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Martez Bailey, 24, of Detroit, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge David M. Lawson. Bailey’s plea agreement calls for a sentence of 25 to 30 years in prison. Bailey’s co-defendant, and fellow Bandgang member, Khalil Wilson, 25, previously pleaded guilty for his role in the drive-by shooting. Wilson’s plea agreement also calls for a sentence of 25 to 30 years in prison.

According to court records, Bailey and Wilson were both part of Bandgang, a local street gang on the west side of Detroit. On June 21, 2016, Bailey and Wilson drove to Biltmore Street in Detroit and fired repeatedly into a house, hoping to kill two rival gang members. Bailey fired a .45 caliber handgun repeatedly while Wilson unloaded an Uzi with an extended magazine capable of holding 50 rounds. A woman in the house unrelated to the gangs was severely injured in the shooting. The attempted murder stemmed from a dispute with two rival gangs, Trust No One (TNO) and Too Much Cash (TMC), prompted, in large part, by jealously over credit card fraud, as well as an earlier shooting by Bandgang members in February 2016 that left a five-year-old girl permanently disabled.

“This type of credit card fraud and identity theft is actually a deadly crime, because gangs are using extreme violence to protect their illegal income,” United States Attorney Matthew Schneider said. “But if gangs in Michigan think they will get off easy, they are wrong – several gang members have been sentenced to a decade or more in prison for credit card fraud.”

This case is the latest in the FBI Violent Gang Task Force’s investigation into Bandgang. In total, twenty-four members and associates of the gang have been charged in sixteen different cases and have received sentences ranging from 36 to 154 months on charges related to attempted murder, credit card fraud, identity theft, firearm offenses, and obstruction of justice. Four different credit card labs have been seized from Bandgang members during the investigation (not counting individual skimmers and embossers), and over 15,000 stolen credit card accounts have been linked to Bandgang members.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Shane Cralle and Terrence Haugabook.

Source: FBI

0
SHARES
ShareTweet

Filed Under: BREAKING NEWS, INCIDENT PAGE, LOCAL NEWS, Michigan News Tagged With: Bandgang, Detroit Crime, FBI, FBI Detroit

About The Author

Originally from California, John Roberts came to Michigan in the trunk of a 62 Chevy Impala. A LEO & Military veteran, he spends his time wrangling wildlife, operating a gentleman's farm and burning ants with a magnifying glass. His free time is spent reporting real-time crime and fire incidents in the City of Detroit.

Read More…

Reader Interactions

Primary Sidebar

Search Your Crime

Motor City 911

Raw Police, Fire & Severe Weather In Detroit

Real News in Real-Time

Motor City 911 On Facebook

Facebook Pagelike Widget

Recent Posts

  • Detroit Man Arrested By US Marshals Over Alleged Mass Shooting Threat

    Detroit Man Arrested By US Marshals Over Alleged Mass Shooting Threat

    February 21, 2019
  • Dispatch Audio: Boo Boo On The West Side Leaves 1 Dead

    Dispatch Audio: Boo Boo On The West Side Leaves 1 Dead

    February 14, 2019
  • Dispatch Audio: Shooting On Detroit’s East Side, Greensboro & Whittier

    Dispatch Audio: Shooting On Detroit’s East Side, Greensboro & Whittier

    February 8, 2019
  • Body Found In Vacant House On Northlawn Ave, Detroit’s West Side

    Body Found In Vacant House On Northlawn Ave, Detroit’s West Side

    February 8, 2019
  • Dispatch Audio: Detroit Police Car Boosted From Boost Mobile Store

    Dispatch Audio: Detroit Police Car Boosted From Boost Mobile Store

    February 4, 2019

Copyright © 2019 — Motor City 911 • All rights reserved.