Manhattan DA Indicts 30 Gang Members for Multifaceted Violence in Washington Heights and Inwood

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., has announced the indictments of 30 gang members across three crews—known as “200/8 Block,” “6 Block,” and “Own Every Dollar” (O.E.D.)—on charges related to six years of violence in Washington Heights and Inwood. As reported by the

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, these groups are linked to approximately half of the shootings in the areas covered by the 33rd and 34th precincts this year. The violence includes a range of alleged crimes, from fatal shootings to gunpoint robberies.

“These groups have allegedly committed fatal and horrific gun violence in Inwood and Washington Heights over the past six years,” Bragg said in a statement from the

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. The district attorney’s focus remains on those trafficking illegal firearms and committing violence, as indicated in a release. The indictment details an ongoing feud since 2018, marked by retaliatory attacks, including the murder of a 19-year-old and other shootings in which innocent bystanders were struck down.

Members of these groups engaged in various criminal acts, including the alleged murder by a 6 Block member, Steven Marinez, and the acquisition of illegal firearms by Juan Lovelady, who also sold guns to an undercover NYPD officer. Court documents revealed 200 members boasted on social media about violent acts against rivals. The

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also highlighted a 2021 robbery led by two 200 members that resulted in a fatal shootout.

The violence spilled into community events, such as the previously mentioned Dyckman Day, and resonated through crowded spaces like basketball courts, where O.E.D. members shot an innocent bystander. Assistant D.A.s Jean Prisco and Sean Flatow are leading the case’s prosecution, under the vigilant eye of the office’s Violent Criminal Enterprises Unit and the Trial Division, indicating law enforcement’s ongoing effort to untangle the deeply rooted web of gang violence plaguing Manhattan’s streets.

The recency of these incidents, with the latest occurring just months ago in October, underscores an urgent need to stem the violence that has claimed numerous lives and threatened community stability. Interim Commissioner Thomas G. Donlon commended the NYPD’s resolve and declared a commitment to dismantling gangs responsible for chaos, as evidenced by the complex and coordinated investigation leading to these indictments. Bragg’s office thanked the NYPD, emphasizing the critical contributions of officers like Gerard Garced from the Manhattan North Violent Crime Squad.

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