I think the UBN are still active, but i think its more at a high leadership/drug trafficking level and in the prisons.
There was a pretty big bust yesterday involving the sex, money, murda and the fruit town brims working together in patterson.
Feds indict 28 alleged Bloods gang members in Paterson drug probe
MONDAY FEBRUARY 24, 2014, 9:29 PM
BY JOE MALINCONICO
PATERSON — Federal authorities on Monday announced a series of arrests in an investigation of two violent sets of the Bloods street gang that allegedly controlled heroin, crack and cocaine sales in four city neighborhoods, while making wholesale drug deliveries to New York City.
The announcement said 28 people have been indicted on federal drug charges, most of them city residents. Nine of them were picked up in a sweep last weekend, while the rest had been arrested in earlier actions, authorities said.
The gang members are accused of committing beatings, stabbings and shootings to fight off drug dealers from rival gangs, including the Latin Kings, who tried to move in on their turf, authorities said.
“Dismantling violent gangs is a continuing priority for the FBI,” said the Special FBI Agent-in-Charge, Aaron T. Ford. “Our efforts to address gang violence are not new, but we are working with our partners with increased manpower and increased urgency to address current circumstances.”
Federal officials credited the Paterson and Clifton police departments for their work on the case.
”It is critically important for cities like Paterson to leverage their existing collaborative relationships with federal and local law enforcement to reduce not only the actual violence in our communities, but also reducing the perception of fear which can be just as important,” said Paterson Police Chief William Fraher.
Various “sets” of the Bloods, particularly the Fruit Town Brims and Sex Money Murder group, operated in Paterson, often coordinating, collaborating and working together, federal authorities said. Ranking leaders of the Paterson Bloods often would hold meetings to resolve disputes between their respective “soldier” members and sometimes directed violent punishment be imposed against non-members selling drugs on their turf, authorities said.
The gang controlled four markets:
äThe area they called “The Main,” which covered North Main Street from East Main Street to Jefferson Street
ä“The Boulevard,” or the area of Rosa Parks Boulevard from Lyon Street to Franklin Street
ä“Up the Hill,” the area that included Rosa Parks Boulevard from 12th Avenue to Hamilton Avenue, 12th Avenue from East 22nd Street to East 24th Street, 10th Avenue from East 26th Street to East 30th Street and Governor Street from Rosa Parks to Summer Street
äPark Avenue from Madison Avenue to East 16th Street.
Authorities say non-members of the gang generally were prohibited from selling drugs in those areas, but sometimes gang members allowed people they knew to conduct narcotics business there.
But they did so at the risk of being confronted by other gang members.
For example, in June 2013, a drug dispute broke out in the area of 12th Avenue and 22nd Street during which 31-year-old Rachaun Parker, a member of the Fruit Town Brims, allowed a “neutral” from his neighborhood to sell marijuana in the area, authorities said, but other members of the Fruit Town Brims, including 35-year-old Hakim Lowery and 30-year-old Jamar Edwards, violently beat Parker for violating gang rules.
Under the indictment, three alleged gang members — 27-year-old Brandon Fields, 29-year-old Larry Green and 27-year-old Raheem Stewart — also face weapons charges.
“On at least two occasions, certain defendants, armed with loaded guns, delivered what they believed to be approximately one kilogram of cocaine to an address in the Bronx in return for delivery fees,” said the federal press release.
Lowery is the one defendant who has not been caught yet, police said.
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