http://www.newsweek.com/fbi-ronald-herron-leader-bloods-gang-sentenced-life-prison-319248
Ronald Herron was sentenced Thursday to 12 terms of life in prison plus 105 years. The leader of the Bloods street gang, he was convicted in June 2014 on charges of racketeering, murder in aid of racketeering, narcotics trafficking, robbery and firearms offenses. Herron's division of the Bloods was active throughout New York City, primarily in the Gowanus and Wyckoff Gardens areas of Brooklyn.
"For years, Ronald Herron unleashed brutal, unrelenting violence on his community while glorifying his criminal lifestyle as a crack-dealing gangster. Today's sentence put an end to all of that, for good," U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch said in a statement.
“Herron styled himself a rap artist, but the evidence proved that he was a murderous thug who sought power through violence, fear, and intimidation," she continued. "Let today's sentence send a message to other gang members who terrorize their own communities: We and our federal and city law enforcement partners will not tolerate such heinous criminal conduct."
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In his music, Herron claimed to be a leader of the "Murderous Mad Dogs," a division of the Bloods. He also boasted online about "beating a body," a reference to beating a murder rap. His street name was "Ra Diggs."
http://nypost.com/2015/04/02/remorseless-rap-thug-slapped-with-three-life-sentences/
A Brooklyn drug dealer-turned-failed rapper was defiant to the bitter end in Brooklyn Federal Court on Thursday as an angered judge sentenced him to three life sentences for murders and racketeering.
Ronald “Ra Diggs” Herron, who ran a drug operation out of the Gowanus Houses, was hit with the mandatory terms after a jury convicted him of whacking a trio of rivals and a slew of other crimes.
“You can sentence me to 10 life sentences,” he told the court. “But I am only going to die one time. God have mercy on all of us.”
Herron, who once recorded with rapper Waka Flocka Flame, repeatedly refused to stand up when Judge Nicholas Garaufis ordered him to rise. He finally acquiesced.
Herron’s family and friends in the audience muttered loudly throughout the proceeding, and one man even stood up as Herron was sentenced before he was ordered to take a seat.
“There is not an ounce of remorse in his body,” Garaufis said before handing down the mandatory terms.
Damn they violated son
