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TagsCharges related to '08 gang murder in New Brunswick
Two members of the Nine Trey Headbustas set of the Bloods street gang have pleaded guilty to racketeering for their roles in a gang-related murder in New Brunswick in 2008, state Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor said Thursday.
Syree Hakins, 38, of West Orange, and Tyrane Mathis, 34, of Newark, pleaded guilty late Wednesday to first-degree racketeering before state Superior Court Judge Joseph Paone in New Brunswick. A third man, Davon Parker, 22, of Edison, pleaded guilty on Nov. 19 to first-degree racketeering.
In pleading guilty, Hakins admitted that he ordered the murder of fellow gang member Devin Thompson, 19, who was fatally shot on Nichol Avenue in New Brunswick on June 2, 2008. Mathis admitted that, acting on behalf of the gang, he participated in Thompson's murder.
Under the plea agreement, the state will recommend that Hakins be sentenced to 16 years and Mathis 12 years in state prison. Each must serve 85 percent of the sentence imposed without possibility of parole under the No Early Release Act.
Sentencing for Hakins, Mathis and Parker has been scheduled for Feb. 11. Hakins, Mathis and Parker were charged in a Nov. 4 state grand jury indictment obtained by the Division of Criminal Justice, which charged the alleged leader of the Nine Trey Headbustas, Michael Anderson, and 18 other members and associates of the gang with first-degree racketeering. Anderson, 38, allegedly led the gang from New Jersey State Prison in Trenton. The crime of racketeering carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.Supervising Deputy Attorney General Lauren Scarpa Yfantis is prosecuting the case. The indictment stems from "Operation Hardhat," an investigation that began in 2007 and was conducted by the state Department of Corrections Special Investigation Division, the State Police Street Gang North Unit, the Division of Criminal Justice Gangs & Organized Crime Bureau, the Middlesex, Essex and Hudson County prosecutors' office and the New Brunswick, Newark and Jersey City police.
– TOM HESTER SR., NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
