The NJ Grape Street Crips is a set of the Grape Street Crips
gang that originated in the Jordan Downs public-housing complex, which is
located between Grape Street and 103rd Street in Watts, Los Angeles,
California.
3. The NJ Grape Street Crips have followed many of the same
traditions and protocols of the Grape Street Crips and other Crip street gangs,
including:
a. visible demonstrations of gang affiliation, such as an
identification with the colors purple and blue, which appear in clothing, hats,
and bandanas worn by NJ Grape Street Crips members;
b. symbolic use of the number “103,” including yearly
celebrations on October 3, also styled as “10/3” or “ten-trey day,” in reference
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to the founding of the Grape Street Crips at the Jordan Downs public-housing
complex located on 103rd Street in Los Angeles;
c. greeting each other with the phrases “Watts up” or
“Watts Grapin,” in reference to the gang’s founding in Watts, Los Angeles;
d. tattoos, slogans, and hand gestures signifying
membership in the NJ Grape Street Crips; and
e. the use of a system of rules and regulations governing
admission to and membership in the NJ Grape Street Crips.
4. The rules governing the NJ Grape Street Crips establish,
among other things:
a. a hierarchical power structure in which members are
given designations or ranks signifying their status within the gang, which
ranks include, from senior rank to junior rank, “OOOG” (Triple OG; “OG” is
short for “Original Gangster”); “OOG” (Double OG); “OG”; “G”; “BG” (Baby
Gangster); followed by overseers, enforcers, and individual members, who are
referred to as soldiers;
b. a system of discipline and punishment for those
members who violated rules, failed to carry out orders from higher-ups, or
“disrespected” the gang, in which offending members could be stripped of rank,
placed on probationary status, and/or physically assaulted or killed; and
c. a system of incentives in which members who desired
to maintain, or rise in, rank and stature within the NJ Grape Street Crips were
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expected and required to “put in work,” which meant engaging in murders,
shootings, physical assaults, intimidation, drug trafficking, robberies,
extortion, and other criminal activities.
Organization of the NJ Grape Street Crips Enterprise
5. Within the NJ Grape Street Crips, the primary unit of
organization was by neighborhood and/or public-housing complex in and
around Newark, New Jersey.
6. Members and associates of the NJ Grape Street Crips
engaged in, or controlled, drug trafficking and other criminal activities in
various neighborhoods and public-housing complexes in and around Newark,
New Jersey, including, among others:
a. the area of 6th Avenue and North 5th Street (the “6th
Avenue Location”);
b. the Pennington Court public-housing complex located
at the intersection of Pennington Street and Pacific Street (the “Pennington
Court Location”);
c. the Oscar Miles public-housing complex located at the
intersection of Court Street and Broome Street (the “Court Street Location”);
d. the Millard Terrell Homes public-housing complex
located at the intersections of Riverview Court and Chapel Street (the
“Riverview Court Location”);
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e. the John W. Hyatt public-housing complex located at
the intersection of Hawkins Street and Horatio Street (the “Hyatt Court
Location”); and
f. the James Baxter public-housing complex formerly
located near Nesbitt and Orange Streets (the “Baxter Terrace Location”).
7. Each of these neighborhoods and public-housing complexes
was controlled by a leader who was responsible for overseeing the NJ Grape
Street Crips operations and for authorizing criminal activity on behalf of the
enterprise.
8. The members, associates, and leaders of each of these
neighborhoods and public-housing complexes fell under the overall leadership
of COREY HAMLET, a/k/a “C-Blaze,” a/k/a “Blaze,” a/k/a “Blizzie,” a/k/a
“Castor Troy,” who was the head of the NJ Grape Street Crips. One of
HAMLET’s top deputies was KWASI MACK, a/k/a “Welchs,” a/k/a “The
Prince,” a/k/a “Mini Me.”
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