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street gang Crossed Soldiers also known as Kings of Diamonds was started as a branch off Insane Gangster Disciples and the prison gang D.M.I. in Maryland. Gaining territory in Maryland, New Jersey, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania,  and Virginia. They are known for the distribution of narcotics, counterfeiting, and hired hits. A member who originally was in The Black Gorilla Family helped get this organization founded with the help of excommunicated members of Jerzie Boyz and P.O.A. with x white suprimisict who's outlook had changed. One founding member has family that dates back to the greaser era gang in Rochester, NY called the 39 Boys. The Switchblades in Morgantown, WV in the 50s. The history is amazing but names would have to be mentioned and at the time founding members were also being known as D.M.I, L.K., G.D., DWB and CWB. They've had members involved in methamphetamine distribution in federal indictments. Murder with excommunicated member Doug Best. One founding member was involved in his case Charles Graham. One founding member Jerry Lee Stewart Jr was sentenced for a 120 months in federal prison for his role in the methamphetamine epidemic during the 2016 round up in West Virginia. Other founding member known only as Buck Wild passed away of a drug overdose in Huntington. There are two other founding members that aren't names as of now because of there secrecy and honor to the Z code of silence. Members of D.M.I. deny any involvement with this alleged street gang. There are an estimated 240 members within the five states.https://therecorddelta.com/article/local-men-face-life-in-prison up next

Man convicted of manslaughter in custody exchange shooting

Purported 'Cincinnati White Boys' gang member gets life sentences in 2 slayings

The Jacoby Avenue home in Middletown where Tiffany Hoskins was found dead on Nov. 5.

The Jacoby Avenue home in Middletown where Tiffany Hoskins was found dead on Nov. 5.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS | CINCINNATI ENQUIRER | 12:31 pm EDT October 4, 2017

HAMILTON — A man who authorities say was a member of a gang called the Cincinnati White Boys has been sentenced to consecutive life sentences for two slayings last year.

Twenty-nine-year-old Doug Best cried and apologized as he was sentenced Tuesday in southwest Ohio's Butler County.

Best told the judge he's "truly remorseful" for killing "two innocent people for no reason."

Best pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated murder in the slayings of Joseph Romano and Tiffany Hoskins in Middletown on consecutive days last November.

Twenty-two-year-old co-defendant Derrick Brown pleaded guilty in April to aggravated murder and aggravated robbery charges and was sentenced to 51 years to life. Twenty-seven-year-old Charles Graham faces trial next month on charges of attempted burglary and participating in a criminal gang.

= Indicted on Federal Charges for Murdering a Witness in a Baltimore City Case = Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury indicted Troy Allen Lucas a/k/a “Troy Madron,” age 47, of Baltimore, Maryland on charges arising from a murder-for-hire of Robert Long, who was a cooperating witness in a case pending in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. The indictment was returned on June 7, 2016, and unsealed today upon the arrest of the defendant.

The indictment was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Assistant Special Agent in Charge Don A. Hibbert of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Baltimore District Office; Colonel Woodrow Jones, Chief of the Maryland Transportation Authority Police; and Colonel William M. Pallozzi, Superintendent of the Maryland State Police.

“This investigation has resulted in several convictions and the exoneration of an innocent man who was wrongly convicted and sentenced to life in state prison,” said U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein.

According to the three count indictment, Lucas was a member of "Dead Man Inc." (DMI),  a criminal street and prison gang. Robert Long worked for Jose Morales and was a co-defendant with Morales in criminal cases pending in Baltimore.

The indictment charges that Morales solicited Lucas and others to kill Robert Long in order to retaliate for Long’s cooperation with the police and to prevent Long from testifying against Morales. Lucas accepted payment from Morales for agreeing to kill Long. Lucas and Morales used cell phones to contact one another regarding Long’s cooperation and whereabouts, and to contact Long.

On March 24, 2008, in an open area behind Traci Atkins Park in southwest Baltimore, Long was shot twice in the head and died. The indictment charges that from March 23 to 24, 2008, Lucas used, carried and discharged a .25 caliber handgun, causing Long’s murder.

Lucas faces a maximum sentence of life in prison for murder-for-hire conspiracy, use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire and use of a firearm during a crime of violence resulting in death. Lucas had his initial appearance today in U.S. District Court in Baltimore.

An indictment is not a finding of guilt. An individual charged by indictment is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at some later criminal proceedings.

Jose Joaquin Morales, age 40, of Baltimore, Maryland, was convicted at trial by a federal jury for using a cell phone to arrange the murder-for-hire of Robert Long, and was sentenced to life in prison on December 9, 2013.

The prosecution of Morales resulted in the exoneration of Demetrius Smith, who was serving life in state prison for the murder -- a crime he did not commit.

United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein commended the DEA, Maryland Transportation Authority Police and Maryland State Police for their work in the investigation. Mr. Rosenstein thanked Assistant U.S. Attorneys Sandra Wilkinson and Martin Clarke, who are prosecuting this Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force case.

= Drug dealer convicted by federal jury in Elkins, WV, of Upshur, WV, meth conspiracy will face at least 15 years behind bars = by Matt Harvey MANAGING EDITOR

Oct 24, 2018

ELKINS — A 39-year-old Clarksburg drug dealer is looking at a prison term of at least 15 years in prison after he was convicted on five drug charges by a federal jury in Elkins, according to the office of U.S. Attorney Bill Powell.

= Rocky Douglas Idleman was among several individuals named in a 50-count indictment returned Aug. 29, 2017, by a federal grand jury in Clarksburg. The indictment alleged a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Upshur County from March 2016 to August 2017.charges = EDITOR

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