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Feds: Bloods member from Roosevelt gets 15 years for shooting, racketeering

A member of the Bloods accused of racketeering and committing a 2015 shooting was sentenced to 15 years in prison Thursday in Central Islip federal court.

Prosecutors from the Eastern District of New York say Jermaine Green, 28, of Roosevelt, opened fire with an assault rifle after he and a fellow Blood spotted a Rollin’ 60s Crip walking down Babylon Turnpike in Roosevelt on Nov. 16, 2015. Green believed the Crip was responsible for the 2008 murder of another Bloods member in Roosevelt, according to authorities.

“Green turned a suburban street into a war zone while attempting to murder a rival, firing multiple shots from an assault rifle in broad daylight, endangering not only the intended target but everyone in the vicinity,” said Richard P. Donoghue, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District.

Authorities say nobody was hurt in the 2015 shooting but the front of a nearby delicatessen was struck by several bullets.

Green's attorney, Murray Singer of Port Washington, declined to comment Thursday. 

Prosecutors believe Green, also known as “730,” also conspired with other Bloods members and associates to murder Crips during a war the gangs waged in Roosevelt from 2008 to 2016. To fund their activities, prosecutors say, the Bloods engaged in robberies and trafficked crack cocaine, heroin and marijuana throughout Nassau County.

Green was charged with attempted murder and attempted assault with a dangerous weapon, racketeering, and discharging a firearm in connection with a crime of violence in a 14-count indictment unsealed in August 2017 that also accused other Bloods members of plotting to kill rival gang members and other crimes.

Green pleaded guilty to racketeering and discharging a firearm in connection with a crime of violence in June.

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“The men sentenced to federal prison in this case won’t be able to terrorize the Roosevelt community and areas around it any longer," FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge William F. Sweeney said. "They waged a decade long gang war, creating fear and spreading crime at will.”

Michael O'Keeffe covers Suffolk County police and other Long Island law-enforcement agencies. He is an award-winning journalist and the co-author of two books, "The Card" and "American Icon."

Jonathan Majors In Talks For Spike Lee’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’ At Netflix

EXCLUSIVE: We hear that Jonathan Majors is in talks to join Spike Lee’s Netflix movie Da 5 Bloods, which centers around Vietnam veterans who return to the jungle to find their lost innocence. The drama is Lee’s next movie. His BlacKkKlansman is nominated for six Oscars this Sunday including Best Director and Best Picture.

Da 5 Bloods is about a group of vets who attempt to put their broken selves back together in a story about the redemption of one’s soul. Majors’ role is being kept under wraps. Already starring in the film are Chadwick Boseman, Jean Reno and Delroy Lindo.

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Lee penned the script with his BlacKkKlansman co-scribe Kevin Willmott based on an original screenplay by Danny Bilson & Paul DeMeo and rewrite by Matthew Billingsly. The film will be produced by Beatriz Levin, Lloyd Levin, Jon Kilik and Lee.

Majors is on quite a roll: He received great reviews out of Sundance for his turn in Joe Talbot’s The Last Black Man in San Francisco. He can next be seen in Amblin/Focus Features’ Rupert Wyatt-directed sci-fi thriller Captive State on March 15. As Deadline exclusively reported, Majors is set to star in Aaron Sorkin’s upcoming production The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Bobby Seale, the co-founder of the Black Panther Party.

Majors will next star opposite Jurnee Smollett-Bell in HBO’s straight-to-series drama Lovecraft Country created by Jordan Peele. The series will follow Majors’ character as he road trips across 1950s Jim Crow America. Recently, Majors finished shooting Max Winkler’s Jungleland opposite Charlie Hunnam, Jack O’Connell and Jessica Barden.

Majors is repped by CAA, Grandview Management, the Lede Company and Jackoway Austen.

Netflix is tied with Fox Searchlight for the second-most Oscar nominations this year at 15, after Disney’s 17. Netflix counts ten nominations for Roma including Best Director Alfonso Cuaron and Best Picture and three for the Coen Brothers’ The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.

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Suspected Bloods gang member pleads not guilty in triple deadly crash

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A Bellport teenager and suspected Bloods gang member was arraigned by hospital bedside Wednesday in connection with a crash that killed his brother and a Middle Island couple.

Police say 17-year-old Nahriek Belford has no prior arrests but has been identified as a member of the gang.

Belford pleaded not guilty to a reckless endangerment charge while lying in his hospital bed in the burn unit at Stony Brook University Hospital.

Investigators say the teen was driving a stolen car and blew a stop sign in Yaphank Saturday night when police tried to pull him over. Police say he fled, went through multiple red lights and even drove into oncoming traffic.

On Middle Country Road, investigators say the teen crossed the double yellow line to pass another car and then slammed into the Honda CRV carrying Jerome and Randee Weingarten, killing them.

The Weingartens were just about to turn into their housing complex after dining with friends.

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The crash also killed the suspect's brother.

News 12 was in the room during the arraignment. Belford had obvious burns to his forehead, and his right arm was in a cast. Bail was set at $500,000 cash or bond.