Crackdown on the Crips with 8 indicted on racketeering and violent crimes
In a massive joint operation, law enforcement agencies have cracked down on a violent subset of the Crips street gang, the Insane Crip Gang (ICG), indicting eight members and associates on charges of racketeering, conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder, firearms offenses, and fraud schemes.
The 59-count indictment unsealed in federal court on Thursday detailed the shocking violence and crime spree committed by the ICG in Hempstead, Long Island, from 2016 to 2022. The gang is accused of three murders, over a dozen shootings, and various other violent crimes, as well as defrauding the state unemployment system and COVID-19 relief programs.
“As of today, after three brutal murders, over a dozen shootings, hundreds of thousands of dollars of fraud, their chokehold of fear and violence over our community is finally over,” said U.S. Attorney Breon Peace.