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The host of the popular "Stop Snitching" DVD series has been indicted for reportedly threatening a store owner who refused to sell the DVD.
According to the Baltimore Examiner, Ronnie "Skinny Suge" Thomas, was recently indicted as part of a larger sting which was responsible for a bust of 28 reported members of the TTP Bloods gang, of which authorities claim Thomas is a member. Federal prosecutors claim that the Baltimore-based gang was responsible for a number of violent acts including murders, shootings, robberies, intimidating witnesses and drug dealing.
According to the indictment, on February 14 Thomas apparently confronted a store owner who refused to sell his "Stop Snitching 2" DVD. In response, Thomas allegedly threatened the owner with violence, saying that members of the gang would come back and attack the store. But Rodney Bethea, the producer of the DVDs, contends that the story of Thomas confronting the store owner is highly unlikely, due to the popularity of the DVDs in Baltimore and other locations.
"There's no way in the world that could have happened," said Bethea. "Why would you have to threaten someone to sell the DVD, when everyone wants to sell the DVD?"
The indictment also claims that the gang was responsible for five slayings, and that the gang's leader, Steve Willock, reported progress back to other gang affiliates in California.
"We have about 3-4 territories in Baltimore, Md (BodyMore) and we have blocks in different counties in Md, also territories in the Eastern Shore," stated a letter from Willock, according to the indictment.
Of those named in the indictment, 21 defendants charged in the drug-trafficking conspiracy face a maximum sentence of life in prison, while 26 defendants charged in the racketeering conspiracy faces up to 20 years in prison.
Source: sohh.com
According to the Baltimore Examiner, Ronnie "Skinny Suge" Thomas, was recently indicted as part of a larger sting which was responsible for a bust of 28 reported members of the TTP Bloods gang, of which authorities claim Thomas is a member. Federal prosecutors claim that the Baltimore-based gang was responsible for a number of violent acts including murders, shootings, robberies, intimidating witnesses and drug dealing.
According to the indictment, on February 14 Thomas apparently confronted a store owner who refused to sell his "Stop Snitching 2" DVD. In response, Thomas allegedly threatened the owner with violence, saying that members of the gang would come back and attack the store. But Rodney Bethea, the producer of the DVDs, contends that the story of Thomas confronting the store owner is highly unlikely, due to the popularity of the DVDs in Baltimore and other locations.
"There's no way in the world that could have happened," said Bethea. "Why would you have to threaten someone to sell the DVD, when everyone wants to sell the DVD?"
The indictment also claims that the gang was responsible for five slayings, and that the gang's leader, Steve Willock, reported progress back to other gang affiliates in California.
"We have about 3-4 territories in Baltimore, Md (BodyMore) and we have blocks in different counties in Md, also territories in the Eastern Shore," stated a letter from Willock, according to the indictment.
Of those named in the indictment, 21 defendants charged in the drug-trafficking conspiracy face a maximum sentence of life in prison, while 26 defendants charged in the racketeering conspiracy faces up to 20 years in prison.
Source: sohh.com