Gang Leaders React To Life Sentences…
“This was systematic, almost torture. I mean, those boys were so badly beaten. And you make them go to the garage and pick out the piece of wood that you would systematically beat them. You got him in his bed. He didn’t have a chance TO GET HIS GUN. HE WAS THE DEVIL IN DISGUISE, MAN. YOU’RE BE A LOSER. AND I HOPE TO GOD YOU DIE ON THAT FLOOR IN a penitentiary punk.”
“So, with that said, you’re going to be revenge for the sheriff’s department to fulfill your sentence. You realize that you’re never I mean you’re never going to go out of prison. You’re going to die in prison. You understand that?”
“Oh sh your no. Where’s the evidence? She said she was all that. She say she Where’s the evidence showing that she was?”
This is 19-year-old Javvon Wolffork. “I said it was consensual.”
“Consensual.”
“Yes, sir.”
“All right. Tell me about the consensual part when you went in the room.”
“It happened. It happened before way before they started fighting. We was all in my room chilling. We was drinking. I had and she wanted some coke. So they left out and it was just me and her in the room. Now I ain’t going to get into all the details. So she had she was snorting powder. She was she snorting powder. This girl ain’t got to make this girl. She’s a two.”
In 2013, Wolffork and four other teenagers lured a 16-year-old girl to a house and brutally her before forcing her to get intimate with Wolf. Five suspects were accused in this case. All but one took a plea deal. The girl who says he her. It was violent and disturbing cell phone video capturing a girl being savagely beaten and dragged through this Hollywood home.
“To be honest, it felt like hours.” That girl who had just turned 16 gave jurors a riveting account of being lured to the house and ambushed. “They kept telling me that I need to have sex with Javon and if I don’t have with Javvon, they’re going to keep hitting me. And I told them to let me out of the home. Let me out. Let me out. I started feeling punches to my face. I remember JVong grabbing me by my hair. Threw my head against the concrete.”
While his accomplices eventually pleaded guilty, Wolfor who was the alleged mastermind of the attack, bullishly went to trial. “I taste something, but I know I had nothing. What evidence do you have for me?”
“All right. So, where where’s the DNA at? Where’s the sign of entry penetration? Where soal video they have? Where is what’s evidence?”
“You can’t say that. What evidence do you have? What evidence?”
“Miss Schneider says you gave a statement admitting that you had that.”
“Don’t Where’s the evidence? She said she was all that. She said she was Where’s the evidence showing that she was Where’s that evidence at? They don’t got it. What I said, I don’t really matter what I said.”
Wfor denied all allegations and repeatedly lashed out at the judge, claiming there was no evidence against him. “No. Where is the fact she said she was held down? Where the is the evidence at? You still avoiding that question.”
When police discovered cell phone videos of the attack taken by his codefendants, Wolfor completely changed his tone and pleaded with the judge in one last desperate attempt at freedom. “Please help me. Please not going to please my life.”
The judge denied his request and Wolffork was subsequently convicted for his crimes. “The defendant is guilty of sexual battery with actual use of force likely to cause serious bodily harm as charged in the information.”
During sentencing, Wolfk once again asked for mercy, but the judge showed no sympathy. “I was 19 at the time when it happened. You know, I’ve been incarcerated for 2 years.”
“The facts and circumstances here were extremely sick and depraved and that impression uh hasn’t changed.” In the end, Jayvon Woolfork was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Although Jayvon Woolfork’s please felt genuine, what happens when a grieving brother condemns a murderer to death? “YOU’LL BE A LOSER and that’s it. Your whole life you’re GOING TO BE A LOSER AND I HOPE TO GOD YOU DIE ON THAT FLOOR IN A penitentiary punk.”
In August 2022, officers were dispatched to a Michigan home after receiving a call about a shooting. “Jackson 911.”
“Yes. Someone shot up our house or something. I don’t know. There they both look dead. I don’t um there the front door is shot out and uh one’s on the ground and I think the other one’s in the living room on the ground.”
“Okay. So, some hang on just a minute. Somebody shot your door and there’s somebody laying on the ground.”
“It looks like it. Yes, it looks like they’re dead. I’m not sure. I just I left.”
“What’s the act?”
“Yes, I was just coming home. Yeah, I stay there.”
“Okay. So, you does it look like this person that’s laying on the ground has been shot.”
“I can’t I can’t He’s He’s not moving and and the glasses shot out of the front door. I can’t tell. I’m scared. Like I If I was there, they would have shot me, too. I don’t I wasn’t there, though.”
“Like, when how long ago did this happen? Do you know or did you just get home?”
“Just like I don’t just like like 15 minutes ago. I just left. I’m scared. I was trying to like ask somebody to answer their phone and figure out to do. I don’t know. I’m like panicking. I’m only trying to I don’t know. I had no signal. I had to get all the way off of Fish like off of RA Road to even get.”
“Okay. Is there just one person laying on the ground?”
“No, there’s two. There’s one in the one in the living room on the um on the ground. It’s so dark in there. I can’t tell like if I can’t tell.”
Police found the bodies of three elderly men who had been fatally shot multiple times. The fourth person, 43-year-old Zachary Borton, who lived with the victims, was missing from the scene. All four were members of the Outlaw Motorcycle Club Iron Coffins. Borton was wanted in connection to the deadly shootings of three men who were found dead at a home in Grass Lake Sunday morning. Borton was also wanted in Grand Rapids for assault and shooting a firearm at a building.
Borton was eventually arrested and brought in for questioning where he claimed that he shot the men at self-defense. “So, I shot him twice or three times maybe. He was coming in the door. He had not come yet. He was coming in the front door. Um and then he was yelling like something like mother like he was agitated for sure and he had a pistol like drawn up and so um I shot him and then um I’m not sure I have happened kind of fast and slow motion like at the same time like it was all like kind of a blur. So I um shot him and then like after I shot um he was coming out the back and um so I turned towards him and shot him or at him rather. I don’t know if I hit him the first time cuz he turned and when he turned to like kind of get away, I kind of ran back towards him.”
However, the jury didn’t buy it. And Borton was ultimately convicted on three counts of first-degree homicide. During sentencing, the brother of one of the victims confronted Borton and tore into him. “You killed my brother. It wasn’t self-defense. If you there was any kind of self-defense, you would have got up on that stand and went ahead and said something about yourself or something like that or said you coward down. I was a part of the United States Army. You think I’d be afraid of you? Other people was. I will take your head off, boy. Blink your eyes. I’m serious. Not one shot, not two shots, five shots, 10 shots. CLIPS JUST WASTED AWAY ON my brother and shaky. He was sleeping. You got him in his bed. HE DIDN’T HAVE A CHANCE TO GET HIS GUN. YOU RAN THROUGH THAT HOUSE LIKE A MAD man wanting to kill people. THAT’S WAS YOUR PROBLEM. YOU WAS THE DEVIL IN DISGUISE, MAN. YOU’RE a loser, man. You’ll be a loser and that’s it. Your whole life you’re GOING TO BE A LOSER AND I HOPE TO GOD YOU DIE ON THAT FLOOR IN A penitentiary punk.”
Even the judge believed that Borton was a cold-blooded killer and sent him to prison for the rest of his life. “You know, this was a horrible case. I mean, it was a horrible crime. I mean, it occurred in a in a scenic, nice, peaceful part of the community. you had a 40 caliber handgun and you know if you later on we learned during the trial that you even talked to the police and said you know in that interview of Grand Rapids you know you didn’t always have a 40 caliber you kind of traded up guns and let me tell you a 40 caliber you know handgun is a manstoppper that’s a big gun 12 citizens randomly drawn from the community from all walks of life they determine that beyond a reasonable doubt you acted in lawful selfdefense. They considered your defense. They rejected it. And and what did you do? Oh, well, you you got in your shooting rampage and you just Well, you saw him get up off his bed and you saw something shiny in his hand and of course, where are you? You’re in a meth rage and then you just decide to start shooting and you shot him and he and he went down to the floor and then you saw him move.”
“To me, this is the most significant testimony in the trial. You saw him move. An 80 year old man that you already hit with a 40 caliber round and he’s moving. So, so what do you do? Do you just hold your weapon, control the situation, SEE WHAT’S GOING ON? HELL NO. YOU YOU WENT AND MOVED IN. YOU HUNTED HIM DOWN. You pump multiple more rounds into that 80-year-old man man. And Mr. Freley and that’s exactly why the jury convicted you of first-degree murder. You’re very familiar with guns, Mr. Borton. And you picked one that certainly was able to finish the job and gun three men down in cold blood. And that’s what you did. Coldblooded murder. So, on count number three, firstdegree murder, the court is going to impose the most significant sentence allowed under Michigan law.”
“Life without the possibility of parole. You’re going to go in the front door of the reception and guidance center. All things being equal, they’ll take you out in a black bag on the way out. So, that that’s what life without possibility with parole is all about, Mr. Borton. And you’ll meet lots of other lifers out there that, you know, engaged in the same kind of crime. You don’t have to worry about your parole date because there won’t be one.”
While Zachary Borton didn’t even flinch for a moment while getting blasted in court. What happens when a murderer lashes out at the victim’s family? “Not looking at me, bro. Look at me.” This is 27-year-old Deshawn Bolan who is facing murder and theft charges in Moskegan Heights, Michigan. “Do you understand the charge and the potential penalty?”
“No, ma’am. No, ma’am. Can you say it again?”
“You want me to read the charge again?”
“Yes, ma’am.”
“Sure. On Jefferson near Barney that you allegedly committed the offense of homicide open murder. You did murder Jacob Mark Remux on June 26th, 2014.”
Surveillance footage outside a bar captured Boland stealing a car from the parking lot. 26-year-old Jacob Ramo saw his brother’s car getting stolen and sprang into action. Throwing his jacket aside, he jumped on his motorcycle and sped after the carjacker. Unknown to him, Boland’s accomplice, 31-year-old Robert Gee, pursued Jacob in another car and shot him in the back, causing him to crash his motorcycle in the yard of a homeowner.
“What’s going on there?”
“Some guy in a truck motorcycle in my yard.”
“He’s laying in your yard.”
“Yeah, he’s out. We do have the fire department and the ambulance and the police and rob. Okay. Cuz like I said, his bike was there and he ended up there. So, we thought he just lost control and just fell. She was actually talking to him trying. He wasn’t saying anything. He was just laying there. She was talking to him while he was down. and we saw him take his last breath.”
Jacob died at the scene of the accident. “He puts his entire head, neck, torso, arm out that window to take aim. He intends to hit that man on the bike with the bullet.” Robert Gee was eventually convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
As for Boland, his trial got off to an explosive start. During a preliminary hearing, Boland lashed out at a witness and was promptly removed from the courtroom. “He could be wasted.” Later, as his hearing came to an end, Boland abruptly stood up, started pacing in the courtroom, and then exchanged words with the victim’s family. “Stop looking at me, bro. I’m not playing. Look at me.”
Ultimately, Deshawn Bolan was found guilty of first-degree murder and perpetration of a lararseny and was sentenced to life in prison without any chance of parole. While Deshan Boland disrespected his victim’s family in court, what happens when a dangerous gangster flips out at a judge? In the case of Hakee Artist, Deshawn Austin, and Travis Scott, three Julie’s gang members who were facing multiple murder charges in Brooklyn, New York.
“We don’t need to show this no mercy. You left me to tell his mother who adored her son he was dead.” In December 2018, 35-year-old Tyne Walker was walking home when he was gunned down by Julie leader Travis Scott. Then in March 2020, a 26-year-old rival gang member was shot dead by Deshawn Austin outside a strip club. Four months later, Austin was involved in another shooting near a playground which took the life of a baby.
One-year-old Devel Gardner was hit by a stray bullet after Austin and fellow gang member Aake Artist opened fire several times in a rival gang. Video shows Austin and a second shooter firing multiple rounds into the playground. Bullets hit four people, including the one-year-old. “He stands before this court with the blood of five people on his hands. He’s the one who had a gun and walked up to a playground where people were grilling, sitting next to a stroller, playing with their rel relatives, and he fired shot after shot after shot.”
All three were eventually rounded up, charged, and ultimately convicted for the murders. During sentencing, the gangbangers showed no remorse as Deshawn Austin ignored the victim’s family and looked straight ahead, offering no apology. “The power took the life of my son March 3rd of 2020, which was not enough blood for him. He continued and then took the life of a one-year-old baby.”
Travis Scott stared straight at Tyne Walker’s family, who didn’t hold back during their victim impact statement. “You got out the car to shoot my husband. You should have took that ride home to your own kid. You had me tell my baby in the morning on her birthday Tyrie was dead.”
As for Aake Artist, he seemed amused by the whole situation and grinned throughout the proceedings. But after learning his fate, Artist lashed out at the judge while being hauled away to prison until he was given 40 years to life and then as he was hauled away disrespected the judge. “That’s my.” In the end, Deshawn Austin was sentenced to 50 years to life, while both Travis Scott and Aake Artist received 40 years to life in prison.
While Deshawn, Aake, and Travis embodies street violence. The case of David Adam P embodies pure evil. “They say God is a [ __ ] You think God won’t.” This is 24y old David Adam Pate who was facing murder charges in Lancaster, South Carolina. “Do you understand that murder carries a minimum sentence of 30 years and up to life? I ask you again, how do you wish to plead guilty or not guilty to murder?”
In October 2013, Pate lured his friend, 33-year-old Ricky James, into the woods and brutally stabbed him multiple times with a butcher’s knife. “You start here.” Paid later confessed that he was too tired and drunk to dispose of Ricky’s body and decided to dump it there for the local children to find. “I think I could turn around cuz I’ve been drinking patience. I’m just all night doing but I just leave laying there a little bit. I pull I could [clears throat] I couldn’t I got shoes off the next morning but the next morning got down there see I took his pants clean up all around the trip I kind of wipe’s.”
Disturbing mug shot revealed a surgically split tongue and several face and neck tattoos linking him to The street gang Gangster Disciples. “Gangster Disciples. Gangster Disciples. Gangster Disciples” are a violent gang with a long history of lawlessness here in the United States. According to a federal indictment filed last month, originated in Chicago. They spread to more than two dozen states. A year later, Pay pleaded guilty to the murder and was now in court to learn his fate.
“You understand what you’re charged with?”
“Yes, sir. And you understand that murder carries a minimum sentence of 30 years and up to life.”
Both the prosecutor and the detective who interrogated Pate recommended a life sentence. “As stated, he he says he’d like to do it again and enjoy what he did. Life’s the only thing that makes sense here to to uh to us. I I just I can’t explain what we just what we just heard. Right. Even from that day, watching it again, from sitting across from him, it’s, you know, you just can’t explain it. This is an evil person standing before you. If anybody ever deserved life in prison, it’s D.”
Then Ricky’s two brothers took the stand and directly confronted his killer. One of them, the situation became too unbearable. “Brother was um as the solicitor gave me what was going on in the case. He said, supposedly he said uh um I killed him because he came in the woods with me and why would somebody want to talk to me look like this? Well, my brother was the type of person who had no strangers with nobody like everybody treated fairly. his only weakness was that he drunk and when he get started to drink he he start to trust people too much but besides that he was a good guy and I hope that you give him all he get like just let him suffer and um I’m just coming from behind in SCPC and he going to suffer back there I just hope he knows he going to suffer back there slay my brother for no reason he admitted he admitted [laughter] People like that ain’t supposed to earth. People like devils, man. You die, man. You son. You suck. Cuz they say God is aveng. Thank you.”
BEFORE imposing sentence, Judge Dan Hall had a few words for the defendant. “It appears that this this murder uh even yet seemed to be completely senseless, uh remorseless, um emotionless. Um there is a benefit to the defendant and that he he gets to he’s still living he there is you know whoever he is long as he’s breathing there’s still some hope for him sent in court as you home and back in 2014 GS29221 state versus David Adam Pate having plead guilty to murder sentence court as he be committed to department state department of corrections for term of life. Thank you.”
His only reaction, a smile and a nod of approval. Ultimately, David Pate was sent to prison for life for the gruesome murder of Ricky James. While David Pate was all smiles at the prospect of spending the rest of his life in jail, what happens when a killer shows no emotion when confronted by his victim’s family? “This sick, twisted, and evil coward showed no regard for Lake and her human life.”
This is 26-year-old Jose Ibara, who is facing multiple charges, including murder in Athens, Georgia. On February 22nd, 2024, Ibara, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, went on what the authorities called a hunt for women at the University of Georgia apartment complex, sneaking and trying to break into student flats in search of a victim. It shows the man going to the door of a student apartment. Then, he goes to the back of the building to peep inside the groundle bedrooms. After a full hour of going back and forth, he can be seen skullking around a bus stop near the jogging trail.
Later that day, nursing student Lake and Riley would cross paths with his predator while out on a jog. It was the last time anyone would see her alive. “There’s Lake and Riley running by the same location. It’s the last known video of her alive. The timestamp shows 9:06 a.m. 5 minutes later, she was attacked.” Shortly after, police found Riley’s body near a lake. It suffered a cracked skull and was choked to death.
Following investigations, police tracked Ibato to his house the next day. His body showed clear signs of defensive wounds as there were multiple scratches and bruises on his arms and face, which later matched with DNA evidence found under Riley’s fingernails. Watch this newly released body camera video in court. Police are seen waking up 26-year-old Jose Bar and questioning him about the murder in the jogging trails near his apartment. The officers are seen asking him about scratches and bruises on his arms and face.
“I ask him, I have a question. Why? And then I point to his left to my left knuckle. Why is this red?”
“He responds by saying that because of the cold.”
“I asked, ‘What happened there?’ And he he said that he he had a scratch, but he didn’t exactly explain from where what happened there. He first he says, ‘I don’t have anything there. There’s nothing there.’ And then he starts pointing at it again saying that, ‘Oh, it’s just a scratch.'”
“Okay. So, when he said that there was nothing there, could you see something there?”
“Yes, ma’am. Absolutely.”
“What could you see?”
“It it looked like a I don’t exactly know the time, but it I could see there was still a little bit of pus in it. So, it didn’t look very old.”
“Okay.”
“Um it but I I I could see that there was a scratch on his wrist.”
Ibata was also caught on surveillance cameras dumping a jacket that had Riley’s hair on it. With overwhelming evidence against him, Ibata waved his right to a jury trial, meaning it was now up to the judge to decide his fate. “Count one, malice murder, I find the defendant guilty. Count two, felony murder. I find the defendant guilty. I sentence you to life without the possibility parole.” Jose Ibara showed zero emotion as the judge found him guilty on all counts and sentenced him to life in prison without parole.
While Jose Ibara’s stone cold face showed no signs of regret. What happens when a junky killer is deemed the most dangerous man ever by the prosecutor? “When it comes to the sentencing of somebody who is as dangerous as uh Lance Bronco, I’m not sure in 42 years I’ve encountered somebody as dangerous.” This is 23-year-old Lance Bronco, an Idaho man who was on trial for several charges, including home invasion and murder.
“Count one, murder with a part one. Count two, aggravated battery with use of a deadly weapon or instrument with a part one. Also, count three, robbery, count four, burglary, and count five, unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.” On March 9th, 2024, Broncho broke into the Idaho Falls home of 51-year-old Eric Le and fatally shot him. Lee’s son was also injured in the shooting.
According to reports, Broncho was looking to steal drugs and had mistakenly broken into the wrong house. Broncho was already on a federal supervised release and had an active warrant for several previous assault cases. Broncho had initially pleaded not guilty, but since Idaho is a death row state, he ended up taking a plea deal in exchange for removing the death penalty off the table.
“In exchange for your guilty p, the state of Idaho agreed to dismiss the remaining charges. State also agreed it would not seek the death penalty as a sentence recommendation and that they would recommend a specific sentence uh a unified sentence of life with no more than 35 years as a determinate sentence.”
At his sentencing, Bronto’s defense attorney argued for the minimum sentence, claiming his client had severe mental health issues and had spent most of his childhood in the juvenile prison system. “It’s clear from the records, both the precinence investigation report and the psychological assessment that my client has had a tough time. He’s had a a rough life is fair to say. His juvenile history started even before he became a teenager. Uh his mental health diagnosis started at a young age. His incarceration started when he was 13. Still today, he has a good attitude of hoping that he could make this right, hoping he can uh make it right with society so that someday he can be out again to show that he can be responsible. He has a mental health history of PTSD. The reports talk about the trauma that he suffered as a child.”
However, the prosecutor insisted that the defendant could not be rehabilitated and that Broncho was the most dangerous person he had ever seen. “The decision that’s made today isn’t about protecting the community. Today, by the time that the eligibility rolls around, many in this room will be dead. We have uh babies being born today that will be reliant upon the decision today protection. They’ll be adults with their own children. And that’s the kind of gravity we have [sighs] um when it comes to the sentencing of somebody who is as dangerous as uh Lance Bronco. I I’m not sure in 42 years I’ve encountered somebody as dangerous. And that’s the nature of of what is put before this court today. There is no reasonable expectation that he will demonstrate a reduction of risk for continued violence.”
Before learning his fate, Broncho was given one last chance to plead his case. However, it was too little too late. “Do you want to make a statement directly to me?”
“The only thing I want to say is I accept responsibility for whatever you give me.”
“All right. With all of that being said, Mr. Bronco, it is judgment of this court that you be sentenced to the custody of the state of Idaho Department of Corrections as follows. Count one, murder one, for a minimum determinate period of time with 35 years with an indeterminate period of time of life. For count two, aggravated battery that you be sentenced to a minimum determined period of time of 10 years, followed by a 5-year indeterminate period of time.” Ultimately, Lance Broncho was sentenced to 35 years to life in prison for the first-degree murder of Eric Le.
While Lance Broncho showed no genuine remorse for his actions, what happens when a notorious gang member attempts a brazen and violent prison escape. “The men escaped police after an hour shot and injured two Idaho Department of Correction officers in the Boisee St. Alfonsa’s ambulance bay early Wednesday morning.” This is Skyler Me, a member of the white supremacy prison gang Area Knights, who was facing several charges in Twin Falls, Idaho.
In March 2024, me, who was already serving a 20-year prison sentence for shooting a police officer, was being transferred to a hospital to receive medical treatment for several self-inflicted wounds. When suddenly, his accomplice, 29-year-old Nicholas Umpower, opened fire on the corrections officers and helped me escape. Then while on the run, the duo murdered two elderly men in their early 80s, one of whom had given shelter to the escaped convicts. “We did find the shackles at the scene of one of the homicides.”
“This was a planned event and we’re channeling every resource we have into trying to understand exactly how they went about planning it.” A massive manhunt was launched and the two fugitives were finally captured without further incident. “There was an immense collaboration and cooperation all across the state uh to come to this conclusion.”
“There was a short vehicle pursuit and both suspects were taken into custody separately. There were no shots fired or extensive use of force in this operation. We were watching a house and uh where we suspected he might be and uh we ended up following a vehicle away from that house and determined that Mr. me was in the car and then we pursued that vehicle into Twin Falls from the Filer area and uh eventually took them into custody in Twin Falls.”
Eventually, Nicholas Umphenour was charged with helping an inmate’s escape and shooting a police officer and was sentenced to life in prison to the charge of murder in the first degree. “Are you uh prepared to enter a plea at this time or do you wish to have a delay in that plea?”
“Your honor, he intends to stand silent.”
“Right. Is that correct?”
“Yes, sir.”
Me will serve a life sentence for his prison escape in Ada County. Skyler Me was also sentenced to life in prison for his violent escape from custody. While Skyler Me’s daring prison escape was the stuff of legends, how does it compare to laughing at the face of a death sentence? “Pedro Espinosa to the California State Prison at San Quinn and to deliver him into the custody of the warden of said prison. The defendant intentionally killed Jamil Shaw II.”
This is 19-year-old Pedro Espinosa, who was accused of murdering a teenager in a gang-related shooting in Los Angeles, California. In March 2008, 17-year-old high school football player J Shaw was walking home when he was fatally shot and executed by Espinosa. “He was on the phone talking to his girlfriend as he’s walking down the street and she heard the guy walked up to him and they uh asked him, ‘What set you from?’ Like, ‘What gang you from?’ He didn’t answer and they shot him. He’s not a gang banger. He don’t gang bang. He don’t do none of that. He’s a quick kid.”
Espinosa was a member of the 18th Street gang and mistook Jamil for a rival gang member because he was carrying a red backpack. Espinosa, who was released from prison just a day earlier, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder.
“That night, when Pedro came to talk to you, did he mention anything about the football player?”
“No, sir.”
“Did he mention anything about what was on the news?”
“No.”
“When you talked to the police, did you tell them in fact that Pedro talked to you that night, March the second, about a football player that was killed as shown on the news?”
“No, sir.”
“In fact, did you tell the detectives that Pedro told you that night that he did it?”
“Uh uh, I did say that, sir, but I didn’t for a reason.”
“But you did say that.”
“I did say that, but not not like not literally because of you think that I said it cuz they were threatening me. They were threatening me talking about it that I killed a person that I was involved with it and that I was going to face like 20 plus years in the fence and stay.”
“Didn’t you make that?”
“I did. I I did I did see before started. I heard about it even I heard about it even before like like what you call like before the before the police even came to my house. So I already knew like what was like what had happened to that student because they were covering it on the news?”
“Yes sir.”
“And that’s when Pedro came home and told you that he did it.”
“He never came. He never told me nothing.”
“He did come home that night.”
“Uh, I can’t say certain I don’t remember cuz I had heard that the kid he belonged to to a blood gang. I don’t know if the gang was blood blood gang.”
“So, did you know who the victim was personally?”
“No sir, but I just see him around school.”
“And a moment ago, you said that all you knew was the victim was a blood, but then you told the detectives he was from rolling 20s. Isn’t that because that’s what Pedro told you?”
“No, sir.”
“Didn’t Pedro use the term for a 20s gang member called a Twinkie?”
“I said that’s true.”
“What does that mean? Who calls rolling 20s Twinkies?”
“I call them. Well, I call them. Everybody calls them. Street gang members call them Twinkies. Everybody does.”
“Didn’t you tell the police that Pedro told you I killed a Twinkie that night when you were watching it on the news?”
“I did tell the police, but I never told him. I never told him. I seen it on TV. I never That was all lie. That was just like what I made up.”
“Didn’t you say during that same interview that he did it with a gun?”
“That was the same thing I said earlier. Specifically, he just told me he killed him.”
“Didn’t you say that?”
“I did say that.”
During sentencing, J’s uncle took the stand and called Espinosa a coward and a cold-blooded killer. “the days when I was growing up, it was basically you use your fists. You don’t just go and kill somebody cold blood. Um, it’s the coward’s way out.” The defendant, however, showed no remorse. Instead, he smiled and smirked at the judge as he imposed sentence.
“It is the judgment and sentence of this court that for the crime of murder in the first degree. The defendant, Pedro Espinosa, shall be put to death within the walls of the California State Prison at San Quentin, a court further imposes a consecutive sentence of 25 years to life. The defendant is ordered remanded to the custody of the sheriff of Los Angeles County without bail to be delivered by him to the warden of the California prison at San Quentin for the execution of this death sentence. The defendant is to be held in custody by the warden pending the final of determination of the defendant’s automatic appeal to the California Supreme Court.”
Ultimately, Pedro Espinosa was given the death penalty for the shooting death of J Shaw. “This death sentence shall be executed upon the final a determination of the appeal, the affirmation of this judgment, and the issuance of a warrant of execution by this court. Therefore, you, the warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin, are hereby commanded to receive Pedro Espinosa and to hold him in your custody pending the decision on this cause on appeal.”
While Pedro Espinosa was all smiles after being sent to death row, what happens when the army raids a gang hideout? “Anyone inside 161 Messenger Street? This is the state police. Come out with your hands up. Do it now. Come out with your hands up right now.” This is 30-year-old Joseph Lancia, the president of the Hell’s Angels biker gang, who was accused of a broad daylight shooting in Providence, Rhode Island.
In 2019, Lancia shot at a truck passing the front of the Hell’s Angels clubhouse. The driver of the truck, Richard Starino, was once a prospect to join the gang and had an ongoing dispute with Lancia. “State police say in June 2019, Lancia fired a gun at this truck as it drove by the Hell’s Angel’s headquarters. It was driven by Richard Starino, who investigators have said was a prospect for the biker club, but got into a beef with Lancia. Their headquarters located on Messer Street in Providence. Eyewitness News has learned Lancia has been in trouble before.”
No one was injured in the incident, but the situation could have been far worse. “This is the state police. Come out with your hands up. Do it now.”
“They were clearly inside the dwelling. We clearly announced ourselves. They clearly did not respond to our announcements. uh upon breaching the door and announcing again they did come out.” The incident led to a massive raid at the clubhouse. “Anyone inside 161 message street, this is the state police. Come out with your hands up. Do it now. Come out with your hands up right now.”
Some gang members were taken into custody. Lancia, too, was arrested. However, as part of a plea agreement, the more severe charges of attempted murder were dropped, and Lancia instead pleaded no contest to felony assault and battery. “Target 12 was on scene when a man and a woman were taken into custody. Amber Gil and Howard Plet were charged with obstruction and resisting arrest.”
With about a dozen full patch members of the Hell’s Angels motorcycle club in the courtroom on hand, 30-year-old Joseph Lancia changed his plea from not guilty to no contest. At Lancia’s sentencing, several members of Hell’s Angels came in full support of their president. “Is there anything that you would like to say, sir?”
“Nothing.”
Lancia refused to speak, but the judge had a few stern words for the defendant. “Should you not appear in a timely manner, and I’m talking 5 minutes late or if there are any violations of your release, there is a no contact order for the protection of Richard Starino for the duration of 8 years.” Joseph Lencio was ultimately sentenced to 5 years in prison plus 10 years of probation.
He was released early from prison on the condition that he had no contact with Hell’s Angels or other felons. Lancio was sent back to prison after an undercover operation caught the former president attending the funeral of mob boss Eddie Leato. “This is undercover video of former Hell’s Angels President Joseph Lancia at the wake of New England crime family under boss Eddie Leato in Providence last week.”
Days after the wake, the Rhode Island State Police took Lancia into custody and sent him back to the state prison. While Joseph Lancia’s mindless actions led to the downfall of his gang, what happens when a ruthless killer explodes at the jury? “I’ll see you all in hell. Remember that. Every one of you. I’ll see you in hell.”
This is Kais Vioves, a man with six horns surgically implanted on his forehead who was on trial for multiple murders in Springfield, Massachusetts. Third man accused in a horrific triple murder that rocked Birkshshire County. Investigators say Kais Vioves and two other men kidnapped, tortured, and dismembered the victims 3 years ago.
On August 24th, 2011, Viovis partnered with Hell’s Angels member Adam Lee Hall and David Chalu to kidnap and brutally murder three men who were potential witnesses in Hall’s ongoing trial. “The three men are accused in the August 2011 murder of David Glasser, Edward Frampton, and Robert Chadwell. The three men were last seen alive in their Pittsfield home. Prosecutors say that Glasser was killed so he could not testify against Hall in a court case. Hall is a member of the Hell’s Angels. The other victims were killed to eliminate witnesses. They drove them to a remote location in Burchie County and there they killed them by cutting, stabbing, and shooting them and then cut up their bodies, severing their heads, their arms, and their legs.”
Vioves was looking for a way in to join the Hell’s Angels faction and decided to help out with the murders as a favor. “He had a motive for helping Adam Paul get rid of David Glasser and that was because the defendant was interested in joining the Hell’s Angels.” 10 days later, police found the dismembered bodies of David Glasser, Edward Frampton, and Robert Chadwell buried in the ground.
Both Hall and Chalu were convicted of the murders and were sentenced to life in prison without parole. “Prosecutors said the motive was to keep one of the victims from testifying in an unrelated case against one of Veov’s accompllices, Adam Lee Hall. The other two men were killed to eliminate any witnesses.” Bergkshire County’s district attorney had already sent the other two men involved, Hall and David Shaloo, to prison for life.
Now, when the time came for Vio’s verdict, things got a little out of hand. Vioves shouted and cursed at the jurors. “Yeah, I’ll see you all in hell, too. Remember that every morning. I’ll see you in hell.” Then at his sentencing, Vio made one last attempt to plead his case.
“When I was first arrested, the police made clear to me that they did not actually believe I had anything to do with the disappearance and murder of these men. But if they did believe, I possessed some knowledge that would greatly assist in their investigation. The threats and their promises were instantaneous and it was their expressed intent to squeeze on me. My hand was not in this and I will not let this man sell me my own hire the price of my integrity that I’d rather spend the rest of my life in prison. Let me make this clear one more time before I sit down. My hand was not in this. All right. My hand wasn’t in this. But if anybody thinks I’m going to hang my head today and beg for mercy, they’re just as deluded in their thinking as that jury of my peers who convicted me of this. So your honor, take your other stamp and do from the beginning. Justice was not served. I’m an innocent man. You condemn an innocent man and I will heal it.”
In the end, Kais Vioves was sentenced to life in prison with no hope of parole for the gruesome triple murder. “three counts of murder a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.” While Kais Vioves’s dreams of joining a gang ended with imprisonment, what happens when violent gang members target an innocent person?
This is Jonah Martinez Estraa, one of five members of the Trinitario gang who was facing murder charges in New York City on June 20th, 2018. Estraa along with Manuel Rivera, Elvin Garcia, Jose Munes, and Antonio Santiago brutally murdered 15-year-old Bronx teenager Landro Guusman Feliz.
The gangsters mistook Landro for a rival gang member and chased him into a shop near his home, eventually cornering him to a nearby bodega. CCTV footage from inside the shop shows a desperate Landro seeking refuge and trying to hide behind a counter but he was spotted by one of the gang members. A scuffle ensued and Landre was dragged out of the bodega.
What happened next shocked the entire city of New York. Armed with large knives and machetes, the five took turns brutally stabbing the teenager, then fled away in getaway cars. After the attack, a severely injured Landro managed to enter the shop, but was sent away. Outside and fading fast, he gestured towards onlookers to call 911.
Then he started running towards St. Barnabas Hospital, which was just one block away, before collapsing at the entrance. Passers by desperately tried to save Landro. However, two police officers just stood by watching the scene. They were later investigated for failing to help. Just 20 minutes later, Landre passed away as a result of a fatal stab wound to his neck.
Police soon got hold of the CCTV footage and arrested the five suspects, charging them with first-degree murder. “Police have arrested the five suspects accused in the murder of this teenager in the Bronx.” At their trial, a sixth member of the Trinitario gang, Kevin Alvarez, testified against the five murderers.
“Kevin Alvarez’s arrest. He’s testifying in court against five of his fellow alleged Trinitario gang members.” Alvarez, who had helped drag Landro out of the bodega, identified the suspects in exchange for lesser time served for conspiracy charges. Eventually, the jury convicted the five gang members for the brutal murder of Landro Kusman Feliz.
At their sentencing, the killers showed no signs of remorse. Instead, they waved gang signs and shouted gang slogans. Estraa, who delivered the fatal blow, was sentenced to life without parole. Jose Munz, Elvin Garcia, and Antonio Santiago each received 25 years to life, while Manuel Ria was sentenced to 23 years to life in prison.
Lzandra Guusman Feliz lost his life for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. What happens when a minor becomes A RUTHLESS KILLER? “OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD.” THIS is Russell Burell, who was facing multiple robbery and murder charges in Providence, Rhode Island. In July 2012, Burell was just 16 when he and three others broke into a home and fatally shot Shemica Baros, Michael Martin and Damen Cologne during an attempted robbery.
“Bullets fired by Russell Burell struck and killed both Michael Martin and Damen Cologne. As Russell Burrell was firing at Mr. Martin and Mr. cologne in the kitchen. Shemica Baros woke up from the couch in the living room.” Burell, who allegedly pulled the trigger multiple times that night, eventually pleaded guilty to the murders.
In court, the prosecutor said the robbery was meticulously planned and that the group had specifically targeted one of the victims. “There was a discussion among all of them about the fact that Michael Martin was soft. That is that those present thought that Mr. Martin would be an easy target for a robbery. The group discussed the fact that Mr. Martin would likely have marijuana and money at the apartment.”
Ultimately, Russell Burrell was sentenced to four consecutive life terms in prison for planning and plotting three murders. While Russell Burrell will spend all of his adult life in prison, what happens when a judge condemns a murderer in court? “You, sir, are a coldblooded murderer. This is an intentional crime and you are a danger to society.”
This is Brandon Ortiz Vite, an illegal immigrant from Mexico who was accused of murdering his girlfriend in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “Undocumented immigrant Brandon Ortiz Vet walks into court to hear his punishment for killing Grand Rapids resident Ruby Garcia.” On March 22nd, 2024, Brandon and his girlfriend, 25-year-old Ruby Garcia, were driving around in a car when the two got into an argument.
In the heat of the moment, Brandon shot Garcia four times with his handgun and dumped her body on the side of the road. “You started shooting when you were in the car, and then you took her out of the car, put the gun to her head and pulled the trigger and shot her again.” Two days later, Brandon called the authorities and turned himself in.
“Hello, I’m at a church right here on Blue Star Highway. I’m calling because I want to turn myself in for a murder that I committed two nights ago.” Eventually, Brandon took a plea deal and now he was in court to learn his fate. “The actions I took on the night of March 22nd do not define who my people are. I apologize with the utmost respect to all immigrants from all walks of life.”
Brandon accepted responsibility for his actions and apologized to the victim’s family and also to his Mexican community. “I know that right now my words hold little if any value to the Garcia family, which is understandable. As a man, I stand before you humbly, full of guilt and shame. I want to apologize to my community, my Latino, Hispanic, Mexican community. I am a proud Mexican national whose actions have brought great shame and dishonor to our people. Our people who come to the United States in search for a better living. A dream that I have taken for granted which has filled my my heart with shame.”
However, the judge showed him no mercy. “You sir are a coldblooded murderer. This is an intentional crime and you are a danger to society. This young lady was shot several times and then you put the gun right to her head and pulled the trigger. Um, there is just no reason for this, no justification, no excuse whatsoever.”
Ultimately, Brandon Ortiz Vite was sentenced to 39 years to 100 years in prison for the tragic murder of Ruby Garcia. While Brandon Ortiz Vite was remorseful for his actions, what happens when a stone cold murderer comes face to face with a grieving mother? This is Shawn Brown, a reputed gangbanger who was accused of murdering a promising young teenager in New York.
On October 26th, 2019, Brown opened fire at a basketball court in Queens and gunned down 14-year-old Amamir Griffin, who was out honing his skills. Brown mistook the high school basketball player for a rival gang member and shot him multiple times. After a long and arduous investigation that lasted over 2 years, Brown was finally arrested and charged with Amir’s murder.
Brown eventually took a plea deal and was now in court coming face to face with the victim’s mother. “Oh, for me love.” However, Brown showed no emotion and stood stonefaced during most of the impact statement. Instead, he tried to delay proceedings by attempting to withdraw his plea deal at the last moment.
“I told you the plea deal was going to buy me more time to get another lawyer.” But the judge was having none of it. “This is the second time that I have attempted to say, ‘Well, I don’t want to do this. I don’t want to do that,’ and I’m not going to allow it. You just ruined your life and your life could have been a lot better than it is now. You could have done so much more with it. But it’s going to hit you that you know what? I really did mess up.”
Ultimately, Shawn Brown was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the senseless murder of Amamir Griffin.
