Posted on 04/13/2022 11:13:59 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Detectives with the PCSO Organized Crime Unit, working together with the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC), the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), and the Florida Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution, Ashley Moody, Attorney General, conducted a comprehensive Florida RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization) Act investigation that resulted in 41 members and associates of the “Sex Money Murder” criminal gang enterprise being arrested or charged.
The investigation was initiated in March of 2021 when, based on information obtained from historical on-going criminal investigations, detectives uncovered an extensive criminal network associated with the Sex Money Murder gang.
Out of the 41 identified during the investigation, 12 are charged with racketeering (see Florida Statutes Chapter 895 Florida RICO—Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization—Act) for their role in directing members in organized criminal activity, such as illegal drug sales, robberies, introduction of contraband into prisons, conspiracy to commit murder, and coordinated attacks on other gang members.
The RICO charges are first-degree felonies punishable as a life felony based upon specific provisions in FSS 874.04 (Gang-related offenses; enhanced penalties). In some cases, criminal gang members were in the Florida state prison system or in the county jail conducting and coordinating gang business.
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“All you need to know about this gang is in its title: Sex Money Murder. We are not going to put up with these gangs brazenly coordinating and committing crimes in our communities. They are an organized criminal enterprise, ruthlessly focused on violence, theft, fraud, and profiting from the human misery and violence of the illegal drug trade. Our message to other gang members in Polk County and throughout Florida: don’t throw your life away on gangs. If you do, we will catch you, and you will go to prison for a long, long time,” said ... Sheriff Grady Judd.
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Oh my. Where I live again after growing up here. In one case the gang pistol whipped an 8-year-old child during a home invasion. What is up with gang members these days?
Do they all work at disneyworld?
One thing I can say in my short time in PC is that the cops here are making a difference and intend to do more.
Is Kim Picazio one of the defendants?
They all seem to have something in common.
But I can’t quite put my finger on it.
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Not a very diverse group.
No wonder they went after them...!!
Leave whitey out of this. All scum they rounded up are black and brown. Perhaps one white looking Hispanic woman. You cannot make out the names.
FDLE Commissioner Rick Swearingen said, “Meticulous investigative work led to the identification of local and statewide gang leadership ensuring this Blood-affiliated criminal gang can no longer terrorize our communities. Thank you to our FDLE agents, Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the Office of Statewide Prosecution for making Florida safer.”
The investigation has been able to identify the ranking structure and numerous members of the gang, operating both inside and outside of prison and in the county jail, in Polk County, in various other areas of the state of Florida, and in North Carolina. Detectives uncovered multiple instances of coordinating crimes, directing and coordinating gang activities, recruitment of new gang members, discussing bond payments, and gang financing, including setting and collecting gang dues.
Detectives served six search warrants throughout the investigation in Lakeland (2), Winter Haven, Mount Dora, Orlando, and Lake City.
Illegal drugs, firearms, and currency seized:
The total street value of the drugs confiscated is over $1.5 million.
It's good to have adults trying to clean up the lawlessness so endemic these days. Unlike other places, I don't see any Soros-funded activist DA letting these dirtbags out within 24 hours, bail-free.
If Obama had a bunch of sons and ugly daughters ...
They are all Amish!
Judd is one of Florida’s best sheriffs, and Polk County is a pretty tough beat.
So glad I live in Polk county.
Judd likes the TV camera, but he does back it up with his action. Could he run for President in the future? The FIB would crap their pants.
No wonder the fbi ignored them.
They’re mostly Black! How dare you, you racist??? /sarc
The wokeists will be in fetal positions of anger and social outrage if you call these “accused” black without checking their pronouns.
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