WHITE PLAINS – Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah announced on Friday that a member of the 300 Bloodhound Brims street gang faces five to 25 years in state prison for a violent gang assault in Yonkers.
After a weeklong trial, on November 3, a jury found Develle Coates, 20, guilty of felony gang assault and criminal possession of a weapon.
On June 17, 2021, at approximately 9 p.m., Coates hit the 33-year-old victim in the head with a glass liquor bottle, rendering the victim unconscious, on North Broadway in Yonkers. The attack on the victim continued as various gang members and associates repeatedly struck and kicked the man.
The victim, who was transported to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, suffered protracted disfigurement, facial scarring, several teeth lost and chipped, and was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury.
The Yonkers Police Department arrested Coates shortly after the incident and recovered a set of metal knuckles from his waistband.
Twelve other individuals, including three under the age of 18, involved in the incident were arrested following a joint investigation by the Yonkers Police Department, the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, the FBI’s Westchester Safe Streets Task Force, the Westchester County Department of Laboratories and Research, and the United States Office of Probation.
The 12 co-defendants each pled guilty in this case. Nine have been sentenced and three are awaiting sentencing:
- Dior Moore, 19, was sentenced on May 24, 2022, before Judge Barry Warhit in Westchester County Court, to eight years in state prison, with five years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty to gang assault.
- Timothy Whitney, 24, was sentenced on May 26, 2022, before Judge Warhit, to eight years in state prison, with five years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty to gang assault.
- Perryon McKenny, 19, was sentenced on August 18, 2022, before Judge Warhit, to eight years in state prison, with five years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty to gang assault.
- Latrell Murray, 23, was sentenced on June 9, 2022, before Judge Warhit, to eight years in state prison, with five years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty to robbery.
- Darden Thomas, 22, was sentenced on June 9, 2022, before Judge Warhit, to eight years in state prison, with five years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty to robbery.
- An adolescent Offender, 18, was sentenced on May 26, 2022, before Judge Helen Blackwood in Youth Part, to five years in state prison, with five years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty to gang assault.
- Jahnai McNeal, 20, was sentenced on May 26, 2022, before Judge Warhit, to 3 ½ years in state prison, with five years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty to gang assault.
- An adolescent offender, 19, was sentenced on February 16, 2022, before Judge Blackwood, to 3 ½ years in state prison, with five years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty to gang assault.
- An adolescent offender, 18, was adjudicated a youthful offender and sentenced to one year of detention.
- Vance Major, 23, pled guilty on September 1, 2022, to gang assault. In accordance with his plea agreement, the defendant will be sentenced to eight years in state prison, with five years of post-release supervision, when he is sentenced on January 5, 2023.
- Drayquan Green, 21, pled guilty on October 3, 2022, to gang assault. In accordance with his plea agreement, the defendant will be sentenced to five years in state prison, with five years of post-release supervision, when he is sentenced on January 13, 2023.
- Peter Thompson, 20, pled guilty on October 12, 2022, to riot, a felony, and disorderly conduct, a violation, and is awaiting final disposition of his case.
