WHITE PLAINS – A 10-count federal indictment unsealed on Thursday, charges 14 members of the Young Gunnaz (YG) gang including its highest-ranking street leaders with committing various racketeering, narcotics, and firearms offenses.
The indictment includes charges of several assaults with a dangerous weapon in Poughkeepsie and Newburgh by Kashad “Shoca” Sampson.
In addition to serious acts of violence, the gang was also responsible for trafficking large amounts of narcotics across the City of Newburgh and New York State and perpetrating fraud schemes to enrich members of the gang, according to federal authorities.
The charges in the indictment stem from the following acts:
On August 15, 2020, Kashad Sampson, Dallas Archer, John Lalanne, and Raekwon Jackson participated in and facilitated the attempted murder of rival gang members in Poughkeepsie.
On April 27, 2021, Synceri Tatum, Gabriel Roman, and Christopher Tate attempted to rob and shot at a rival drug dealer in Newburgh.
On November 17, 2021, Kashad Sampson, George Delgado, Jasiah Wooten, and Bruce Allen shot at four rival gang members in Newburgh.
On November 10, 2020, John Lalanne robbed a narcotics dealer at gunpoint and discharged his firearm in Newburgh.
From at least 2019 to the present, Kashad Sampson, George Delgado, Gabriel Roman, Jasiah Wooten, Bruce Allen, Syncere Tatum, John Lalanne, Raekwon Jackson, Bashir Mallory, Mekhi McDonald, Christopher Tate, Kristopher Burgess Cunningham, and Dejon Scott, all members of the “YG” gang, participated in a conspiracy to distribute a substantial amount of narcotics, including crack cocaine, heroin, Oxycodone, marijuana, and Promethazine HCL mixed with Codeine, commonly known as “lean.” These individuals also possessed numerous firearms in connection with this narcotics conspiracy, according to authorities.
Sampson, 23, Delgado, 23, Roman, 23, Archer, 25, Allen, 24, Tatum, 22, Lalanne, 23, Mallory, 19, McDonald, 19, Tate, 19, and Cunningham, 28, were all arrested Wednesday and appeared in federal court on Thursday.
Wooten, 24, Jackson, 22, and Scott, 27, have not been apprehended, according to authorities.
The charges for the defendants and the potential prison sentences are as follows:
| COUNT | DEFENDANT(S) | MAX. AND MIN. POTENTIAL PENALTIES |
| Count One: Conspiracy to Commit Racketeering | KASHAD SAMPSON
DALLAS ARCHER GABRIEL ROMAN GEORGE DELGADO JASIAH WOOTEN BRUCE ALLEN BASHIR MALLORY CHRISTOPHER TATE JOHN LALANNE RAEKWON JACKSON SYNCERE TATUM MEKHI MCDONALD KRISTOPHER BURGESS CUNNINGHAM DEJON SCOTT |
20 years in prison
|
| Count Two: Attempted Murder and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon in Aid of Racketeering
|
KASHAD SAMPSON
DALLAS ARCHER JOHN LALANNE RAEKWON JACKSON |
20 years in prison |
| Count Three: Possession and Discharge of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence
|
KASHAD SAMPSON
DALLAS ARCHER JOHN LALANNE RAEKWON JACKSON |
Life in prison; Mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison to run consecutive to any other sentence imposed
|
| Count Four: Assault with a Dangerous Weapon in Aid of Racketeering
|
SYNCERE TATUM
GABRIEL ROMAN CHRISTOPHER TATE |
20 years in prison |
| Count Five: Possession and Discharge of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence
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SYNCERE TATUM
GABRIEL ROMAN CHRISTOPHER TATE |
Life in prison; Mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison to run consecutive to any other sentence imposed
|
| Count Six: Assault with a Dangerous Weapon in Aid of Racketeering
|
KASHAD SAMPSON
GEORGE DELGADO JASIAH WOOTEN BRUCE ALLEN |
20 years in prison |
| Count Seven: Hobbs Act Robbery | JOHN LALANNE | 20 years in prison |
| Count Eight: Possession and Discharge of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence
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JOHN LALANNE | Life in prison; Mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison to run consecutive to any other sentence imposed
|
| Count Nine: Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances
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KASHAD SAMPSON
GABRIEL ROMAN GEORGE DELGADO JASIAH WOOTEN BRUCE ALLEN BASHIR MALLORY CHRISTOPHER TATE JOHN LALANNE RAEKWON JACKSON SYNCERE TATUM MEKHI MCDONALD KRISTOPHER BURGESS CUNNINGHAM DEJON SCOTT |
Life in prison; Mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison |
| Count Ten: Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime
|
KASHAD SAMPSON
GABRIEL ROMAN GEORGE DELGADO JASIAH WOOTEN BRUCE ALLEN BASHIR MALLORY CHRISTOPHER TATE JOHN LALANNE RAEKWON JACKSON SYNCERE TATUM MEKHI MCDONALD KRISTOPHER BURGESS CUNNINGHAM DEJON SCOTT |
Life in prison; Mandatory minimum of five years in prison to run consecutive to any other sentence imposed |
