Suspected LSP gang member sentenced

Staff report

CLEVELAND

One of 23 men charged in a 42-count federal indictment targeting suspected members and associates of the LSP gang on Youngstown’s South Side has been sentenced to 21 months in prison.

Marques Duvall, 24, drew the sentence Wednesday from U.S. District Court Judge Donald C. Nugent. Duvall will be on probation for two years after prison. He earlier had pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit racketeering.

Duvall broke into a towing company’s LaClede Avenue lot and damaged vehicles there, was photographed multiple times appearing to trim marijuana buds, made a recording saying he was going to sell crack cocaine and posed for a photograph with another LSP member, who made a gang hand sign, the indictment says.

LSP stands for LaClede, Sherwood, Parkview and Princeton avenues, where the U.S. Attorney said the gang conducted its operations, including the crack, heroin and marijuana sales gang members reportedly used to support themselves between 2003 and 2011.

The maximum penalty for Duvall’s crime would have been 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.