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LSP gang member sentenced to 33 months in federal prison
YOUNGSTOWN
A defendant who pleaded guilty in the Youngstown LSP gang-conspiracy case has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison.
Tyrell Oliver drew the sentence Thursday from U.S. District Court Judge Donald C. Nugent, who said Oliver would be on supervised release for three years after prison.
Last week, Judge Nugent sent another LSP defendant, who pleaded guilty, Nalemn Hasley, to prison for 46 months with three years of supervised release.
Other LSP case defendants, who earlier drew prison terms after pleading guilty, were: Melvin Johnson III, three years; Marques Duvall, two years; Corey Council, three years; and Tre’von Mason, 28 months.
These defendants were among 23 named in a 42-count indictment in March 2011 for their reported involvement with the LSP gang.
LSP stands for LaClede, Sherwood, Parkview and Princeton avenues in the Idora Neighborhood on Youngstown’s South Side, where the gang was active between 2003 and 2011, the U.S. attorney said.
The LSP gang used violence, including attempted murder, to control territory and sell heroin, cocaine and other drugs, he added.
Four Youngstown men were convicted of conspiracy to commit racketeering in a three-week federal jury trial in June for their LSP gang activities and are facing long prison terms when Judge Nugent sentences them at 9 a.m. Sept. 28.
Convicted in that trial were Daquann Hackett, Derrick Johnson Jr., both 22, who the U.S. attorney said were gang leaders, and Terrence Machen and Edward Campbell, both 21.
Mandatory minimum prison terms are 15 years for Hackett and 40 for Johnson.
Sentencing guidelines call for prison terms of 188 to 235 months for Machen and 168 to 210 months for Campbell. Carlton Council Jr., 29, was acquitted of the racketeering count.