4 LSP gang members get a total of 119 years in fed prison

CLEVELAND — Four Youngstown men, who were convicted by a jury of conspiracy to commit racketeering in the three-week LSP street gang trial in June, drew a combined total of nearly 119 years in prison from a federal judge this morning.

The gang leaders, Derrick Johnson Jr., and Daquann Hackett, both 22, were sentenced to 65 and 37 years, respectively, by U.S. District Court Judge Donald C. Nugent.

Terrence Machen Jr. was sentenced to nine years and two months; and Edward Campbell got 7 1/2 years. Both are 21.

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 gang used violence, including attempted murder, to control territory and sell heroin, cocaine and other drugs, prosecutors said.

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