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Department of Justice

U.S. Attorney's Office
District of New Jersey
Craig Carpenito, United States Attorney
www.justice.gov/usao-nj
For Immediate Release
Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Member of Newark’s ‘Famous Boyz’ Street Gang Admits Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Charges; Five Members Charged in 21-Count Superseding Indictment

NEWARK, N.J. – One of 17 defendants arrested in connection with a Newark street gang known as the “Famous Boyz” today admitted distributing narcotics as part of a drug trafficking conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

Ibn Saadiq, a/k/a “Zero,” 22, of Newark, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo in Newark federal court to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. He is the seventh defendant to plead guilty in the case so far.

On Sept. 30, 2019, a grand jury returned a 21-count superseding indictment charging Patricio Hernandez; Jonathan Hernandez; Jonathan Garcia, a/k/a “Bebo;” Javon Holmes, a/k/a “J-Dot;” and John Mosley, a/k/a “Breezy,” a/k/a “Brazy,” as follows:

Count(s)

Charge

Defendant(s)

1

Conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 280 grams or more of crack cocaine

Mosley; Holmes; P. Hernandez; J. Hernandez; Garcia

2

Conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin

Mosley; Holmes

3

Distribute and possess with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base

Mosley; Holmes

4

Distribute and possess with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base

Mosley

5-9

Distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin

Mosley

10

Distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin

Holmes

11

Distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine base

Holmes

12

Distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin

Holmes

13

Distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base

Holmes

14

Distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine base

Holmes

15

Distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine base

Holmes

16

Distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin

Mosley; Holmes

17

Distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine base

Mosley; Holmes

18

Distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin

Mosley; Holmes

19

Distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine base

Mosley; Holmes

20

Distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base

J. Hernandez; Garcia

21

Maintaining premises for the purpose of unlawfully manufacturing, storing, distributing, and using a controlled substance

J. Hernandez; Garcia


The charges in the superseding indictment and previous criminal complaint remain pending, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

According to the documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

In October 2018, Saadiq and 16 other members of a violent drug trafficking conspiracy operating in Newark were charged by criminal complaint after a lengthy wiretap investigation with conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and/or heroin. The defendants are members and associates of the Famous Boyz – a subset of the Brick City Brim set of the Bloods street gang – which dealt significant quantities of heroin and crack-cocaine, primarily in the area of South 18th Street and 15th Avenue, in Newark. The gang often referred to this area as the “8 Block,” “18th,” or simply by reference to the number “8”.

The six defendants who previously pleaded guilty before Judge Arleo are:

Quaheem Bethea, a/k/a “Troub,” 20; Angelo West, a/k/a “Come Up,” 21; David Lamar, a/k/a “Brazy Ru,”27; Malik Minor, a/k/a “YK,” 22; Omar Jones, a/k/a “Torch” 20; and Robert Dorrah, a/k/a “Cash Out,” 21, all of Newark.

The heroin and crack cocaine conspiracy counts carry a maximum potential penalty of 40 years in prison, and a maximum fine of $5 million. Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 21, 2020.

U.S. Attorney Carpenito credited special agents of ATF, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Charlie J. Patterson in Newark, and members of the Newark Department of Public Safety, under the direction of Director Anthony F. Ambrose, with the investigation leading to the charges and today’s guilty plea.

He also thanked the DEA, under the direction of SAC Susan A. Gibson; the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, under the direction of Acting Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II; the Essex County Sheriff’s Office, under the direction of Sheriff Armando B. Fontoura; the N.J. State Police, under the direction of Col. Patrick J. Callahan; the Belleville Police Department, under the direction of Chief Mark Minichini; and the Livingston Police Department, under the direction of Chief Gary Marshuetz.

This investigation is part of the Violent Crime Initiative (VCI) in Newark. The VCI was formed in August 2017 by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, and the City of Newark’s Department of Public Safety to combat violent crime in and around Newark. As part of this partnership, federal, state, county, and city agencies collaborate and pool resources to prosecute violent offenders who endanger the safety of the community.

The government is represented by Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division Mary E. Toscano and Assistant U.S. Attorney Angelica M. Sinopole of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Organized Crime and Gangs Unit in Newark.

Defense counsel:
Saadiq: James Patton Esq., Livingston, New Jersey
Bethea: Kathleen M. Theurer Esq., Jersey City, New Jersey
West: Michael V. Calabro Esq., Newark
Lamar: Michael P. Koribanics Esq., Newark
Minor: Andrew Olesnycky Esq., Westfield, New Jersey
Jones: David B. Glazer Esq., Livingston, New Jersey
Dorrah: John Whipple Esq., Morristown, New Jersey

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