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Bloodstone Villains Gang (BSV)
The Bloodstone Villains Gangs is located in Los Angeles and is actually a combination of two separate cliques. The 52nd Street Bloodstone Villains Gang and the 56th Street Bloodstone Villains Gang . Collectively they are known as the Bloodstone Villains or BSV. Founder John D. Edwards Jr. was sentenced to 27 years in prison in August 2004 by United States District Judge Gary Klausner after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute crack cocaine and powder cocaine. At one point during the conspiracy, Edwards was found with nearly one kilogram of powder cocaine, more than 200 grams of crack cocaine and more than $14,000 in drug proceeds. At the time of his arrest in June 2003, Edwards possessed more than 800 grams of crack cocaine. Other members of the Bloodstone Villains criminal street gang have also been very active and committed crimes such as assault, auto theft, drive-by shooting, illegal drug and narcotic manufacturing, drug and narcotic trafficking, forgery, fraud, home invasion robbery, identity theft, murder, weapons trafficking, witness intimidation, and violence against law enforcement.
News 1 (Rico Charges)
In addition to RICO, federal narcotics and firearms statutes, whichcarry significant minimum sentences, are also used to address gang activity. For example, a recent FBI, LAPD, and LASD task force investigation of the Blood Stone Villains, a gang based in the Newton Division area of Los Angeles, using undercover drug purchases and federal and state search warrants resulted in arrests of 28 defendants, with 16 being convicted on federal charges and receiving sentences ranging from 51 months to 27 years.
Known Rivals
Rivalries have been reported with the following Gangs. Incidents have been documented detailing severe run-ins with the Bloodstone Villains Gang.
Pueblo Bishops Gang / FDPB / 52 Pueblo Bishops
The Pueblo Bishops Gang is Located in South East Los Angeles within the LAPD's Newton Division and is headquartered in the Pueblo Del Rio housing project. Although the Pueblo Bishops are also Bloods, the Bloodstone Villains and the Pueblo Bishops gang have been mortal enemies since a Pueblo gang member killed a Bloodstone Villains gang member execution-style over a bad narcotics transaction in 1998.
Crips
The Los Angeles Crips Gang is actually a combination of several different Crip Cliques within the County of Los Angeles. Some have names such as Neighborhood Crips,Four Trays such as 42 43 Five Trays 53 Seven Trays 73 Eight Trays 83 113 Blocc Crip 104 Hard Time Hustlaz, Hoover Crips 52, 5/2 HGCV3R, Hoover Criminals 59 74 ETG 83 Hoover 92 94 107 112.
Allies
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