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GANG MEMBERS PLEAD GUILTY IN DRUG CASE St. Louis Post-Dispatch; 10/5/1993; Tim Bryant; Of the Post-Dispatch Staff St. Louis Post-Dispatch 10-05-1993 John L. Ivy of Los Angeles and six other members of a gang faction known as the Watergate Crips pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges they sold cocaine here. Ivy, the outfit's leader, pleaded guilty of running a continuing criminal enterprise, the U.S. attorney's office said. He could get as much as life in prison when he is sentenced Jan. 4 by U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh. Pleading guilty with Ivy, 27, were Donovan Shields, 25; Jamal Poe, 22; Travis Washington, 22; Kevin Copeland, 27; Jerome Cole, 27; and Tracy Love, 22, all of Los Angeles. Shields, Poe and Washington, who pleaded guilty of conspiracy, also face life in prison. The others face lesser terms for other drug offenses. Nine members of the Crips gang were among 14 people indicted March 1. Brenda Williams, the only St. Louis resident charged, pleaded guilty last month of conspiracy. Williams, 43, rented apartments here for gang members, authorities said. The U.S. attorney's office said the gang's operation was unusual because it sold cocaine simultaneously in several cities. Authorities alleged cocaine sales here and in Tacoma, Wash.; Waterloo, Iowa; and the Colorado cities of Denver, Aurora and Colorado Springs. Several of the defendants pleaded guilty earlier. Authorities began investigating the case in 1991, when federal agents in Colorado noticed an unusually large number of wire transfers of money from Los Angeles. News Topics | Home | Research | History | Blood Gangs | Crip Gangs | People| Life in a Gang | Gallery | Iraqi Cards | Memorial | Migration | Graffiti | Resume| Injunctions Homicides | Maps | California Prisons | Contact

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