"4 charged in Va. reserve officer’s death" Associated Press May 17, 2014
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Four members and associates of a Bloods-connected street gang are charged with kidnapping and killing a reserve police officer whose body was found in the woods in Virginia, according to an indictment released Friday.
Five others were charged with gang-related crimes including racketeering, all stemming from the slaying of Waynesboro Officer Kevin Quick, 45, who was found dead days after he was reported missing Feb. 1.
The four charged with Quick’s kidnapping and slaying are Daniel Lamont Mathis, 18; Shantai Monique Shelton, 24; and Mersadies Lachalle Shelton, all of Charlottesville; and Travis Leon Bell, 23, of Front Royal. They were also charged with the use of a firearm in Quick’s killing.
The indictment alleges all four were either members or close associates of the 99 Goon Syndikate, which is affiliated with the Bloods street gang.
David Eustis, attorney for Mersadies Shelton, declined to comment. Court records did not list an attorney for any of the other defendants.
The indictment identifies the Syndikate’s leader as Gert Arthur Lee Wright III, 23, of Manassas; also known as Halisi Uhuru and by a variety of nicknames including ‘‘Big Homey.’’
He has the word ‘‘Blood’’ tattooed on his face and was the gang’s highest-ranking member in Virginia, the indictment states.
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