Baltimore’s OYMG Indictment: The Waverly Way RICO Case Behind McKenzie Elliott’s Killing

For years, people across Baltimore remembered the name McKenzie Elliott because of how horrifying the shooting was. A 3-year-old child standing outside on a porch was suddenly caught in the middle of alleged gang gunfire connected to a neighborhood dispute inside the Waverly section of the city.

Nick Breed Case File: The Baltimore Rapper Killed After A Bounty Was Allegedly Put On His Head

Nick Breed was supposed to be one of the voices that carried Baltimore’s pain into something bigger. He had the music, the momentum, and the kind of story fans could feel before they even knew the details behind it. But on October 21, 2018, that story ended on the 500 block of Normandy Avenue.

The MMP Case File: The Baltimore Bloods RICO That Took Down Gutta

Federal prosecutors accused Murdaland Mafia Piru, also known as MMP, of operating as far more than a neighborhood street crew. According to the federal indictment, investigators spent years building a racketeering case against a Bloods subset they claimed controlled narcotics territory across parts of Northwest Baltimore and Baltimore County through violence, intimidation, firearms trafficking, and organized street enforcement.

The YGG Tay File: Baltimore BGF Hitmen, And The Murder-For-Hire Case

Davante Harrison was known in Baltimore as YGG Tay, a rapper tied to the Young Go Getters name and one of the most recognizable figures connected to the city’s drill scene.

TTG: THE WEST BALTIMORE RICO CASE THAT LINKED SANDTOWN, RAP, WIRETAPS, AND EIGHT MURDERS

By the time federal agents finally tore TTG apart in 2017, West Baltimore detectives already believed the crew had left a years-long trail of bodies, shootings, drug territory disputes, witness intimidation, and retaliatory violence across Sandtown. What made the case different from a normal Baltimore drug indictment was not just the murder count.

President Davo: The Baltimore Rapper Murder, The Trial, And The Conviction That Closed The Case

David Boykin, known across Baltimore as President Davo, was shot and killed on October 6, 2023, outside a home on the 2000 block of Cliftwood Avenue. Police found the 28-year-old rapper suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in South Clifton Park, and the case quickly spread across Baltimore because Davo was not just another name in a police report. He was a known local artist, a father, and one of the voices people connected to Baltimore’s street rap scene.  

Baltimore NFL Gang Case: The Southwest Baltimore RICO File With Four Murders, Overdose Deaths, And Murder-For-Hire

Federal prosecutors claimed a Southwest Baltimore gang called NFL operated as a violent criminal enterprise tied to murders, witness intimidation, fentanyl trafficking, retaliation shootings, and paid killings connected to Edmondson Village.

Up Da Hill: The Cherry Hill RICO Case That Linked Six Murders To One Baltimore Organization

For years, Cherry Hill has been one of the most talked about neighborhoods in Baltimore when it comes to violence, drug trafficking, and street politics, but federal prosecutors claimed one organization sat directly in the middle of it all.

The Baltimore BGF Case Where Federal Paperwork Connected 7 Murde

Federal prosecutors described the BGF Greenmount Avenue Regime as a violent Baltimore set of the Black Guerrilla Family that grew out of the Young Guerilla Family, or YGF.

Baltimore CCC Gang Charged With Dozens Of Shootings

Baltimore federal prosecutors described Triple C, also known as CCC or Cruddy Conniving Crutballs, as a violent Baltimore street gang accused of turning parts of East and Northeast Baltimore into a racketeering zone built around murders, attempted murders, drug shops, robberies, carjackings, witness intimidation, and social media threats.