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FIL ED NG
0/2021
9/3
N UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
THOMA.SDG . BRUTO COURT
IS T R IC T NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
CLERK, U.S
EASTERN DIVISION
COUNT ONE
1. The defendants, and others known and unknown, were members and
associates of the O-Block street gang, a criminal organization whose members and
associates engaged in acts of violence, including but not limited to acts involving
murder and assault, and which operated on the South Side of Chicago, in the
Section 1959(b)(2), that is, a group of individuals associated in fact, which engaged
in, and the activities of which affected, interstate and foreign commerce.
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4. The purposes of the enterprise included, but were not limited to, the
following:
operations, and proceeds for the enterprise through the use of threats, intimidation,
and violence, including, but not limited to, murder and other acts of violence, and the
Illinois; and
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defendants herein, for the purpose of maintaining and increasing position in O-Block,
Carlton Weekly, a/k/a "FBG Duck," in violation of the laws of the State of Illinois
(Chapter 720, Illinois Compiled Statutes, Sections 5/9-l(a), 5/5-1, and 5/5-2);
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COUNT TWO
Eastern Division,
during and in relation to a crime of violence for which defendants may be prosecuted
in a court of the United States, namely the murder of Carlton Weekly, a/k/a "FBG
Duck," in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1959(a)(l), as charged in
Count One of this Indictment; and in the course of committing such offense, in
violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c), CHARLES LIGGINS, a/k/a
"C Murda," KENNETH ROBERSON, a/k/a "Kenny" and "Kenny Mac," TACARLOS
OFFERD, a/k/a "Los," CHRISTOPHER THOMAS, a/k/a "C Thang," and MARCUS
SMART, a/k/a "Muwop," defendants herein, did cause the death of Carlton Weekly
through the use of such firearm, which killing was murder as defined in Title 18,
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COUNT THREE
defendants herein, for the purpose of maintaining and increasing position in O-Block,
Carlton Weekly, a/k/a "FBG Duck," in violation of the laws of the State of Illinois
(Chapter 720, Illinois Compiled Statutes, Sections 5/8-2(a) and (c)(3) and 5/9-l(a);
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COUNT FOUR
The SPECIAL JANUARY 2020 GRAND JURY further charges:
defendants herein, for the purpose of maintaining and increasing position in O-Block,
the State of Illinois (Chapter 720, Illinois Compiled Statutes, Sections 5/12-2(c), 5/12-
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COUNT FIVE
Eastern Division,
during and in relation to a crime of violence for which defendants may be prosecuted
in a court of the United States, namely an assault with a dangerous weapon upon an
individual, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1959(a)(3), as charged
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COUNT SIX
defendants herein, for the purpose of maintaining and increasing position in O-Block,
the State of Illinois (Chapter 720, Illinois Compiled Statutes, Sections 5/12-2(c), 5/12-
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COUNT SEVEN
The SPECIAL JANUARY 2020 GRAND JURY further charges:
Eastern Division,
during and in relation to a crime of violence for which defendants may be prosecuted
in a court of the United States, namely an assault with a dangerous weapon upon an
individual, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1959(a)(5), as charged
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a. Were eighteen years of age or older at the time of the offense (Title
a person would be taken or intending that lethal force would be used in connection
with a person, other than one of the participants in the offense, and the victim died
as a direct result of the act (Title 18, United States Code, Section 3591(a)(2)(C));
knowing that the act created a grave risk of death to a person, other than one of the
participants in the offense, such that participation in the act constituted a reckless
disregard for human life and the victim died as a direct result of the act (Title 18,
of death to one or more persons in addition to the victim of the offense (Title 18,
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premeditation to cause the death of a person (Title 18, United States Code, Section
3592(c)(9)).
A TRUE BILL:
FOREPERSON
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