Violent gang members sentenced

Published 10:58 pm Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Two more members of the Bounty Hunter Blood street gang, including one of its alleged founders, have been sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty to crimes committed around Hampton Roads, including in Suffolk.

Dearnta LaVon “Bloody Razor” Thomas, 24, and Kiwanii Edward Mosley, 23, both of Portsmouth, each pled guilty to participating in racketeering activity and to possession of a firearm in a crime of violence.

Thomas, whom U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride described as one of the founders and a “three-star general” of the Portsmouth-based gang was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Raymond A. Jackson on Monday to serve five years in prison for his racketeering activities and an additional 10 years for the gun offense.

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Mosley was sentenced on Tuesday to 25 years for racketeering activities, “including murder, attempted murder, home invasion, robbery and conspiring to distribute controlled substances,” according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s office. He must serve an additional 10 years for the firearm charge.

Six years ago this month, according to court documents, Mosley and other members of the Bounty Hunter Bloods/Nine Tech Gangster gangs planned a home invasion of an apartment in Suffolk, but they entered the wrong apartment upon arrival.

When the woman in the home screamed for help, some of her neighbors came to her aid with handguns. As the gang members fled, a shootout took place between them and the neighbors.

In December 2007, court documents state, Mosley and another member of the gang invaded a home in Portsmouth. During the course of the robbery, they shot three men and chased a fourth out the back door.

Two of those who were shot, John and Ronald Trollinger, died at the scene as a result of their wounds. The third individual played dead and is disabled as a result of his injuries. The man who escaped by running out the back door while being chased was not injured.