the Rollin’ 30’s that had significant conflict with Rico’s Harlem Mafia Crips. According to Rico, on the night of that drive-by shooting, another CHC member provided Rico with information about Pressure’s location. Rico obtained a gun from Purp, found Pressure, and shot him from the back. Although Pressure survived, he was shot multiple times. Surveillance video introduced at trial showed that he was unable to get up and laid on the ground bleeding until an ambulance arrived. Rico’s disputes with gang members also led to other acts of violence, including the drive by attempted murder of Spyder, a member of a rival gang, during which two innocent bystanders—a man and a pregnant woman—were shot and injured. That drive-by shooting, perpetrated by Purp, resulted from a dispute between Rico and Castillo, a rival gang member. Rico repeatedly fanned the flames of this dispute on social media, in conversations with his subordinate members of the Rollin’ 30’s, and with his own physical actions, such as posing for photographs in Castillo’s neighborhood in an effort to taunt his rivals. Allegedly, Rico and Spyder were dissing each other in a Face book post because rico was dating Spyder’s ex-girlfriend. Mr. Torres’ method of resolving this feud was to have a weaponless one on one fight with Spyder. Most seriously, the evidence at trial proved that Rico was directly involved in the murder of Nester Suazo, a/k/a Smacc, a 25-year-old CHC member. Before we get into that, let’s talk about another member. From at least 2014 through 2017, J-rock, was a member of the Rollin’ 30’s. J-rock had achieved G or Gangster status within the gang, which meant he had achieved leadership status. he was a prolific street-level drug dealer who distributed both crack cocaine and powder cocaine throughout 2014 to 2017, mostly in the area around Hughes Avenue in the Bronx.

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