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2010-05-20 - Jamie "Peanut" Hilton-Bey, 35, is found dead at 2300 Lauretta Ave. Hilton-Bey is murdered by Terrell Sivells, after being kidnapped by Brandon "Bub" Littlejohn, and Guy Coffey, per Guy Coffey informant to police.
2015-04-12 - Freddie Carlos Gray Jr. is arrested and sustains injuries while in police custody
2015-04-19 - Freddie Carlos Gray Jr. dies from injuries which occurred while in police custody on 2015-04-12.
2015-05-00 - May 2015 records 43 homicides in Baltimore, making it the deadliest month in 40 years
2015-07-?? - A member of another gang solicits members of TTG to murder (Lamont Randall Jr.), a member of the Black Guerilla Family gang, in exchange for $10,000.
2015-07-07 - Brandon Bazemore and other TTG members retrieve gloves, masks, and firearms and travel by van to the 900 block of West Fayette Street where they are told Lamont Randall is located. Bazemore and the TTG members exited the van and fired dozens of rounds at Randall, then returned to the van and fled. When police arrived, they discovered Randall, the target and two other victims, Jacqueline Parker, 53 and Gerald Thompson, 34 all suffering from gunshot wounds. Lamont Randall is pronounced dead at the scene. Parker and Thompson are transported to Shock Trauma, where they are also pronounced dead. Officers recovered 23 9mm casings, 29 .40-caliber casings, and one .45-caliber casing from the crime scene. A fourth victim was also shot, but survived.
2015-08-10 - Postal Inspectors interdicted four packages addressed to a fictitious residence and addressee in Windsor Mill, Maryland. Because of the false address and name, the packages could not be delivered. Roger Taylor, aka "Milk" in an effort to obtain the packages, contacted the post office and requested the packages be re-delivered to a different address in Windsor Mill. Additional investigation revealed that the four packages contained 9.9 kilograms of cocaine.
2015-12-28 - Dominique Harris is murdered at 1900 Baker Street, police allegedly looking for two men in a red passat. John "Binky" Harrison robbed Harris and Markee Brown of drugs and money. Shortly thereafter, Harrison murdered Harris.
2016-01-?? - Federal wiretap investigation into TTG and YGG begins and law enforcement records 250 phone calls.
2016-01-22 - law enforcement learned that two members of TTG were looking for several individuals that had robbed a member of TTG of a small quantity of narcotics. The two members of TTG were spotted by law enforcement driving in the area of the 2500 block of West Lafayette Avenue in west Baltimore. In an effort to escape the police, the occupants of the car fled after crashing into a snow bank. Investigation revealed the car had been provided to them by Roger Taylor "Milk". Three officers arrested Broughton, who were in the Baltimore City Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force, of recent infamy, and in their affidavits establishing probable cause for the tracking order and wiretap order on TT4, the government relied on events related to Broughton’s arrest. However, the officers’ version of the events was corroborated by an intercepted phone call on January 23, 2016, over TT3, another cellphone, between Barronette and Sivells, in which the two discussed what occurred during the arrest.
2016-02-05 - a tracking order was issued for a cellular phone used by Sivells and referred to as TT4. An eleven-page affidavit accompanied the warrant, establishing probable cause that Sivells was involved in drug trafficking and that the phone was used for drug trafficking.
The affidavit detailed that
2016-03-03 - A wiretap order issued for Sivells phone that was tracked 2016-02-05. The government submitted a fifty-two-page affidavit describing probable cause, which included all of the above facts plus details about Sivells’s record of drug crimes and phone records showing that TT4 was routinely used to call Barronette, another known drug dealer.
2016-04-05 - the government filed an application for a warrant authorizing the interception of wire communications to and from another cellular telephone used by Sivells and referred to as TT5. The wiretap calls showed Appellants communicating to distribute drugs and to track people who they were conspiring to murder. During the course of surveillance, officers observed Barronette and Sivells conducting drug transactions. Law enforcement also conducted controlled purchases of drugs from the group. For the wiretap of TT5, another cellphone associated with Sivells, law enforcement submitted a seventy-five-page affidavit detailing probable cause. The affidavit stated that in early March 2016, CS-4 informed police that Barronette and Sivells were using TT5 as their phone to arrange drug transactions. The affidavit also listed who made controlled calls to TT5 that Sivells answered, indicating he was going to purchase drugs.
2016-04-11 - Larelle Wallace is murdered at 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue allegedly by Cedric Catchings.
2016-04-13 - Markee Brown stated to the grand jury that Harrison robbed him and Dominique Harris and then Harrison murdered Harris
2016-04-19 - Markee Brown is murdered at 4000 Wilsby Avenue. TTG members murdered Brown to prevent him from testifying against John "Binky" Harrison in the Dominique Harris murder from 2015-12-28
2016-05-25 - Antonio Addison is murdered. His murder was part of a conflict between TTG members and Cedric Catchings, Andrew Johnson, Amos Johnson, Brandon Bazemore, and Addison. The conflict began because the TTG members believed Andrew Johnson had cooperated with law enforcement. TTG members were surveilling the men. In April 2016, Floyd reported Addison’s whereabouts to Barronette several times. In early May 2016, Floyd told Sivells that he was watching Catchings walk down the street, and they discussed how Catchings was working with Addison and others that they believed were cooperating with law enforcement. Then, on May 25, 2016, an individual fired shots into a car occupied by Bazemore and Johnson. After the shooting, Sivells, in a wiretapped call, asked the shooter whether he had “hit” Bazemore.Then, also on May 25, 2016, Sivells and Barronette observed Addison and Johnson together in a vehicle. That same day, Addison was murdered. Tyree Paige, another person who sold drugs in the neighborhood, testified that he heard Sivells say that Addison was “supporting a rat, so [he] had to go, too.” Paige then testified that he saw Sivells and Barronette driving on Calhoun Street, with guns, towards where Addison was shot. He then heard gunshots and saw Sivells and Barronette return right after to Calhoun Street. Additionally, Sivells’s cell phone records confirm that he was near the site of Addison’s murder during the time period of his murder
2016-00-00 - [Summer] a feud developed between Pulley and Chris Pennington, a/k/a “Magic.” Pennington and several other individuals robbed a marijuana distributor that Pulley supplied. When Pulley learned that Pennington was offering money for information concerning Pulley’s location, Pulley solicited members of TTG and others to murder Pennington.
2016-06-08 - Operations detectives arrest 21 year-old Tyree Paige for handgun possession in the 900 block of Calhoun Street. Detectives seize a loaded 9mm semi-automatic handgun.
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2016-08-04 - Warrant issued for 2307 Avalon Street in Baltimore for the search warrant for the residence at 2307 Avalon Avenue, the government included an affidavit detailing controlled purchases of heroin from Barronette and Sivells in November 2015 and January 2016, physical and electronic surveillance of Sivells at or near the residence, and information from CS-4 that Sivells was recently in the residence.
2016-10-27 - Terrell Sivells is arrested. After arresting Sivells, Detective Neptune and former FBI Safe Streets task force officer Daniel DeLorenzo took him to an interview room. Is that Anne Arundel County Police Department Det. Daniel DeLorenzo, FBI TFO?, same officer who shot Justin J. Fisher, 18, Salisbury State student, May 16, 2006? Also involved in Walker v. State casetext.com/case/walker-v-state-2403
2017-01-09 - Chris "Magic" Pennington is murdered near 2400 West Baltimore Street. Jamar Hinton was charged with his murder. Search warrants were subsequently executed at Pulley’s home and the home of a co-defendant, Brandon Wilson. Law enforcement recovered the gun used to murder Pennington at Wilson’s home and recovered a .22-caliber pistol, one pound of marijuana, and $32,758 in cash from Pulley’s home, the next day.
2017-06-18 - Cedric Catchings, 28, is taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder in the April 2016 killing of 28-year-old Larelle Wallace in West Baltimore. Catchings was acquitted in May of shooting at a former BGF commander Ronnie Johnson. Johnson emerged from federal witness protection for the trial, at which he testified that Catchings shot him seven times in the leg in May 2016. Catchings was not released from jail until Thursday because he had an open probation violation. Catchings' father, Frederick Catchings Sr., said someone shot at his car as he drove away from the jail with his son. Cedric Catchings is the brother of Frederick Catchings Jr., who is awaiting trial for attempted murder in a case that police say prompted the retaliatory killing of up-and-coming Baltimore rapper Lor Scoota last June. Frederick Catchings is also facing charges in a separate triple shooting. Catchings was acquited at the trial Johnson testified at.
2017-06-29 - a grand jury in the District of Maryland returned a superseding indictment containing RICO conspiracy and other charges against Barronette, Wilson, Harrison, Broughton, Sivells, Tillman, Floyd, and Pulley.
2017-07-11 - Government unseals the superseding indictment charging ten defendants with conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG)
- TTG Members and Associates Indicted on Federal Racketeering and Drug Conspiracy Charges
- The following defendants, all of Baltimore, are charged in the indictment unsealed today
- Montana Barronette, a/k/a Tana, and Tanner, age 22;
- Terrell Sivells, a/k/a Rell, age 26;
- John Harrison, a/k/a Binkie, age 27;
- Taurus Tillman, a/k/a Tash, age 28;
- Linton Broughton, a/k/a Marty, age 24;
- Dennis Pulley, a/k/a Denmo, age 30;
- Roger Taylor, a/k/a YGG Milk, age 26;
- Brandon Wilson, a/k/a Ali, age 23;
- Brandon Bazemore, a/k/a Man Man, age 24;
- Timothy Floyd, a/k/a Tim Rod, age 27
- Hisaun Chatman, age 31;
- James Woodfolk, age 20.
www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/twelve-alleged-baltimore-ttg-members-and-associates-indicted-federal-racketeering-and
2017-07-12 - Derrell Mills speaks with Task Force Officer Neptune bpdwatch.com/officer/1931, a joint FBI agent and City Police Detective as well as Task Force Officer Epkins.
2018-06-07 - The grand jury returned a second superseding indictment against TTG
2018-09-17 - Jury trial for TTG commences.
2018-09-21 - Harrison and Tillman assault two Deputy U.S. Marshals and a U.S. District Court Security Officer as they are being escorted from the courtroom during a break in the trial.
2018-09-27 - district court advised counsel that it would authorize the marshals to limit the number of spectators in the courtroom to twenty-five people if the marshals had security concerns and that additional spectators would be sent to an overflow room. The district court overruled Harrison and Tillman’s objections to this, citing “extremely serious security concerns,” J.A. 1109.2, including fights in the gallery, knives being found in the gallery, a table in the lobby of the courtroom being vandalized with TTG’s name, the fact that government witnesses in the case had been murdered, and an alleged request from Barronette while imprisoned for people to pack the courtroom when government witnesses were testifying
2018-10-31 - 8 members TTG convicted of conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG), a subset of the Black Guerrilla Family (BGF) gang including nine murders, drug trafficking, and witness intimidation, as well as on conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, marijuana, and cocaine.
- Several of the defendants were also convicted of related drug and firearms charges.
- Convicted
- Montana Barronette, aka “Tana,” and “Tanner,” 23;
- Terrell Sivells, aka “Rell,” 27;
- John Harrison, aka “Binkie,” 28;
- Taurus Tillman, aka “Tash,” 29;
- Linton Broughton, aka “Marty,” 25;
- Dennis Pulley, aka “Denmo,” 31;
- Brandon Wilson, aka “Ali,” 24;
- Timothy Floyd, aka “Tim Rod,” 28.
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- Three other TTG members, all of Baltimore, previously pleaded guilty.
Brandon Bazemore, aka Man Man, 25, pleaded guilty to the racketeering conspiracy, including three murders and an attempted murder, as well as to the drug conspiracy. Bazemore and the government have agreed that if the Court accepts the plea, Bazemore will be sentenced to 25 years in federal prison at his sentencing on Nov. 13. Co-defendants Hisaun Chatman, 31, and James Woodfolk, 20, pleaded guilty to the drug conspiracy and were each sentenced to five years in prison, to be served concurrent to the state sentence each is currently serving.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.373559/gov.uscourts.mdd.373559.516.0.pdf
2018-11-13 - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Brandon Bazemore, a/k/a Man Man, age 25, of Baltimore, today to 25 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG), including committing three murders, an attempted murder, and drug trafficking, and for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, marijuana, and cocaine. According to his plea agreement, since 2010, Bazemore has been a member of Trained To Go (TTG), a criminal organization which operated in the Sandtown neighborhood of West Baltimore.
www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/baltimore-ttg-member-sentenced-25-years-federal-prison-federal-racketeering-and-drug
2019-02-15 - Montana Barronette, aka Tana, and Tanner, 23, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake for the District of Maryland to serve life in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. The racketeering conspiracy included eight murders – six committed by Barronette – as well as drug trafficking and witness intimidation. Barronette received a sentence of concurrent terms of life imprisonment on Counts One and Three, concurrent five-year terms of supervised release, and a $200 special assessment.
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/leader-violent-west-baltimore-gang-sentenced-life-prison-federal-racketeering-and-drug
2019-03-01 - Brandon Wilson, aka Ali, 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake in the District of Maryland to 25 Years in Prison for Federal Racketeering, Drug Conspiracy and gun Charges. Wilson was convicted of RICO conspiracy, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Wilson and his co-defendants were also convicted of a drug distribution conspiracy involving heroin, marijuana and cocaine. the district court sentenced Wilson to concurrent terms of 240 months’ (Counts One and Three) and 120 months’ (Count Eight) imprisonment, and a 60- month consecutive term of imprisonment (Count Seven), concurrent five-year (Counts One and Three) and three-year (Counts Seven and Eight) terms of supervised release, and a $400 special assessment.
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/maryland-gang-member-sentenced-25-years-prison-federal-racketeering-drug-conspiracy-and-gun
2019-03-15 - John Harrison, aka Binkie, 28, and Linton Broughton, aka Marty, 25; both of Baltimore, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake to serve life in prison, and 360 months in prison, respectively, each followed by five years of supervised release. Broughton, Harrison and their co-defendants were also convicted of a drug distribution conspiracy involving heroin, marijuana, and cocaine. Harrison participated in the murder of five individuals and a firearm recovered from Broughton was found to be used in four of those murders. Harrison was found to have participated in the murder of three people on July 7, 2015, as well as two other murders. A gun that Broughton had hidden was recovered on Jan. 28, 2016, was determined to have been used in the murders on July 7, 2015, as well as another murder committed by Harrison.
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-members-violent-west-baltimore-gang-sentenced-life-prison-federal-racketeering-and-drug
2019-04-26 - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake today sentenced Terrell Sivells, a/k/a Rell, age 27, of Baltimore, to life in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG). The racketeering conspiracy included eight murders—one committed by Sivells—as well as drug trafficking.
www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/terrell-sivells-leader-violent-west-baltimore-gang-sentenced-life-prison-federal
2019-05-21 - Taurus Tillman, aka Tash, 29, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake to 25 Years in Prison for Federal Racketeering and Drug Conspiracies Tillman and his co-defendants were also convicted of a drug distribution conspiracy involving heroin, marijuana, and cocaine. The Judge considered the alarmingly violent nature of the gang and therefore varied Tillman’s sentence significantly higher than the advisory guideline range.
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/member-violent-west-baltimore-gang-sentenced-25-years-prison-federal-racketeering-and-drug
2019-06-30 - Roger Taylor, aka Milk, 28, a fugitive since July 2017, is arrested in Veron, Dominican Republic.
2019-07-22 - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Timothy Floyd, aka Tim Rod, 28, of Baltimore, to serve 30 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to participate in a drug distribution conspiracy and a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG).
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/member-violent-ttg-gang-sentenced-30-years-federal-prison-federal-racketeering-and-drug
2019-09-20 - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Dennis Pulley, a/k/a Denmo, age 31, of Baltimore, to 35 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to participate in a drug distribution conspiracy and a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG), as well as possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/member-violent-trained-go-gang-convicted-trial-sentenced-today-35-years-federal-prison
2019-11-22 - Honorable Beth P. Gesner authorizes search warrants for Davante "YGG Tay" Harrison, who is eventually indicted.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/rapper-ygg-tay-federal-murder-conspiracy-AJOQLGBIFNAEXLLBBV4MCEQYFM/
2019-11-25 - FBI investigators executed search warrants at locations associated with the conspiracy, including a search of Davante Harrison.
From Harrison, investigators recovered $9,277 in cash and a .40 caliber handgun loaded with an extended magazine containing 17 rounds, including one in the chamber. The $9,277 were proceeds of Harrison’s drug trafficking activity. At a stash location associated with the conspiracy, law enforcement recovered a 9mm pistol, loaded with 16 rounds, including one in the chamber; a .25 caliber pistol loaded with five rounds; a container with 386 grams of a mixture of fentanyl and heroin; several clear plastic bags containing a total of 40 grams of cocaine; a clear plastic bag containing 50 grams of a mixture of heroin and fentanyl; a clear plastic bag containing 27 grams of crack cocaine; a plastic bag containing 71 grams of a fentanyl mixture; and drug paraphernalia. This location was an apartment complex at 10310 Gelding Drive in Cockeysville and was tracked using geolocation data.
2020-01-31 - John Lewis Harrison, a/k/a Binky, age 29 and Taurus Tillman, age 30, a/k/a Tosh, both of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty to the federal charge of assaulting employees of the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) while they were detained and being transported to and from the courtroom during their trial.
2020-02-03 - Roger Taylor, a/k/a Milk, age 28, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to the federal charges of conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG), and to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.
2020-10-14 - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Roger Taylor to 138 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release for federal charges of conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG), and for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.
2021-08-20 - Davante Harrison, a/k/a “YGG Tay,” age 27, of Baltimore convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and crack cocaine; possession with intent to distribute heroin; being a felon in possession of a firearm; and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/davante-harrison-ygg-tay-convicted-drug-conspiracy-and-related-gun-and-drug-charges-after
2021-12-01 - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Davante Harrison, a/k/a “YGG Tay,” age 27, of Baltimore, yesterday to 15 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and crack cocaine; possession with intent to distribute heroin; being a felon in possession of a firearm; and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/davante-harrison-ygg-tay-sentenced-15-years-federal-prison-drug-conspiracy-and-related
2022-05-04 - Appeals heard before Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals for defendants convicted 2018-10-31
2022-08-18 - Appeals decided, all affirmed, except Pulley’s § 922(g)(1) conviction, vacated and remanded him for further proceedings.
www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/194123.p.pdf
2015-04-12 - Freddie Carlos Gray Jr. is arrested and sustains injuries while in police custody
2015-04-19 - Freddie Carlos Gray Jr. dies from injuries which occurred while in police custody on 2015-04-12.
2015-05-00 - May 2015 records 43 homicides in Baltimore, making it the deadliest month in 40 years
2015-07-?? - A member of another gang solicits members of TTG to murder (Lamont Randall Jr.), a member of the Black Guerilla Family gang, in exchange for $10,000.
2015-07-07 - Brandon Bazemore and other TTG members retrieve gloves, masks, and firearms and travel by van to the 900 block of West Fayette Street where they are told Lamont Randall is located. Bazemore and the TTG members exited the van and fired dozens of rounds at Randall, then returned to the van and fled. When police arrived, they discovered Randall, the target and two other victims, Jacqueline Parker, 53 and Gerald Thompson, 34 all suffering from gunshot wounds. Lamont Randall is pronounced dead at the scene. Parker and Thompson are transported to Shock Trauma, where they are also pronounced dead. Officers recovered 23 9mm casings, 29 .40-caliber casings, and one .45-caliber casing from the crime scene. A fourth victim was also shot, but survived.
2015-08-10 - Postal Inspectors interdicted four packages addressed to a fictitious residence and addressee in Windsor Mill, Maryland. Because of the false address and name, the packages could not be delivered. Roger Taylor, aka "Milk" in an effort to obtain the packages, contacted the post office and requested the packages be re-delivered to a different address in Windsor Mill. Additional investigation revealed that the four packages contained 9.9 kilograms of cocaine.
2015-12-28 - Dominique Harris is murdered at 1900 Baker Street, police allegedly looking for two men in a red passat. John "Binky" Harrison robbed Harris and Markee Brown of drugs and money. Shortly thereafter, Harrison murdered Harris.
2016-01-?? - Federal wiretap investigation into TTG and YGG begins and law enforcement records 250 phone calls.
2016-01-22 - law enforcement learned that two members of TTG were looking for several individuals that had robbed a member of TTG of a small quantity of narcotics. The two members of TTG were spotted by law enforcement driving in the area of the 2500 block of West Lafayette Avenue in west Baltimore. In an effort to escape the police, the occupants of the car fled after crashing into a snow bank. Investigation revealed the car had been provided to them by Roger Taylor "Milk". Three officers arrested Broughton, who were in the Baltimore City Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force, of recent infamy, and in their affidavits establishing probable cause for the tracking order and wiretap order on TT4, the government relied on events related to Broughton’s arrest. However, the officers’ version of the events was corroborated by an intercepted phone call on January 23, 2016, over TT3, another cellphone, between Barronette and Sivells, in which the two discussed what occurred during the arrest.
2016-02-05 - a tracking order was issued for a cellular phone used by Sivells and referred to as TT4. An eleven-page affidavit accompanied the warrant, establishing probable cause that Sivells was involved in drug trafficking and that the phone was used for drug trafficking.
The affidavit detailed that
- A confidential informant (CS-4) indicated that Barronette was engaged in heroin trafficking in the area of North Carrollton Street and Riggs Avenue in Baltimore
- Law enforcement observed Sivells overseeing the distribution of drugs in that area
- CS-4 made a controlled purchase of heroin from Barronette
- On January 23, 2016, an intercepted call, involving another cellphone that the police were tracking, revealed Barronette and Sivells discussing guns and drugs
- In February 2016, CS-4 indicated that Sivells had recently acquired TT4 and was using the phone to facilitate drug deals
- Also in February 2016, CS-4 made a controlled call to Sivells on TT4 and made a deal with Sivells to purchase cocaine, with Sivells directing CS-4 to go to a drug shop on Calhoun Street.
2016-03-03 - A wiretap order issued for Sivells phone that was tracked 2016-02-05. The government submitted a fifty-two-page affidavit describing probable cause, which included all of the above facts plus details about Sivells’s record of drug crimes and phone records showing that TT4 was routinely used to call Barronette, another known drug dealer.
2016-04-05 - the government filed an application for a warrant authorizing the interception of wire communications to and from another cellular telephone used by Sivells and referred to as TT5. The wiretap calls showed Appellants communicating to distribute drugs and to track people who they were conspiring to murder. During the course of surveillance, officers observed Barronette and Sivells conducting drug transactions. Law enforcement also conducted controlled purchases of drugs from the group. For the wiretap of TT5, another cellphone associated with Sivells, law enforcement submitted a seventy-five-page affidavit detailing probable cause. The affidavit stated that in early March 2016, CS-4 informed police that Barronette and Sivells were using TT5 as their phone to arrange drug transactions. The affidavit also listed who made controlled calls to TT5 that Sivells answered, indicating he was going to purchase drugs.
2016-04-11 - Larelle Wallace is murdered at 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue allegedly by Cedric Catchings.
2016-04-13 - Markee Brown stated to the grand jury that Harrison robbed him and Dominique Harris and then Harrison murdered Harris
2016-04-19 - Markee Brown is murdered at 4000 Wilsby Avenue. TTG members murdered Brown to prevent him from testifying against John "Binky" Harrison in the Dominique Harris murder from 2015-12-28
2016-05-25 - Antonio Addison is murdered. His murder was part of a conflict between TTG members and Cedric Catchings, Andrew Johnson, Amos Johnson, Brandon Bazemore, and Addison. The conflict began because the TTG members believed Andrew Johnson had cooperated with law enforcement. TTG members were surveilling the men. In April 2016, Floyd reported Addison’s whereabouts to Barronette several times. In early May 2016, Floyd told Sivells that he was watching Catchings walk down the street, and they discussed how Catchings was working with Addison and others that they believed were cooperating with law enforcement. Then, on May 25, 2016, an individual fired shots into a car occupied by Bazemore and Johnson. After the shooting, Sivells, in a wiretapped call, asked the shooter whether he had “hit” Bazemore.Then, also on May 25, 2016, Sivells and Barronette observed Addison and Johnson together in a vehicle. That same day, Addison was murdered. Tyree Paige, another person who sold drugs in the neighborhood, testified that he heard Sivells say that Addison was “supporting a rat, so [he] had to go, too.” Paige then testified that he saw Sivells and Barronette driving on Calhoun Street, with guns, towards where Addison was shot. He then heard gunshots and saw Sivells and Barronette return right after to Calhoun Street. Additionally, Sivells’s cell phone records confirm that he was near the site of Addison’s murder during the time period of his murder
2016-00-00 - [Summer] a feud developed between Pulley and Chris Pennington, a/k/a “Magic.” Pennington and several other individuals robbed a marijuana distributor that Pulley supplied. When Pulley learned that Pennington was offering money for information concerning Pulley’s location, Pulley solicited members of TTG and others to murder Pennington.
2016-06-08 - Operations detectives arrest 21 year-old Tyree Paige for handgun possession in the 900 block of Calhoun Street. Detectives seize a loaded 9mm semi-automatic handgun.
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2016-08-04 - Warrant issued for 2307 Avalon Street in Baltimore for the search warrant for the residence at 2307 Avalon Avenue, the government included an affidavit detailing controlled purchases of heroin from Barronette and Sivells in November 2015 and January 2016, physical and electronic surveillance of Sivells at or near the residence, and information from CS-4 that Sivells was recently in the residence.
2016-10-27 - Terrell Sivells is arrested. After arresting Sivells, Detective Neptune and former FBI Safe Streets task force officer Daniel DeLorenzo took him to an interview room. Is that Anne Arundel County Police Department Det. Daniel DeLorenzo, FBI TFO?, same officer who shot Justin J. Fisher, 18, Salisbury State student, May 16, 2006? Also involved in Walker v. State casetext.com/case/walker-v-state-2403
2017-01-09 - Chris "Magic" Pennington is murdered near 2400 West Baltimore Street. Jamar Hinton was charged with his murder. Search warrants were subsequently executed at Pulley’s home and the home of a co-defendant, Brandon Wilson. Law enforcement recovered the gun used to murder Pennington at Wilson’s home and recovered a .22-caliber pistol, one pound of marijuana, and $32,758 in cash from Pulley’s home, the next day.
2017-06-18 - Cedric Catchings, 28, is taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder in the April 2016 killing of 28-year-old Larelle Wallace in West Baltimore. Catchings was acquitted in May of shooting at a former BGF commander Ronnie Johnson. Johnson emerged from federal witness protection for the trial, at which he testified that Catchings shot him seven times in the leg in May 2016. Catchings was not released from jail until Thursday because he had an open probation violation. Catchings' father, Frederick Catchings Sr., said someone shot at his car as he drove away from the jail with his son. Cedric Catchings is the brother of Frederick Catchings Jr., who is awaiting trial for attempted murder in a case that police say prompted the retaliatory killing of up-and-coming Baltimore rapper Lor Scoota last June. Frederick Catchings is also facing charges in a separate triple shooting. Catchings was acquited at the trial Johnson testified at.
2017-06-29 - a grand jury in the District of Maryland returned a superseding indictment containing RICO conspiracy and other charges against Barronette, Wilson, Harrison, Broughton, Sivells, Tillman, Floyd, and Pulley.
2017-07-11 - Government unseals the superseding indictment charging ten defendants with conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG)
- TTG Members and Associates Indicted on Federal Racketeering and Drug Conspiracy Charges
- The following defendants, all of Baltimore, are charged in the indictment unsealed today
- Montana Barronette, a/k/a Tana, and Tanner, age 22;
- Terrell Sivells, a/k/a Rell, age 26;
- John Harrison, a/k/a Binkie, age 27;
- Taurus Tillman, a/k/a Tash, age 28;
- Linton Broughton, a/k/a Marty, age 24;
- Dennis Pulley, a/k/a Denmo, age 30;
- Roger Taylor, a/k/a YGG Milk, age 26;
- Brandon Wilson, a/k/a Ali, age 23;
- Brandon Bazemore, a/k/a Man Man, age 24;
- Timothy Floyd, a/k/a Tim Rod, age 27
- Hisaun Chatman, age 31;
- James Woodfolk, age 20.
www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/twelve-alleged-baltimore-ttg-members-and-associates-indicted-federal-racketeering-and
2017-07-12 - Derrell Mills speaks with Task Force Officer Neptune bpdwatch.com/officer/1931, a joint FBI agent and City Police Detective as well as Task Force Officer Epkins.
2018-06-07 - The grand jury returned a second superseding indictment against TTG
2018-09-17 - Jury trial for TTG commences.
2018-09-21 - Harrison and Tillman assault two Deputy U.S. Marshals and a U.S. District Court Security Officer as they are being escorted from the courtroom during a break in the trial.
2018-09-27 - district court advised counsel that it would authorize the marshals to limit the number of spectators in the courtroom to twenty-five people if the marshals had security concerns and that additional spectators would be sent to an overflow room. The district court overruled Harrison and Tillman’s objections to this, citing “extremely serious security concerns,” J.A. 1109.2, including fights in the gallery, knives being found in the gallery, a table in the lobby of the courtroom being vandalized with TTG’s name, the fact that government witnesses in the case had been murdered, and an alleged request from Barronette while imprisoned for people to pack the courtroom when government witnesses were testifying
2018-10-31 - 8 members TTG convicted of conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG), a subset of the Black Guerrilla Family (BGF) gang including nine murders, drug trafficking, and witness intimidation, as well as on conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, marijuana, and cocaine.
- Several of the defendants were also convicted of related drug and firearms charges.
- Convicted
- Montana Barronette, aka “Tana,” and “Tanner,” 23;
- Terrell Sivells, aka “Rell,” 27;
- John Harrison, aka “Binkie,” 28;
- Taurus Tillman, aka “Tash,” 29;
- Linton Broughton, aka “Marty,” 25;
- Dennis Pulley, aka “Denmo,” 31;
- Brandon Wilson, aka “Ali,” 24;
- Timothy Floyd, aka “Tim Rod,” 28.
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- Three other TTG members, all of Baltimore, previously pleaded guilty.
Brandon Bazemore, aka Man Man, 25, pleaded guilty to the racketeering conspiracy, including three murders and an attempted murder, as well as to the drug conspiracy. Bazemore and the government have agreed that if the Court accepts the plea, Bazemore will be sentenced to 25 years in federal prison at his sentencing on Nov. 13. Co-defendants Hisaun Chatman, 31, and James Woodfolk, 20, pleaded guilty to the drug conspiracy and were each sentenced to five years in prison, to be served concurrent to the state sentence each is currently serving.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.373559/gov.uscourts.mdd.373559.516.0.pdf
2018-11-13 - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Brandon Bazemore, a/k/a Man Man, age 25, of Baltimore, today to 25 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG), including committing three murders, an attempted murder, and drug trafficking, and for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, marijuana, and cocaine. According to his plea agreement, since 2010, Bazemore has been a member of Trained To Go (TTG), a criminal organization which operated in the Sandtown neighborhood of West Baltimore.
www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/baltimore-ttg-member-sentenced-25-years-federal-prison-federal-racketeering-and-drug
2019-02-15 - Montana Barronette, aka Tana, and Tanner, 23, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake for the District of Maryland to serve life in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. The racketeering conspiracy included eight murders – six committed by Barronette – as well as drug trafficking and witness intimidation. Barronette received a sentence of concurrent terms of life imprisonment on Counts One and Three, concurrent five-year terms of supervised release, and a $200 special assessment.
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/leader-violent-west-baltimore-gang-sentenced-life-prison-federal-racketeering-and-drug
2019-03-01 - Brandon Wilson, aka Ali, 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake in the District of Maryland to 25 Years in Prison for Federal Racketeering, Drug Conspiracy and gun Charges. Wilson was convicted of RICO conspiracy, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Wilson and his co-defendants were also convicted of a drug distribution conspiracy involving heroin, marijuana and cocaine. the district court sentenced Wilson to concurrent terms of 240 months’ (Counts One and Three) and 120 months’ (Count Eight) imprisonment, and a 60- month consecutive term of imprisonment (Count Seven), concurrent five-year (Counts One and Three) and three-year (Counts Seven and Eight) terms of supervised release, and a $400 special assessment.
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/maryland-gang-member-sentenced-25-years-prison-federal-racketeering-drug-conspiracy-and-gun
2019-03-15 - John Harrison, aka Binkie, 28, and Linton Broughton, aka Marty, 25; both of Baltimore, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake to serve life in prison, and 360 months in prison, respectively, each followed by five years of supervised release. Broughton, Harrison and their co-defendants were also convicted of a drug distribution conspiracy involving heroin, marijuana, and cocaine. Harrison participated in the murder of five individuals and a firearm recovered from Broughton was found to be used in four of those murders. Harrison was found to have participated in the murder of three people on July 7, 2015, as well as two other murders. A gun that Broughton had hidden was recovered on Jan. 28, 2016, was determined to have been used in the murders on July 7, 2015, as well as another murder committed by Harrison.
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-members-violent-west-baltimore-gang-sentenced-life-prison-federal-racketeering-and-drug
2019-04-26 - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake today sentenced Terrell Sivells, a/k/a Rell, age 27, of Baltimore, to life in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG). The racketeering conspiracy included eight murders—one committed by Sivells—as well as drug trafficking.
www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/terrell-sivells-leader-violent-west-baltimore-gang-sentenced-life-prison-federal
2019-05-21 - Taurus Tillman, aka Tash, 29, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake to 25 Years in Prison for Federal Racketeering and Drug Conspiracies Tillman and his co-defendants were also convicted of a drug distribution conspiracy involving heroin, marijuana, and cocaine. The Judge considered the alarmingly violent nature of the gang and therefore varied Tillman’s sentence significantly higher than the advisory guideline range.
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/member-violent-west-baltimore-gang-sentenced-25-years-prison-federal-racketeering-and-drug
2019-06-30 - Roger Taylor, aka Milk, 28, a fugitive since July 2017, is arrested in Veron, Dominican Republic.
2019-07-22 - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Timothy Floyd, aka Tim Rod, 28, of Baltimore, to serve 30 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to participate in a drug distribution conspiracy and a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG).
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/member-violent-ttg-gang-sentenced-30-years-federal-prison-federal-racketeering-and-drug
2019-09-20 - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Dennis Pulley, a/k/a Denmo, age 31, of Baltimore, to 35 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to participate in a drug distribution conspiracy and a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG), as well as possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/member-violent-trained-go-gang-convicted-trial-sentenced-today-35-years-federal-prison
2019-11-22 - Honorable Beth P. Gesner authorizes search warrants for Davante "YGG Tay" Harrison, who is eventually indicted.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/rapper-ygg-tay-federal-murder-conspiracy-AJOQLGBIFNAEXLLBBV4MCEQYFM/
2019-11-25 - FBI investigators executed search warrants at locations associated with the conspiracy, including a search of Davante Harrison.
From Harrison, investigators recovered $9,277 in cash and a .40 caliber handgun loaded with an extended magazine containing 17 rounds, including one in the chamber. The $9,277 were proceeds of Harrison’s drug trafficking activity. At a stash location associated with the conspiracy, law enforcement recovered a 9mm pistol, loaded with 16 rounds, including one in the chamber; a .25 caliber pistol loaded with five rounds; a container with 386 grams of a mixture of fentanyl and heroin; several clear plastic bags containing a total of 40 grams of cocaine; a clear plastic bag containing 50 grams of a mixture of heroin and fentanyl; a clear plastic bag containing 27 grams of crack cocaine; a plastic bag containing 71 grams of a fentanyl mixture; and drug paraphernalia. This location was an apartment complex at 10310 Gelding Drive in Cockeysville and was tracked using geolocation data.
2020-01-31 - John Lewis Harrison, a/k/a Binky, age 29 and Taurus Tillman, age 30, a/k/a Tosh, both of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty to the federal charge of assaulting employees of the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) while they were detained and being transported to and from the courtroom during their trial.
2020-02-03 - Roger Taylor, a/k/a Milk, age 28, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to the federal charges of conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG), and to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.
2020-10-14 - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Roger Taylor to 138 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release for federal charges of conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG), and for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.
2021-08-20 - Davante Harrison, a/k/a “YGG Tay,” age 27, of Baltimore convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and crack cocaine; possession with intent to distribute heroin; being a felon in possession of a firearm; and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/davante-harrison-ygg-tay-convicted-drug-conspiracy-and-related-gun-and-drug-charges-after
2021-12-01 - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Davante Harrison, a/k/a “YGG Tay,” age 27, of Baltimore, yesterday to 15 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and crack cocaine; possession with intent to distribute heroin; being a felon in possession of a firearm; and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/davante-harrison-ygg-tay-sentenced-15-years-federal-prison-drug-conspiracy-and-related
2022-05-04 - Appeals heard before Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals for defendants convicted 2018-10-31
2022-08-18 - Appeals decided, all affirmed, except Pulley’s § 922(g)(1) conviction, vacated and remanded him for further proceedings.
www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/194123.p.pdf
