JURY CONVICTS MEMBERS OF ‘9 TREY BLOODS’ STREET GANG FOR MURDEROUS SPREE AND VICIOUS ATTACKS

Defendants Sentenced to Multiple Life Terms

Atlanta- Two years after terrorizing the Fulton County community with a deadly killing spree, four members of a dangerous street gang known as the ‘9 Trey Bloods’ were convicted this afternoon of murder and other related charges. Defendants Darryl “Mac Jones” Christmas, John Phillip “Jersey” Auletta, Scott “Blood Black” Tobin and Kenneth “Baby Boy” Robinson will spend the rest of their lives in jail as a result of the murderous attacks. The men were among ten people initially charged in a 22-count indictment for Murder, Felony Murder, Criminal Attempt to Commit Murder, Aggravated Assault, Aggravated Cruelty to Animals and weapons charges in connection with three murders and several gang-related attacks during a three-day span in 2008.

October 3, 2008

A host of gang members travel to the Fair Street home of two sisters to take them to an emergency meeting. A fellow member was to be ‘disciplined’ for cooperating with police in an unrelated investigation. The girls’ uncle and a boyfriend of one of the two, tried to prevent the girls from going with the men. Angered by the intervention, the defendants jump the men--- stabbing one in the chest and the other in the arm.

October 5, 2008

27-year old Jesus Cintron and 15-year old Fernando Wingfield were summoned to Anderson Park by fellow gang members. The group was trying to “discipline” Cintron for not following gang rules and procedures---particularly related to “snitching”. Cintron was beaten and then shot to death. When Wingfield, who viewed Cintron as a father-figure pled for his friend’s life, gang members threatened to kill him too. The teenager tried to run but was gunned down as he fled. Cintron and Wingfield’s bodies were found the next day.

October 6, 2008

Jesus Cintron’s girlfriend, Charmisa Witherspoon, worried about his whereabouts, began questioning gang members and threatened to call the police if Cintron did not return home soon. Gang members later stormed Ms. Witherspoon’s house shooting her 17-year old son Devontae Jones in the head. They also shot a dog before then holding a gun to Ms. Witherspoon’s head. It jammed when the trigger was pulled. Witherspoon was able to escape as the attackers fled. Kenneth, “Baby Boy” Robinson, only fourteen at the time, was the triggerman.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford who presided over the case, sentenced the defendants as follows:

John “Jersey” Auletta– 3 life sentences + 105 years

Scott “Black” Tobin – 3 life sentences + 40 years

Darryl “Mac Jones” Christmas– 2 life sentences + 75 years

Kenneth “Baby Boy” Robinson– Life + 55 years

Rico “Mookie” Maddox, Tyeisha “Lady Tye” Marshall, Marquis “K Bang” Robbins, Omar Duncan, Darren Shaw and Derek “Montana” Davis charged in the original indictment with the aforementioned defendants pled guilty as charged and were sentenced separately.

The case was prosecuted by Senior Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Ross assigned to the Gang Unit with assistance from Senior ADA David Studdard and DA Investigator Angela Rowe. Detectives Kevin Otts, J.D. Stephens and A.C. Smith with the Atlanta Police Department led the initial investigations.

Media Contact: Yvette Brown, 404-224-0560/404-392-8867, yvette.brown@fultoncountyga.gov