Tree Top Piru Bloods case Final 2 Defendants Convicted In Gang Case - wjz.com

Final 2 Defendants Convicted In Gang Case - wjz.com: "final two defendants from a 2008 federal indictment of a violent Maryland drug gang have pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy charges.

Federal prosecutors say the guilty pleas of Keili Dyson and Keon Williams mean that all 28 defendants charged in the Tree Top Piru Bloods case have been convicted. Twenty-three people were convicted of racketeering conspiracy, including the gang leader, Steve Willock.

The TTP Bloods was an offshoot of a gang that began in Los Angeles in the 1970s. The Maryland chapter was formed in a Hagerstown prison in 1999, and prosecutors say gang members were responsible for several murders along with drug trafficking, kidnapping, robbery and witness intimidation.

Dyson and Williams each face up to 20 years in prison when they're sentenced in March."