A violent but dimwitted Bronx gang is in handcuffs, all because its members couldn’t keep names and addresses straight, officials said today.
The “6 Wild” gang had what it thought was a foolproof cash and drug-flow scheme. They’d rob other gangsters of drugs and cash under the safe assumption that the victims wouldn’t call the cops. First, though, they’d send in young female gang members to befriend the intended victims and find out where and when the goods would be on hand.
Trouble was, their girl spies didn’t always bring back reliable information.
On at least three occasions in February, 2012, 6 Wild wound up mistakenly beating and holding guns to the heads of Bronx civilians — who did in fact report the brutal robberies to the police, officials said.
Eleven alleged members, all from the Bronx and between the ages of 19 and 24, have been charged with conspiracy, robbery, burglary, assault, menacing, strangulation and drug possession The investigation was the joint effort of the NYPD, the city’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Bridget Brennan, and the Bronx DA’s office.
The gang carried out around two home invasion robberies a month and frequently spurred retaliatory shootings in the Bronx and Harlem, officials said. They’d carry off their loot in oversized bags by Louis Vuitton and Gucci, Brennan said in announcing the bust.
“They swore allegiance to only one thing — the Gucci bags full of cash that they collected from committing their crimes,” Brennan said.
In addition to attracting police attention by mistakenly robbing civilians, 6 Wild further incriminated itself by posting scores of photos on Facebook showing off their stolen cash, jewelry and watches, often posted on the same day as the robberies.