In Cleveland, Ohio, a significant crackdown on gang violence has culminated in charges against 18 individuals believed to be part of a street gang known as the Fully Blooded Felons, or FBF, as announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio. The gang, which began its criminal activities roughly around 2012, is accused of severe federal crimes, including RICO conspiracy, drug trafficking, and violent offenses.
The second superseding indictment reveals a broad and deeply rooted criminal influence with crimes ranging from murder, kidnapping, and assault to racketeering and drug distribution. The street-level terror orchestrated by these alleged gang members spanned across Cleveland and touched other Ohio areas such as Akron and Youngstown, with efforts to penetrate the Ohio prison system, said the indictment laid bare a complex gang hierarchy topped by Raven Mullins, self-styled as the "Godfather," setting up an organized rule-set for its followers, mandating obedience to the "Fully Five" with punitive measures for those who erred, as reported by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
During a two-year investigation, law enforcement, including the FBI's Cleveland Division and multiple other agencies, seized over 400 grams of fentanyl, quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine, as well as 15 illegal firearms, tackling the gang's open-air drug markets and their stash houses used for hiding these illicit materials. "The superseding indictment alleges that these 18 defendants were leaders, members, or associates of the Fully Blooded Felons, a violent gang that — for more than a decade — made money and controlled territory in Northern Ohio through murder, arson, robbery, drug trafficking, and firearms possession," Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri stated, as per the U.S. Department of Justice.
Among those charged are Raven Mullins, Henry Burchett, and James Clemons, all facing multiple serious charges that — if proven guilty could result in lengthy sentences, reflecting the gravity of their alleged criminal actions, including acts of violence and drug trade, which plagued communities, with offenses like in the case on Sept. 12, 2023, where they shot and killed a victim on the west side of Cleveland, afterward fleeing in a stolen vehicle that was ultimately set ablaze.
