In a decisive move against gang violence in Gibson County, Tennessee, Cordarius McCurry, a member of the Rolling 60 Crips, has accepted his fate by pleading guilty to Second Degree Murder and other related firearm charges, as conveyed in a press release from the Office of the District Attorney General for the 28th Judicial District. With this plea, yesterday, before Honorable Clayburn Peeples, McCurry, now 33 years old, will spend the next quarter-century incarcerated without the possibility of parole for the fatal shooting of rival gang member Markheous “BoBo” Lloyd in April of 2023.
District Attorney General Frederick H. Agee leads the charge, expressing in no uncertain terms that gang proliferation terrorizes the community. They recruit the young and mold them into criminals for profit, brandishing gun violence as a badge of honor and launching them towards a life of violence with little hope for redemption. Our community deserves better, and we won't stand by as it happens; justice must be served.
In sentencing McCurry to a total effective term of 35 years, the court was unyielding in its pursuit of justice for the serious crimes committed. This included an additional 10-year sentence for being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm, which was to run consecutively but served as state probation. McCurry's life, once dictated by the rules of the street and gang loyalty, is now confined within the state's correctional system.
