BMF: The Rise and Fall of Big Meech and the Black Mafia Family (40 page)

Doc’s debriefings
.
(a)
U.S. v. William Marshall, et al
, United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, No. 05-CR-188. (b)
U.S. v. Dionne Beverly, et al
, United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, No. 07-CR-233. (c)
Terry Flenory, et al
, United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, No. 05-CR-80955. (d)
State of Georgia v. Fleming Daniels
, Fulton County, Ga., Superior Court, No. 07-SC-56450.

Death of Baby Bleu
.
(a) Atlanta Police Department incident report, No. 06-068-0226. (b)
State of Georgia v. Marque Keimon Dixson
, Superior Court of Fulton County, Ga., No. 05-SC-34097.

Kiki’s deception
.
U.S. v. Tremayne Graham, et al
, United States District Court, District of South Carolina, No. 03-CR-1092.

Catching Jacob
.
U.S. v. Terry Flenory, et al
, United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, No. 05-CR-80955.

“Ill goes ‘bang, bang, bang.’ ”
Statement of William “Doc” Marshall,
State of Georgia v. Fleming Daniels
, Fulton County, Ga., Superior Court, No. 07-SC-56450.

Two mothers’ grief
.
(a) Interviews with Debbie Morgan, August 2004, January 2005, October 2006, and March 2008. (b) Interview with Katie Carter, May 2007.

Sin City’s sentencing’s
.
U.S. v. Tremayne Graham, et al
, United States District Court, District of South Carolina, No. 03-CR-1092.

The case against Ernest
.
U.S. v. Ernest Watkins
, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina, No. 0-962.

Kai’s guilty plea
.
U.S. v. Kai Franklin Graham
, United States District Court, District of South Carolina, No. 07-CR-517.

“Hopefully, this will reverberate throughout the department.”
From the April 27, 2007,
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
story, “Deadly Deception: Two Atlanta cops plead guilty in woman’s death, blame pressure from police brass.”

Atlanta and L.A. indictments
.
(a)
U.S. v. Dionne Beverly, et al
, United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, No. 07-CR-233. (b)
U.S. v. Kenyan Terrance Payne, Sr., et al
, United States District Court, Central District of California, No. 07-CR-1215.

Atlanta’s changing cocaine landscape
.
(a) Interview with Fulton County Assistant District Attorney Rand Csehy, March 2008. (b) Interview with Jack Killorin, director of the Atlanta branch of the U.S. High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task force, July 2008.

“Drug dealers aren’t that stupid.”
From the Oct. 14, 2007,
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
story, “Drug dealers beware: After hands-off year in wake of botched raid, APD’s reborn narcotics squad is ready to roll.”

“Most of the witnesses are specifically aimed at either one brother or the other.”
Drew Findling, in a court document filed in
U.S. v. Terry Flenory, et al
, United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, No. 05-CR-80955.

Change of heart
.
(a)
U.S. v. Terry Flenory, et al
, United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, No. 05-CR-80955. (b) Interview with Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory, March 5, 2008.

The brother meet
.
(a)
U.S. v. Terry Flenory, et al
, United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, No. 05-CR-80955. (b) Interview with Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory, March 5, 2008.

“It’s not like Bleu went against me.”
Interview with Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory, March 5, 2008.

Atlanta sentencings
.
U.S. v. Dionne Beverly, et al
, United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, No. 07-CR-233.

Bleu’s debriefing
.
U.S. v. Dionne Beverly, et al
, United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, No. 07-CR-233.

Allegation against Jeezy
.
Trial of Fleming “Ill” Daniels, June 12, 2008,
U.S. v. Dionne Beverly, et al
, United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, No. 07-CR-233.

The Flenorys’ sentencings.
Sept. 12, 2008 sentencing hearing,
U.S. v. Dionne Beverly, et al
, United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, No. 07-CR-233.

“A. R.”.
See
Boyd, Arnold

“Air Forces” (Jeezy),
66

AJC.
See Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Akon (rapper),
1
–2,
213

Ali, Jamad (“Soup”)

arrest of,
257
–58

as fugitive,
202
–5

murder by,
91
,
203
,
238
,
241

protection of,
241

sentencing for,
258

allegiance, by BMF crew,
9
,
52
,
266

AllHipHop.com,
178

Allison, Rafael (“Smurf ”)

as cocaine trafficker,
116
–17

HIDTA investigation of,
117
–19

informant on,
117

wiretapping of,
117
–18

Alt, Brian,
17
.
See also
Chaos

American dream, drug trade and,
46
–47

APD.
See
Atlanta Police Department

Arabo, Jacob

for celebrity jewelry,
53
–54,
56
,
172
,
208
–9,
226

Damon cover-up with,
54
,
208
–12,
243
–44

DEA and,
210
–12,
243

IRS Form 8300 and,
45
,
53
–54,
210
,
244

money-laundering charge for,
244

sentencing for,
267

wife of,
54
,
209
–10

Atlanta

Bankhead in,
50
,
116

the Bluffs in,
21
,
50
,
116
–17,
260

Boulevard in,
50
,
65
–66,
116
–17,
131
–32,
185
–86,
265

Buckhead in,
7
,
49
–50,
71
,
73
,
162
,
228
,
263
–64

gentrifying of,
49
–50

Magic City in,
51
,
52

Atlanta

Mexican drug cartels in,
266

Pittsburgh in,
116
–17

racism in,
7

stash houses in,
47
,
50
,
70
–71,
114
,
125
,
127
,
138
,
139
–41,
150
–51,
161
–62,
191
–92,
216
,
223
,
225
,
232
,
233
,
264
,
267
,
274

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
(AJC),
24
,
144
,
152
,
178
,
266

Atlanta Police Department (APD)

BMF contact inside,
133
–34

Burns with,
21
–23,
69
,
73
,
115
,
117
,
222
,
231
,
234
,
246
,
261
–62

Chaos shootings and,
8
,
17
–19,
24
–25,
64
,
82
,
162
,
207
,
215
,
222
,
246
–48,
264

corruption in,
260
–61

Hackett/Carter homicide for,
143
–44

HIDTA and,
122

Johnston case for,
260
–61,
265

search warrants by,
260
–61,
265
–66

undercover operation by,
21

Atrium (club),
112
–15,
123
–24,
125
,
129
–31,
174

“Baa.”
See
Garrett, Richard

“Baby Bleu.”
See
Dixson, Marque

Babylon (club),
131
,
215

Bad Boy Entertainment.
See
Bad Boy Records

Bad Boy Records,
8
,
30
,
56
,
66
,
207

Bagmania.
See
Franklin & Wilson Concessions

Banda, Carlos,
266

Bankhead, in Atlanta,
50
,
116

banking, for money-laundering,
44

Barkley, Charles,
87
,
154
,
156

Barrow, Jamal (“Shyne”),
8
–9

Beckham, David,
53

Being Bobby Brown
(television),
179

Bell, Bob,
227

Bennett, J. Bradley,
253
–54

BET.
See
Black Entertainment Television

Betancourt, Rolando,
153
–55,
192
–98.
See also
Free at Last Bail Bonds

Big Cat Records,
170
,
172
,
178

Big Gipp (rapper),
63

Biggie-Tupac battle,
173

Bijoux-Terner.
See
Franklin & Wilson Concessions

Billboard
,
212
,
214

billboards, BMF,
71
,
73
,
162
,
228
,
264

Bivens, Eric (“Slim”)

as government witness,
268

indictment for,
244

Meech impersonation by,
31
–33,
42
–43,
54
,
219

responsibilities of,
206
–7

in Terry’s crew,
150
,
206
–9,
224
,
232

at White House,
226
,
232

Black (friend of Prince),
78
–83