Black Carjacking Gang Charged with Kidnap and Murder of White Police Captain

WRIC
May 20, 2014

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Quick, of Rockfish, was reported missing on Feb. 1, when he failed to arrive at his girlfriend’s residence in Albemarle County. He was found dead in Goochland County on Feb. 6

According to federal court documents, four people have been charged with murder in the death investigation of Capt. Kevin Quick.

Daniel Mathis, Shantai Shelton, Mersadies Shelton and Travis Bell (a.k.a. Kweli Uhuru) are charged with murdering Quick. The capital murder charge could carry a very serious penalty, according to U.S. Attorney Tim Heaphy.

“That is a penalty up to the death sentence in this case that is available for that offense.”

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Daniel Mathis, Shantai Shelton, Mersadies Shelton and Travis Bell are charged with murdering Quick.

Five others – Gert Wright III, Anthony White, Anthony Stokes, Leslie Casterlow and Devante Bell – are facing gang-related racketeering charges in connection to the case.

Those indicted are all members of a subset of the Bloods street gang known as the 99 Goon Syndicate.

The indictment spells out how members of the gang allegedly carjacked and kidnapped Quick and then drove around to various banks, attempting to withdraw cash from his accounts before murdering him and dumping his body in Goochland County.

The gang is also charged with numerous robberies, shootings and assaults taking place across Central Virginia as well as drug and weapons charges.

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Halisi Uhuru (“Girt Wright”), Leslie Hope Casterlow and Anthony Darnell Stokes Jr. are facing gang-related racketeering charges in connection to the case.

Officials from Virginia State Police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Waynesboro Police Department held a news conference Friday at the United States Attorney’s Office in Charlottesville to deliver details on the charges the suspects face.

Quick, of Rockfish, was reported missing on Feb. 1, when he failed to arrive at his girlfriend’s residence in Albemarle County. The 45-year-old captain was last seen in Nelson County on Jan. 31, and was found dead in Goochland County on Feb. 6.