WBTV
April 30, 2015
Not only were they robbed by the tribe, but killed by them as well, after reporting the crime to the police.
Six gang members have been charged in the October 2014 killings of a business couple in Lake Wylie. Three of those members reportedly robbed a store owned by the couple months earlier and were attempting keep the couple from testifying.
Six members of the “United Blood Nation” (UBN) are charged in the killing of Debbie and Doug London, according to court documents. They could receive the death penalty.
Deputies say 61-year-old Debbie London and 63-year-old Doug London were found shot to death in their Tioga Road home on October 23, 2014. The couple’s son, Daniel London, found the couple and called 911.
After an FBI raid of Charlotte’s UBN, 12 defendants were charged in a racketeering operation conspiracy.
Six of those members, Jamell Lamon Cureton, David Lee Fudge, Randall Avery Hankins II, Malcolm Jarrel Hartley, Briana Shakeyah Johnson and Rahkeem Lee McDonald, are charged in the killing of the Londons, according to a federal indictment that was unsealed on Wednesday.
Additionally, Nana Yaw Adoma, Daquan Lamar Everett, Nehemijel Maurice Houston, Ibn Rashaan Kornegay, Centrilia Shardon Leach and Ahkeem Tahja McDonald were charged in the conspiracy.
Four of the people charged in connection with the case were already in custody. Two other suspects were arrested Wednesday.
Three of the members, Cureton, Nana Yaw Adoma and Fudge, previously robbed the couple’s mattress store and the members were attempting to stop the Londons from testifying.
The defendants operated under a common set of rules known as the “31” and used a ranking system. They participate in meetings, “like any other enterprise,” acting U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose said in a press conference on Wednesday afternoon. They “discuss punishment for those they fear may be cooperating with law enforcement,” Rose said.