Zoe Mafia Family and other gang members were recently convicted on firearms and narcotics charges in South Florida federal court.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, ATF Miami, and Broward Sheriff’s Office, in collaboration with other federal and local law enforcement agencies, secured federal convictions and prison sentences against 18 members of violent South Florida street gangs – including Zoe Mafia Family (ZMF), the 3rd World gang, and several sects of the Bloods gang.
The joint operation involved charges of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine trafficking; carrying a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; and felon in possession of a firearm. It led to the recovery of 23 firearms, three kilograms of fentanyl, and seven kilograms of cocaine, as well as methamphetamine, crack cocaine, and marijuana.
The defendants, former residents of South Florida (Miami-Dade County, Broward County, and Palm Beach County) were convicted and sentenced to prison terms as follows:
- 37-year-old Andre Allen was sentenced to 120 months for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl (22-cr-20190);
- 41-year-old David Brown was sentenced to 151 months for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl (22-cr-60177);
- 26-year-old Tirell Caldwell was sentenced to 57 months for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon (22-cr-60220);
- 51-year-old Johnnie Gibson was sentenced to 175 months for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine (23-cr-60205);
- 35-year-old Brionne Griffin was sentenced to 60 months for possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl, crack cocaine, cocaine, and methamphetamine (22-cr-60082);
- 46-year-old Joseph Johnson, Jr. was sentenced to 120 months for possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl (23-cr-60131);
- 26-year-old Timothy Neil Lewis, Jr. was sentenced to 60 months for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime (22-cr-60083);
- 35-year-old Makinson Moise was sentenced to 248 months for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine base (23-cr-60004);
- 48-year-old Arnicious Odom was sentenced to 30 months for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine (23-cr-60205);
- 33-year-old Wendy Previl was sentenced to 120 months for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl (23-cr-60089);
- 38-year-old Joshua Robinson was sentenced to 51 months imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine (24-cr-60132);
- 28-year-old Robert Roseme was sentenced to 42 months for possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl (23-cr-60089);
- 43-year-old Nolan Setoute was sentenced to 12 months for possession of a firearm as a convicted felon (22-cr-60124);
- 40-year-old Terrance Stanley was sentenced to 60 months for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime (22-cr-60120);
- 20-year-old Dorshawn Tate was sentenced to 8 months for possession with intent to distribute alprazolam (23-cr-60051);
- 42-year-old British Wilkerson was sentenced to 60 months for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime (22-cr-60125);
- 40-year-old Byron Felecio Williams, Jr. was sentenced to 60 months for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime (22-cr-80136);
- 31-year-old Kevin Williams was sentenced to 18 months for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine (24-cr-60132).
According to law enforcement, several of the defendants are associated with Zoe Mafia Family (ZMF), a South Florida Haitian street gang.
U.S. Attorney Hayden P. O’Byrne for the Southern District of Florida; acting Special Agent in Charge Gordon Mallory of the ATF Miami Field Division, and Sheriff Gregory Tony of the Broward Sheriff’s Office announced the results of the operation.
This case was investigated by ATF Miami and Broward Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from DEA Miami, HSI Miami, and FBI Miami.
Southern District of Florida Managing Assistant U.S. Attorney Bruce Brown and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason McCormack prosecuted these cases.
Earlier, the U.S. State Department designated two Haitian gangs (Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif) as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
This effort is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces operation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach.
