Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced charges Thursday against 17 members of the alleged 183 Gangster Bloods for crimes in several Georgia counties – including Chattooga County.
Joining Carr at a news conference in Atlanta to announce the indictments was Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, who praised the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Gang Task Force and other agencies for the investigation.
A House Bill signed by Kemp early this year gave concurrent jurisdiction for the Attorney’s General’s Office to prosecute gang activity statewide, according to a news release from the offices of Kemp and Carr.
The 183 Gangster Bloods, a set of the street gang known as the Bloods, is based in the Bronx, N.Y.
The ages of those indicted ranged from 19 to 49. Among the suspects is Ralph Alicea, who is serving time in Attica State Prison in New York and is alleged to be the national leader of the gang. The two men from Athens were indicted as a result of crimes that officials said occurred in Athens.
The indictments allege the gang members worked together to illegally obtain money, weapons and property and that the acts were perpetrated through various means including assault and threats of violence.
Crimes by the gang occurred between January 2019 and October 2022 in Athens-Clarke, Barrow, Bulloch, Candler, Chattooga, Fulton, Gwinnett, Laurens, Monroe and Walton, according to the news release.
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