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FEDERAL JURY CONVICTS DIABLOS GANG MEMBERS
March 25, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
David E. Nahmias, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, Vanessa McLemore, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; Gregory Jones, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Richard J. Pennington, Chief, Atlanta Police Department, announce that a federal jury returned guilty verdicts today against EDDIE OLIVER, 30, VINCENT WILLIAMS, 33, and DEMETRIUS REVERE, 31, of Northwest Atlanta, on charges of racketeering, possession of cocaine and crack cocaine with intent to distribute, armed robbery, and possession of firearms. Oliver was acquitted of robbery and firearms possession. According to David E. Nahmias and the documents and information presented in court:
OLIVER, WILLIAMS, and REVERE were indicted in March 2003 on racketeering charges in connection with their membership in the Diablos street gang. The Diablos operated in Northwest Atlanta and their activities included murder, attempted murder, robbery, kidnapping, witness tampering, and narcotics distribution. Former City of Atlanta Police Officer David Alan Freeman previously pleaded guilty to civil rights violations he committed as an associate of the Diablos.
Sentencing has been set before United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell on June 15, 2005, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
This case was investigated by Special Agents of the ATF, FBI, and the Atlanta Police Department.
Assistant United States Attorneys Yonette Buchanan and Joseph Plummer prosecuted the case.
For further information please contact David E. Nahmias, United States Attorney or F. Gentry Shelnutt, Criminal Division Chief, through Patrick Crosby, Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Attorney's Office, at (404) 581-6016. The Internet address for the HomePage for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia is www.usdoj.gov/usao/gan.