Friday, November 16, 2007
News Big Meech to plead guilty
Posted by Mara Shalhoup on Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 6:03 PM
Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory, the alleged Atlanta-based co-leader of multistate cocaine enterprise the Black Mafia Family, is expected to plead guilty in federal court on Monday.
A flashy hip-hop entrepreneur who enjoyed legendary status in the city's club scene, Meech was indicted two years ago for running a continuing criminal enterprise, a statute created to take down organized crime rings.
The trial of Meech and seven of his 41 co-defendants, including his brother and alleged co-leader, Terry "Southwest T" Flenory, was set for Nov. 26 in Detroit. The details of Meech's deal — including the charges he'll plead guilty to, the length of the sentence he might serve, and any willingness he might have to cooperate against his co-defendants — have not been revealed.
One of the seven co-defendants scheduled for trial Nov. 26 pleaded guilty yesterday. The fates of the remaining six are unclear.
Meech's guilty plea will mark a milestone in a 15-year investigation into BMF — an investigation that ultimately led to 150 suspects being charged in more than a dozen indictments in seven states. BMF associates also have been implicated in several high-profile murders, and several investigations into the crew are ongoing.
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Its interesting to see if his code has changed his article or THEIR article implies that he's cooperating like his co-defendents. If so its a disgrace....Now THEIR LIES are now truths. What happened to "DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR" so now Big Meech is now "LIL MEECH"...
Fuck coward ass niggas like Muhammed. I bet you wouldn't say that shit to Meech's face. Matter of fact, I bet your bitch ass wouldn't even say that shit to my face. Just because he's pleading guilty doesn't mean he is co-operating with the alphabet boys. It means he's taking his charges like a man. You wouldn't understand shit about the code of the streets youf fuckin internet nerd.
..thats funny code of the streets....ain't no code but saving your own ass...i ain't saying he's gonna flip on the rest of his click or his supplier...but you sound like your 13 years old....maybe that dude is a nerd but at least he could sleep good and not have to look over his shoulder for police or people he got issues with...everybody ain't a gangsta son, and i have to say being "gangsta" is the most over hyped in thing in America right now.....alot of my values is straight from the curb...but you only got 2 options if putting in work in the streets and they got a 6x10 cell waiting for your punk ass......so act tough and ignorant man see how far it gets you......thats shit wack....unless of coarse you prefer sleeping next to a man instead of a woman.....
F*ck what you guys say..Meech would NEVER cooperate w/ the ABC boys! NEVER...he is just ready for all this to be over. He has been in jail for 2 years. He is ready to accept his fate and do his time like a real man. The same w/ J.BO. So before you internet NOBODIES decide to open your mouth like you know this man please think first. Meech is 1OO% w/ everything. A real soldier, I will pray for him and the rest of the REAL BMF family who are standing like real men through this whole thing.
Why do we over hype the whole drug and murder case? All you have is tow brother that live theirs on the edge for fitfhteen years ,now it\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s time to pay theirs dues. Wheather he(big meech) man up or not is very irrelevant to this particular situation. The real lesson is how we never follow the same misstake these brother have made!
u cant be mad at meech unless he snitch.i personally believe in my heart he gone cop out to like 30 years no cooperation at all.and be home in his early 60s.hey its better than getting life.trust me he sitting in that building watching the feds mashing niggas out all day and weighing his options just as i did.the goverment has a 95% conviction rate.aint nobody beatin the feds.unless its some clown asse studio gangsters case like irv & lorenzo had.i would be surprised and deeply disappointed if he started cooperating.he gone keep it 100 though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!newark,new jersey
KEEP ON PUSHIN BIG MEECH FUCK THEM HATERS I KNOW YOU A REAL NIGGA CUZ I PARTY WITH YOU AND YO CREW A FEW TIMES MOST OF THESE HATING ASS NIGGAZ WISH THEY COULD HAVE DONE THE SHIT YOU DONE
Ya'll keep saying he's going to snitch, but look at his alleged "right hand man" J-Bo. They gave him 30 years if he plead guilty and he took it like a man. 30 years in the federal system (no parole) is a life sentence at their age. Demetrius had a great run and he lived a life most people will only dream of and he DID IT HIS WAY. He will forever be missed.
BIG MEECH is an american gangster.. He made a very smart choice by pleading guilty because if he didnt he most likely wiould've have to spend the rest of his natural life in jail.
Ziploc Moe you punk b*tch f*ck u and who made you, no nerd here lame... like i said illiterate THEY, again r the alphabet boyz ,and if THEY like i said are not lying like THEY smtimes do then for me f*ck MEECH if he work with them or any other sucka...Frank Lucas, Nikki "fag ass" Barnes and Sammy the bull or any nigg* like them. So like i say any nig** that condones it its whatever... and again DEATH B4 DISHONOR>I fear Allah Nothing else
"Woooooooow" at the feelings being caught by all these lamestas.....Get a life. Stop trying to live vicariously through a dude most ....if not none of ya'll REALLY know anything about. The streets do what they do and the system does as well....I'm pretty sure Meech know/knew that...so let that man walk to his destiny and stop commenting about things that you don't know nothing about (as far as specifics on this case or Meech or BMF in general) Heresay is so not whassup.Definately not a good look for a man.....As you were....lames.
Silence iz tha best recipee, especially for mudafuccas talking shit and dont kno jac. But Im cool cause I know hatsa got lipz too ..u kno how that go. But for u ignant coccsuccas, pleading guilty DOES NOT mean u working with dem faggitz, it simply means that you are agreeing to what they acussing u of, and that you smart enough to know that u cant beat tha feds no matter how much money you have, So for you butmunchers out there thats talking bout HE snitching, iz best yall just shut tha fuc up. For a minute I coulda swore it was all females on thiz bitch, tha way yall talking, but I guess thats how fagz talk........proceed
fucc tha government as a business,staff and as a mudafucking crew, and if you wana work for them coc.succas then fucc you too. Get money or kill ya self, we been gettn money and itz neva gon stop, no matter what tha fucc they do. For every one gansta they lock up, itz ten more born that same they so guess whut, we laughing at yall pussyasses, real talk I am tha streets nigga. Crime iz a factor mudafuccas and we designed it, so yall cheese eating bastards thats working with them coccsuccas eat a dic and die slow u faggitz. D M W thats what yall are....now figga tha out pussys........
Isn't the reason why BMF got taken down was because of Meech? And now he is pleading guilty all of a sudden. I smell fed cooperation. I guess I'll sit back and watch all the high profile people and government officials who got rich with BMF go down as this whole thing unfolds. Oh, and just because you were in the same club with Meech a couple of times doesn't mean you partied with him. Stop frontin'.
whats crazy about all this they hv so much shit on terry but lilttle on meech but they wont let him split the trial so bottom line he fucked. if u read between the lines meech is being raIl roaded, as the ABC boys do , their going 2 throw so much shit up against the wall sumthing will stick. meech is a real nigga who got mad love on the streets due to the fact he spreaD the love. so b 4 niggas go hatin on the man ubderstand him first. what kinda nigga got his right hand men taking 30 years 3 him left n right wow
Big Meech is what he is BIG MEECH he stood up he's true soldier what else can I say he took his plea with no cooperation
Being i live uptop(NYC) i had to comment on this..The Realest Nicca alive !! He will take his plea like a man,most you weak niccas would snitch for a skid-bid so you niccas comments aint about nothing,nor have you experienced anything liek what Meech and other dudes like myself have,we lived life nicca you are the walking dead-pick your poisen!!! BMF for life!! Loyalty Means Everything!!
How did I know this thread would be full of illiterate morons spouting about the "code". Meech is a criminal who made millions from the misery of others and led an organization responsible for murder of innocent people. He probably he realized he would live longer in the lockup than the street, because, if he had walked, the REAL "gangtas" would have sliced his throat open or put a bullet in his head. The REAL "gangsta" is the supplier that "Big" Meech worked for slinging their poison. To them, he was just a two bit street huslter. An employee, no better.
I must reply to this woman Dale I'm sure its a woman one way or the other, 1st of all you people dont even understand how these people will blatantly lie so you we as a people cant have anything. The man's empire was reportedly worth 230 million sorry thats no chump change check your bank account. But maybe your a billionaire...yeah right someone jealous or someone that probally just hate themselves. Its just funny how our people convict each other, and the government and people of no color get slaps on the wrist for same crimes I dont understand how you could be so dumb. These laws are against us period but i guess you dont see the white people on the news for the samething ,ask yourself why, and its not because they dont do it THEY DONT PUT IT ON THE NEWS!
I was comparing him to his bosses (the coke suppliers), not me. Learn to read AND comprehend, genius. Over $ 230 million? Not even close. He sold that much blow, that is not net worth. He was worth what he had in his pockets, bank and land when he got busted. The lawyers will suck most of that dry and maybe that's why he plead. Simple way to not have the government put you in jail (just like us white guys).....don't be a dumbass murdering coke dealer. Dumbass? Yes, spending $ 50k in a night club, flying high and being a playa, killing people in parking lots, etc etc DUMB. I asked an FBI agent once how they catch the smart pnes. He said, "We don't". Maybe that's why the white guys don't go to jail, no "gangsta" stereotype to make you feel like a real man. We as a people can't have anything? What an insult to the millions of black Americans who are doing it right, working hard and living clean to build a better world. Your people convict each other? Two responses.... some people see guilt and innocence, not color...good for them. Second, convict each other, like OJ?? Ever tried to get someone to cooperate in a criminal investigation? Please.... all that "code" bull. Several people on this post have copped out with this conspiracy crap and that makes them the biggest punks. Auburn Avenue was a thriving business district during the most oppresive laws and segregation, but they didn't buy this loser crap about "The Man". Giving up and being a criminal is easy, staying straight and legal takes discipline every single day of your life. May not make millions, but you leave the world (your children, neighborhood, yourself) a better place. That's ok, tell yourself you can't make it and you never will. Loser.
he is snitching or else with these charges he would be doing life.
niggas big meech is doing what frank lucas did free big meech whatch american gansta anit no man befor him no man now can do what he has done he had respect from jay z puff daddy eveybody get bmf dvd detroit all day
Yall mf's make me sick on this site, so quick to give your stupid and ignorant opinions when you don't even know the dam* half of the truth. Yall always trying to stamp someone as guilty before it's even proven. What you DON'T know is that when your indicted in situations like this, it's basically a no win situation if you take something like this to trial because they'll bring people who are currently incarcerated or someone who may be a co-defendant to cooperate or lie to get their time reduced which makes someone like Meech look like a cold hearted killing drug lord..in which I bet you he's not. There are thousands of black men in jail because of this, guys who may have sold an ounce of cocaine and received 20 yrs. I read a story about a guy who introduced a friend of his to another who was a drug dealer and got life and he had never sold a drug in his life, he was in college! So, I'm saying all that to say Meech knew what was best for him and anybody in their right mind would have pleaded guilty to get a reduced sentence and not go to trial to get 60 years or life. CED you don't have a clue bless your heart you wouldn't know unless it happened to your son if you have one or maybe another family member of yours you care about. You guys need to stop reading so much into this stuff it's all a big lie. You think they really care about how much crack or cocaine affects the black community because that's who mostly smokes the crack. It's only a problem because black men are making millions of tax free dollars and THEY are not getting paid from it. How the hel* do you think drugs get into America c'mon people wake up...yall SLEEP!
EVERBODY STOP THIS MADNESS! IF HE SNITCHED OR NOT, IT WILL COME OUT SOONER OR LATER! IF HE DID, THAT\\\'S ON HIM!!! EVERYBODY QUICK TO TALK ABOUT THEY WONT TELL, WELL THAT\\\'S EASY TO SAY UNTIL THE PRESSURE IS ON YOUR NECK!!! THE GOVERMENT IS DIRTY. YOU CAN BE A 100% SOLID NIGGA BUT SENSE YOU WONT SNITCH THEY INDICT YOUR MOTHER AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS & CHARGE THEM WITH MONEY LAUNDERING BECAUSE THEY SPENT DIRTY MONEY OR JUST WAS AROUND YOU!!! THEY GONNA PUT YOUR MAMA AWAY FOR 10-20 YEARS!!! WHAT YOU GONNA DO? ALL OF YOU HARDCORE WANNA BE GANGSTERS? SAY WHAT YOU WANT NIGGA EVERY REAL NIGGA GONNA DO WHATEVER TO FREE MAMA!!! IF YOU SAY YOU WONT SNITCH TO FREE YOUR MAMA, THEN NOT ONLY ARE YOU A LYING LIL BITCH, BUT YOU COULDN\\\'T REALLY LOVE YOUR MAMA!!! I DID FED TIME 7 FLAT, & I SEEN HOW THEY PLAY WITH YOUR FAMILY BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU DID. FAKE MOTHERFUCKERS KILL ME!!! I GOT LOVE FOR ALL MY PEOPLE NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO, AS LONG AS IT DOESN\\\'T DIRECTLY AFFECT ME! UNLESS YOU DID FED TIME BEFORE, & YOU KNOW ABOUT IT. SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! GET A LIFE. ALL OF THE BROTHERS IN THE STRUGGLE, HOLD YOUR HEAD HOMIES! GOD FORGIVES! GOD GOT YOU!!!
Some of you crack me up with this "Fuck the government" mentality, then turn around and scream "Meech is a true Soldier!". Pure comedy. And don't even dare talk about us "convicting our own people" when you've done wrong by your people the moment you've sold them death. Common sense. Wake the fuck up.
A near murder uncovered by officials led to a much larger scale crime. A young child who officials believed to be part of the "Black Mafia Family". The group was to assassinate the youth member after a large money swap went bad. In the beginning it seemed as though it was random. Michael Walter, age seventeen, was beaten and stabbed and left to die. Investigators were led to believe he was with the "B.M.F.". He claimed no knowledge of any such group. He refused to testify and acknowledge any actions that took place. The federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) were able to uncover the operations. Michael Walter was no longer needed and was cleared of any charges to be brought. In October 2005, it was reported that some thirty members of BMF were arrested in a massive drug raid orchestrated by the DEA. During these raids, the DEA claimed to have seized over U.S.$10 million in money, assets, and weapons, as well as 9½ kilograms of cocaine. It was also reported that prior to the raid, fifty members had been arrested and U.S.$21 million in money and assets had already been seized. In addition to large amounts of cash and assets, some 932 kilograms of cocaine had been reported to have been seized over the course of the investigation prior to the October raid. 2006 indictments On June 15, 2006, the U.S. Department of Treasury reported that 16 additional individuals had been charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and under money laundering charges under a second, superseding indictment, bringing the number of people charged in the case to 49. Included in this list was Jacob Arabov, popularly known as Jacob the Jeweler, a well-known celebrity jeweler in the hip-hop community. Mr. Arapeeno and the others named in the indictment are being charged with conspiracy to launder more than $270 million in illegally obtained funds. A November 2006 article in Vanity Fair details Mr. Arabov's entanglements with the group and also reiterates public information that has surfaced regarding the case against BMF.[1] The Department of Justice also shed light on more of the group's alleged activities in the indictment papers, which included running drug money through various banks, and money wiring services in an attempt to disguise its origin. The group has also been accused of obtaining several winning Michigan state lottery tickets from a third party, which they paid cash for, and then cashing in the tickets in an attempt to make the money appear legitimate. This indictment also seeks the forfeiture of "more than 30 pieces of jewelry, 13 residences, 35 vehicles including Lincoln Limousine, BMW's Range Rovers, Aston-Martin, and Bentleys, numerous bank accounts, over $1.2 million in seized currency, and a money judgment totaling $270 million." [2] 2007 indictments On July 25, 2007, David Nahmias, the U.S. Attorney for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia unveiled an indictment of 16 more members of the Black Mafia Family. [3] "The government is one step closer to eradicating one of today's most violent and notorious drug trafficking organizations", said Special Agent in Charge Rodney G. Benson of the DEA Atlanta office. The indictment charged all defendants with participating in the nationwide cocaine distribution conspiracy, which carries a penalty of between 10 years and life in prison, and up to a $4 million fine. Black Mafia Family once had billboards towering over Atlanta boldly proclaiming that the world was theirs", Mr. Nahmias said. "This indictment is a rejection of that claim. First in Detroit and Orlando, and now here, the government is shutting down the BMF's once-flourishing drug empire."
LOOK..... Everybody listen you don't know this man. You dont know what he went through. Why are you celebrating man man life like hes god or something. He's a human shit we all make mistakes don't we. All that matters at the end of the day is whoever important to you is ok in there life and if not how or what can you do ot make better. Live life for yourself cuz at the end of the day that's exactly what he did. Dont get me wrong but him going to prison left alot of people out to dry and to fend for themselves. Not that he wanted to or anything but thats what the consequence was. He was willing to make that choice and he did it. PERIOD!!! Now please live your life and let us learn how to live ours
ziploc moe your ignorant (and highly retarted) statements represent the kind of people that need to be eraditcated from the planet! this nigga sold death to his own people, was dumb enough to floss like crazy, and he got bagged! plain and simple! fuck him! he deserves all he gets! and pinky, youre another dumb mother fucker! talking bout he ready to accept his fate like a "real man" if he was a REAL MAN his ass wouldnt be locked up to begin with, becuase a REAL MAN finds a legal an honorable way to make a living and support his family! plus didnt this nigga rape his own fam? anyway, like jayizzo stated, way to many young dumb mother fuckers idolize this gangster bullshit! if you really riding for this clown, (or those like him) maybe you punks need to cacth a 20 or 30 year bid, so you can become cellmates with this fool, and give up your booty to him! after all, he a "REAL NIGGA" who aint gonna see a real peice for the next 20 years!
You know its sad to read the comments and realize the morals of individuals that exist in GODS world . An African American drug dealer selling to and killing his own , genocide of self , all part of the plan and yet the comments are pertaining to the fact of trying to determine if he's a snitch or a real nigga. He's a real ignorant nigger for sure , check the meaning of the word . I pray for the mothers , children , families , of those he participated in destroying , tearing apart , killing ...ect. what goes around , comes back around , and now starts his suffering . That thing called karma has a way of making you pay !
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