A drugged-up Bloods gang member who killed five people when he slammed into them with a stolen car on Valentine’s Day was sentenced to 27 years in prison Tuesday.
Jamel Turner, 25, was high on marijuana on Feb. 14 when he plowed a stolen Camaro into a Mazda at 154 mph, killing it’s four occupants and his own passenger, who was ejected from the car.
Turner apologized during the sentencing, whining that “I lost a best friend in this.”
But a judge wasn’t buying it.
“I wish I could believe you,” replied Judge Fernando Camacho, adding he believed that Turner only said he was sorry because it was convenient for him.
The sentencing was delayed twice Tuesday, because Turner put in a last-minute motion to vacate his plea — but Camacho denied it.
After the sentencing, Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini called Turner a depraved individual.
“Those lives were lost for one simple reason because of the dangerous, reckless, depraved actions of Jamel Turner,” he said. “Turner was also driving high on marijuana. So high that the medical examiner said it was this second highest level of marijuana that they’ve ever seen in a living specimen…He all but guaranteed the death of other motorists… He’s an absolute menace and disgrace of a human being.”