'Merciless' Bloods Leader From LI Sentenced To Life In Prison On Racketeering Charges: DOJ

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY — A Bloods street gang leader from Bellport was sentenced to life in prison plus 132 years for several racketeering-related charges, the United States Department of Justice announced Tuesday.

Howard Davis, 36, also known as "Mousey" and "Mr. Fedup," was charged with attempted murder, assault, robbery, distribution of controlled substances, obstruction of justice and brandishing and discharging firearms during the commission of the offenses, the D.O.J said. Davis was convicted of all 48 counts in the indictment after a six-week trial in June 2021.

"Davis and his violent gang tormented our Long Island neighborhoods for years," said Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, in a news release. "Today's sentence ends his reign of terror and demonstrates my Office’s commitment to eradicate gang violence that has plagued our communities for too long."

Davis was the leader of the Long Island-based G-Shine set of the Bloods, a racketeering enterprise that engaged in multiple crimes of violence and narcotics trafficking, according to court filings. As leader, Davis directed a "campaign of violence against his rivals," including issuing a standing order to kill certain people whenever and wherever they were found, prosecutors said.

Between June 2016 to Nov. 8, 2017, Davis ordered two shootings that left two people wounded; he ordered two armed home invasions; he actively participated in three shootings, including one where three victims were struck by gunshots, leaving one of those victims in a coma for an extended period of time; he ordered an armed robbery of two people; he physically assaulted a person at a bar, causing the victim to suffer a broken kneecap and broken nose; he sold fentanyl, heroin and crack; and he possessed "countless" firearms, the Department of Justice stated.

Davis also convinced the mother of his child to testify falsely before a federal grand jury, resulting in the 2016 dismissal of a firearms charge, officials said.

While incarcerated, Davis continued to commit crimes, investigators said. He incurred nine
disciplinary violations, including assaults and slashing a victim in the face, authorities said. In addition to those violations, on Christmas in 2018, Davis used the mother of one of his children and his infant child to smuggle narcotics into the Metropolitan Correctional Center, prosecutors said.

"Howard Davis's tyranny over Long Island has come to an end," said Christie M. Curtis, FBI Acting Assistant Director in Charge. "His myriad of crimes repeatedly violated the law as Davis used his status as the gang's leader to breed further criminality and gun violence. Today's sentence demonstrates the FBI’s determination to take armed criminals who threaten the safety of our communities off the streets."

Davis was a "prolific gang leader responsible for heinous crimes that terrorized Long Island communities," and he actively recruited other Bloods members to "perpetuate the same brutality," said Ivan J. Arvelo, special agent-in-charge of Homeland Security Investigations. "Today's sentencing has effectively stripped him of the violentpower he once wielded with impunity. As a result of the outstanding coordination between HSI New York and our law enforcement partners, this merciless gangster can no longer wreak havoc on our communities."