A member of Dorchester’s violent Cameron Road gang was sentenced for his position within the gang’s operations, which included an tried homicide of a member of a rival gang.
Eric “Bubba” Correia, 26, of Boston, pleaded responsible to conspiracy to take part in a racketeering enterprise — generally simply known as “RICO” conspiracy — and distribution of marijuana in April. On Tuesday, U.S. Senior District Court docket Choose William G. Younger sentenced Correia to 16 years in jail to be adopted by three years of supervised launch.
The U.S. Lawyer’s workplace in Boston says the Cameron Road gang “uses violence and threats of violence to preserve, protect and expand its territory, promote a climate of fear and enhance its reputation.” That features the homicide and assault of members of rival gangs. Correia himself pleaded responsible to capturing a rival in March 2019 in an try to kill him, however his goal survived his life-threatening accidents.
Correia was considered one of 22 alleged members of the gang strung up on a 42-count indictment in Could 2023. A fellow gang member, Charod “Pachino” Taylor, 35, of Boston, pleaded responsible to comparable expenses final month.
ATF Particular Agent Gina Galantino wrote in an affidavit within the case that gang associates establish themselves with shortened or stylized types of the phrase Cameron, like “Cam,” “C,” “Camily,” and “Killa Cam,” in addition to gear from sports activities groups which have the letter “C,” together with the Chicago Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds.
Members and associates additionally go together with numerical insignia, with not less than one member sporting a “3-1-1-3” tattoo to establish with the third, first and thirteenth letters of the alphabet: “C-A-M,” based on Galantino’s affidavit.
