A member of a Jersey City gang associated with the Marion Gardens Housing Complex was sentenced today to 234 months in prison for racketeering, violent crimes in aid of racketeering, drug trafficking, and firearms offenses.Jervon Morris, aka “Sticky,” 35, of Jersey City, New Jersey, had previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Claire C. Cecchi in Newark federal court to racketeering conspiracy and related crimes.According to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger, Morris and his co-defendants were all associates of the neighborhood street gang associated with the housing complex where the gang routinely distributed cocaine, heroin and other controlled substances.Gang members also engaged in acts of violence, including assaults, shootings, and murders, which targeted rival gang members and others.On July 28, 2011, Morris, Kevin Williams, aka “KK,” aka “Kay Kay,” 31, and other members of the Marion Gardens street gang, murdered a victim in the area of Gifford Avenue and Bergen Avenue in Jersey City.In addition to the prison term, Morris was sentenced to three years of supervised release.Morris is the fourth gang member in three months to be sentenced.On October 3, Morris’s co-conspirator Williams was sentenced to 198 months in prison. In 2018, Williams and another gang member assaulted a victim in the area of Summit Avenue and Magnolia Avenue in Jersey City. On Aug. 21, Terick Rogers, aka “Moot,” 32, was sentenced to 192 months in prison. In 2018, he and two other members of the gang shot five people while celebrating “Meech Day” in honor of a dead fellow gang member. On Aug. 20, Hakeem Gibson-Madison, aka “Beanz,” 30, was sentenced to 180 months in prison. In 2019, Gibson-Madison and another member of the gang, traveled to the area of Grant Avenue and Ocean Avenue to target a rival gang member, at which time three people were shot at, two of whom were hit. The post Member of Marion Gardens Gang Sentenced to 19.5 Years in Federal Prison appeared first on Jersey City Times.