Young Boys Incorporated

 

 

   Highly Structured Corporate Drug Gang

 

 

          Instigated on Prairie and Puritan

 

 

       

 

          10-Speed fleet distributed heroin

 

 

            Ruled the streets with ruthless efficiency

 

 

Principal activity of YBI - purchase and sale controlled                                     substance primarily heroin and cocaine                       Used violence and murder to reduce competition                                    As YBI's fortunes soared, so did the murder rate among young                                                                   black males in detroit                             15-year old boy walked into a suburban Mercedes-Benz showroom,                         pointed to a black 500 SEL and announced, "I'll take it." He paid with                         $62,000 cash from a brown paper bag                                                                                                 Y.B.I. Blows      Atomic Dog     C.B.S.             Check Mate    China Four                           Dyno           Hoochie Con       Mexican Mud                      Murder One                    P-Funk   Raw Dog   Rolls Royce       Whipcracker       1984 Detroit's Most Notorious Drug Trafficking Organization      An Absolute Must Read       Butch in front of the Jeffries Housing Projects   Where   Girls skipped rope singing "Starlight, Hootchie Con, RD, one-two-three; Firecracker, Real Dope, Pony Down round and round . . . "       "1982 Gross Annual Revenue $400,000,000"     MY!!     Adidas Crew   Antonio Cromer       Army fatigues were worn by the Wrecking Crew     Before the Chambers Brothers, there was Young Boys Inc.     After Nancy Reagan's visit to Detroit she sent a task force from Washington to shut-down YBI. "Just Say No to Drugs"     Bernard (Shango) Stroble     Blair Wilson     Campaign Hat Worn with a Black Stripe instead of Red White and Blue, or no stripe at all.  Photos at the end of this page        11/10/82 Goins says he Shot Police Officers to Protect Friends     11/12/82 Goins Convicted in Killing of Officer       Carey Vincent Goins   "I ran up in a hop, skip and a jump"...   Shot First and Asked Questions Later   "I didn't give them a chance to explain"   Officer Green killed with a single bullet to the middle of his forehead   Woodward Avenue and Leicester       Detroit Police Gang Squad     Goins did not recognize the unmarked Plymouth sedan as a police car     Carl Garrett:   Bodyguard for Raymond Peoples gunned down on 6 Mile Road and Schaefer         July 17, 1984     Cedar Point:     30 to 40 Vettes drove to Cedar Point.  Including the other cars, it was an entourage of 80 like a parade, but doing 100 miles per hour and never gettin' pulled over     Charles Victor Obey:              "A-Team"     Charged with killing Ricky Darnell Gracey at the Troy home of Portia Sturdivant Jones. Gracey and two others were trying to rob Portia of drugs and money when she shotgunned him and called over the A-Team who tortured and finished him off with over two dozen wounds. Ricky pleaded he was sorry and begged for his life to no avail. His body wrapped in a plastic bag was found in an alley behind Emery, between Cardoni and Russell     08/11/84 Troy Police on Guard, Security Tight for A-Team Exam       8/14/84 Alleged Hitman Will Stand Trial         Charles Victor Obey Underworld Hitman     Connects included Bangkok Thailand   The Golden Triangle     Corvettes:                          Means of Transportation for the Crew which Butch Purchased for Everybody     Curtis "Kirk McGurk" Napier:                                                                             P-Funk Heroin                                                      Columbus-Lawton-Hogarth home base                                                           Known to carry a Sawed Off Shotgun                "I seen Joseph (Wamp) Brown standing on the corner of Concord and Benson and I shot him"   Brown was murdered May 12, 1983 the day after he testified in a drug case on behalf of Raymond Peoples                                                                                .45 Caliber                                                                 and a Semi Automatic Rifle                                Curtis “Kirk McGurk” Napier Drug Chief in Prison Since 1984   06/14/83 Two in Drug Ring Charged in Slaying   06/16/83 Alleged Gunman Sought   09/10/83 Cop Shot at, City Man Sought   09/15/83 Convicted Drug Dealer Hunted   10/21/83 Reward for Young Boys Chief Info   11/16/83 $2 Million Bond Set for Drug Figure   11/29/83 Drug Chief 'McGurk' Faces Trial in Shooting   12/09/83 High-Security Hearing Orders Napier to Trial   05/26/84 Holes in Case May Scuttle Reputed Drug Enforcer's Trial     Enforcer Hitman     06/02/84 New Trial Date Set in Shoot-Out   06/28/84 Judge Limits Remarks in 'McGurk' Case   06/29/84 Witnesses will Lie, Prosecutor Tells Jury   07/04/84 Reputed Drug Enforcer is Acquitted   10/19/84 Young Boys Murder Case Ruled Mistrial   11/10/84 Judge Likely to Dismiss Napier Case   03/29/85 Reputed Drug Enforcer Pleads Guilty to Shooting   04/12/85 Drug Ring Figure Gets Prison Term   09/27/85 Napier Guilty in Slaying   04/06/88 Five Convicted, 1 Acquitted in Young Boys Inc. Trial     Davis Family Group or DFG, The:     Reginald, Duane, Kenneth Ricardo (Ricky) Davis:   Heroin Suppliers 1977 - 1982   A family allegedly running an international heroin distribution ring     08/14/83 Horatio Algers of Heroin, The   01/20/84 Free Press Fights Naming Sources   03/06/84 Police Work 'Sloppy' but Charges still Stand   05/22/84 Judge Won't Block Reporters' Subpoena   11/27/85 Drug Dealers' Parents Indicted   09/11/86 Drug Ring Fugitive Captured at Hotel     Reginald - Top 10 heroin dealer in North America with connects on 4 continents     09/22/87 Reputed Heroin Dealer Sentenced     September 1986 acting on a tip, Reginald was arrested in an Ann Arbor hotel with 2.2 pounds of cocaine                                                                                   04/06/89 Defense Lawyers Fight Charges in '82 Killings     Dennis Franklin (nicknamed "Frank Nitti"):     "A-Team"     08/15/85 Robinson set the Bond after a Bond Reduction Request   03/08/86 Reputed Drug Enforcer Convicted of Murder   03/26/86 Accused Hit Man Gets 60 Years for Drug Killing         Dennis' weapon of choice     Dennis Franklin was shot six times in the back at a car wash on W. 7 Mile Road paralyzed from the waist down in an assassination attempt while awaiting trial Sentenced to 60 to 100 years for murder     Derrick (Papa) Dupree    out of the Brewster Projects:     11/12/82 Three Men Charged with Murder in Killings of 4   11/19/82 Arrest in Four Slayings   04/30/83 Third Suspect to Stand Trial in Slaying of 4   05/11/83 Trial of 3 Men Opens in Hart Street Slayings    05/25/83 Gun Supplier Convicted   12/02/83 Man Guilty in Drug Massacre                                          Derrick (Papa) Dupree     09/13/00 Drug-Dealing Detroit Gang is Focus of Film   1978 -1985 Drug Gang   08/19/87 Drug Ring Continued to Sell Heroin     (note to me...Henry Duvall former Wayne County Sheriff...aware of)     Diddley's Bar - Six Mile Road     Dwayne Davis:                                              Cascade Street home base           Expanded his part of the Young Boys' Operation to Pontiac and         Boston Mass   Upper-Level Young Boys drug dealer ambushed September, 1982 on Lawton near Columbus -  home base of Kirk McGurk over drug turf   Jealousy began to flourish between Butch and drug ring members   Dwayne wanted to put down a spot, he wanted do his own thang and felt he did not need anyone's permission. He told Kirk, "F*ck The Guy" (Butch)   Heroins:   Hocus-Pocus Magic Pac Man Uno Freak of the Week - BOGO free deal            Leader of H20 Crew   "Lieutenant"     Dwayne Davis a.k.a. “Wonderful Wayne” or “WW”   09/30/82 Killing of Young Boys Lieutenant Being Probed   07/26/88 '82 Murder Case Revives Young Boys Legacy   04/07/89 Drug Figures Cleared of a Slaying Count   07/16/92 Murder Charges Dropped   12/09/82 Enemy was Heroin, The     Eddie (Best) Gaston     Farod Mallory a.k.a. Farod Crawford:             Bullet recovered from a man was shot from      a .44 magnum revolver registered to Farod     "A-Team"   08/28/85 Suspect in 2 Slayings to be Tried   08/29/86 FBI, City Police Capture Rape Suspect After Chase     George (Apple Jacks) Blanks     George (Scandalous Butch) Young:   07/08/83 Suspect Ordered to Trial in Drug War Slaying Case     George (Scandalous Butch) Young     Henton Stinson - Y.B.I.:    Henton Stinson     Herman Amos, Butchie's cousin was killed August, 1982 for choosing to run his own drug operation instead of joining YBI and for being disrespectful              Kevin Wilson testified Jones used a Gold-Plated       .45-Caliber Semiautomatic Pistol     Herman Gardens:   Herman Gardens     How Detroit Gang got to New Castle   Photos of Operation Detroit - East Side Detroit Dealers     It was a Bad Dream     James B. Feaster:   "Lawyer"   08/23/86 Drug Ring Leaders' Lawyer Indicted     James Earl Butler:   10/02/84 Young Boys Figure Held for Slaying   10/11/84 Man Linked by Police to Drug Killings Freed     James Earl Butler      James "Pepe" Cooper:   James “Pepe” Cooper   Joseph (Wamp) Brown:   Fellow gang member murdered 12-May-83 near Concord and Benson after testifying     Julius Justice     Keith (Deadeye) Futrell     Keith (Kethon) Green    (The Terrible T)   Keith Green     Kevin (Lughead) Wilson:   "The Wrecking Crew"         Turned Informant   Sold his testimony just as he sold drugs, knew crucial info about a killing     12/12/82 Kids and Heroin - Drug Ring Makes Millions from Sales by Children   08/24/88 Ex-Young Boys Member Says Drug Gang Mowed Down Competitors   09/12/88 Ex-Y.B.I. Lieutenant Tells Tales of Brutal Ambition     Louis McClaine:   "A-Team"   06/14/86 Reputed Drug Enforcer Sentenced in Slaying        Mark Anthony McCloud:   03/13/87 Seven Arrested in Triple Slaying   03/21/87 Testimony Describes Contract Drug Killing   In the 15000 block of Coyle     Willie (Little Willie) Merriweather     06/18/88 Murder Case Dismissed as Key Witness Skips Court   02/02/89 Jury Convicts Reputed Hit Man in Teen's Slaying     Ryan Correctional Facility     George Cheatham     08/23/94 At Large   08/29/94 Seven More Charged in Aiding Inmates' Escape   08/30/94 Relatives Bungled Escape, Police say   09/09/94 Inmate Directed Complex Escape Plot, Prosecutors say   10/05/94 Guard Towers, Fences Planned at Ryan Facility     Macomb Correctional Facility     Mark Anthony McCloud One of the most dangerous men in Detroit Liable for several murders     Mark Marshall     Maurice Bell:     04/16/82 $100,000 in Jewelry Seized in Drug Raid     757 packets of Heroin seized that were bound for the Brewster projects     Maurice (Moe Heart or Mohawk) Gibbs:     12/01/83 Bribe Offer Claimed in Slaying Trial   12/17/83 Figure in Drug Gang Acquitted in Killing     Max Julian Fur-Lined Hood Jacket Worn:     12/21/82 Teen Shot in School for Jacket       Finney High School near Chalmers and Mack         Status Symbol                  Mercedes were used to distribute heroin      Milton David Jones:     Martindale Street home base    k.a. the Wrecking Crew     I'll Take You There   Dexter Avenue & Elmhurst Street      §848(a)(1)(A)   Running a Continual Criminal Enterprise    "Bank Robber"         "Big Boy"       "Boss"     "Chief Executive"     "Dexter Avenue Gangster"    "Dog Fighter"      "Drug Kingpin/Mass Murderer"      "King of Heroin Sales" "Oppressor"  "Organizer, Supervisor, and Manager of Drug Operations" "Robin Hood" "The Guy" "The Henry Ford of Drug Trafficking" "Violent Drug Trafficker"     Butch Jones a.k.a. Big Boy - Y.B.I. Founder 1978 - Present          Gray Ghost     03/23/83 Young Boys Drug Boss Surrenders   05/25/83 Four Others on Trial - Young Boys Leader Sentenced               8" barrel .357     05/26/83 Sentence for Drug Leader   07/04/88 Seven Charged in Slayings Linked to Drug Ring                    $7.5 Million a week in earnings     08/13/90 Drug Gang Founder Wants Another Chance with Kids   09/19/96 Telling it as it is Ex-Chief of Drug Ring Now Tries to Tell Kids Crime Isn't Worth it   07/25/00 How will a new Film Ever Deal with Bloody Past of this Murderer?   02/12/02 Hometown Detroiters Split Paths in Court, Life   02/07/03 Drug Gang Case may end in Death   02/11/03 Is there anything Redeeming in the Life (or Death) of Milton Jones?   12/11/03 Letter may Toss out Terror Convictions   01/13/04 New Trial sought in Terrorism Case   01/15/04 Details Give Credibility to Notes on Star Witness   02/07/04 Dealer's Letter Deemed Trivial   01/01/06 Founder of Gang Dodges Life Term - He Pleads Guilty in Homicide in Murder of Rivals   01/06/06 Death off Table for Gang Leader   01/12/06 The Strange Case of Butch Jones                   Linked to at least 68 Murders     03/06/06 Federal Authorities Probe New Book, Black Chameleon Memoirs                     Gained the attention of the nation and federal authorities     05/13/08 Drug Ring Leader Milton "Butch" Jones Sentenced on Federal Drug Violation     Narcotic distribution activities at several locations in the 3700 block of Monterey Street     05/13/08 Gang Leader gets 30 Years for Running Drug Houses   01/20/09 New Witness in Dancer's Death   08/17/27 - RELEASE DATE - Milton David Jones Federal Bureau of Prisons                       Milton David Jones      Dexter and Richton straight-up jump-off spot   Moe Moe:    Butch and Portia's son killed a guy before the age of 10 for trying to rob them   05/05/82 Police Aim More Raids at Corner Drug Sellers   08/02/84 Police Link Killings to Rejuvenated Young Boys Inc.    12/08/82 Police Swoop in to Arrest Alleged Young Boys Chiefs - Namelist Included   05/23/85 Pontiac Shootings Part of Drug War?     Monterey Street     Nate the Great (Raymond's brother)     Norman (Snead) Johnson:   Speculated to be a high-ranking A-Team member who was slain by his former cohorts 07-Feb-84 on Linwood                Used a 9mm Uzi     Portia Sturdivant Jones:           "Milton's Wife"      11/15/84 Fugitive Wife of Alleged Young Boys' Kingpin Arrested   11/15/84 Fugitive Wife of Alleged Drug Kingpin Caught   07/23/85 Drug Czar's Wife Found Not Guilty in Slaying                                                                                                                                                                                        Portia Sturdivant Jones       Raymond Canty:          "Author of The Autobiography of Butch Jones Y.B.I. Young Boys Inc. "      01/23/08 Drug Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison     Raymond (Baby Ray) Peoples:                                         "Enforcer"                             Raymond enforced with this Schmeisser 9mm Submachine Gun     Administrator   In his prime     Member   06/02/82 Alleged Drug Leader Ordered to Stand Trial   08/10/82 Young Boys Leader Critically Wounded   08/15/82 Fearful Witnesses Reluctant to tell what They've Seen   02/01/83 Possible Link to 3rd Death 2 Slain Women Identified   05/05/83 Freed on $2,500 Bonds 2 Reputed Enforcers Arrested   05/06/83 Alleged Enforcers Arraigned   05/11/83 Reputed Gang Leader is Free on Bond Again     05/12/83 Drug Suspect Free on Bond   05/12/83 Peoples Cleared of Weapon Charge   05/14/83 Drug Ring Sentence     August 09, 1982 Ray-Ray was beating Charrisse Jenice Jones in front of a home in the 100 block of E. Philadelphia near John R.  A man came to her defense and shot Peoples six times wounding him in the pelvis, scalp, arm and back    Sunday January 30, 1983 Charrisse Jones was found shot in the head and dumped beside railroad tracks near the New Center area     08/11/85 Slain Man Believed Founder of Young Boys   08/12/85 Reputed Drug Gang Enforcer, 29, Dies the way he Lived       In the 2300 block of Sturtevant between LaSalle Blvd, and 14th Street a few blocks from Central High School, Raymond was sitting in a 1981 beige Chevy Citation when someone pumped shots into his back   Neighbors expressed relief when they learned of his death   No one has been charged with the killing           08/16/85 'Lesson to Young People'/Ex-Young Boys Chieftan Buried    Raymond Peoples               Richard (Richie Rich) and Curtis Daniels:     06/16/89 Felon Guilty as Accessory, Not of Murder   Curtis Daniels     Rudy Davis - Former Detroit Police Officer 10th Precinct     Sharif Robinson a.k.a. G-Money:      01/19/00 Making Detroit Safer a Wake-up Call   01/08/01 A Brutally Honest Message about Violence and Gangs     Sid the Kid   Spencer Tracy Holloway:     "Enforcer"     01/10/86 Reputed Drug Ring Enforcer Arrested on Murder Charges     Spencer's weapon of choice The Israeli Sub-Machine Gun Uzi   Spencer Tracy Holloway Ruthless Killer   Spots:   . Brewster Projects . Chelsey . Flint . Grand River and Robson      (My grandparents lived on Robson off Grand River in the 70s.  My uncle was recently found deceased      in the home.  He had been dead for weeks)   . Gratiot . Jeffries Homes . John R and Erskine . Joy Road . Lawton . Linwood . McGraw . Martindale and Elmhurst . Monterey and Dexter . Pontiac . Southwest Detroit . Tuxedo . Warren and Bewick . Woodrow Wilson     Stoney Roney     04/06/82 Suspected Drug Ring Bar Raided     Ocie's Disco Lounge at 8202 Fenkell     04/08/82 Suspected Heroin Warehouse Raided     Sylvester (Seal) Murray a.k.a. S Man:   Seal used his connections to members of the Davis Family Gang for     Heroin and Cocaine   The Heroin Importer         "Supplier"     Colt's Combat Commander     Seal - Mr. Big - Drug Supplier 1978 - Present         06/18/82 Cops Seize $633,000 In Drug Raid     9000 E. Jefferson Jeffersonian Apartments   Drug money stash house netted $800,521 in cash   West side home raid netted $600,744           Five-Shot .38 Smith & Wesson Revolver     12/09/82 'The Enemy was Heroin'   12/12/82 'Seal' Rivaled Big Business, Probers say     Seal attended       12/26/82 '...Feds Everywhere.  It's Like Brother Doom'   05/04/83 Young Boys Suspect Monitored   08/04/83 Young Boys Chief is Given 15 Years   08/16/85 Ex-Drug Agents:  Boss Cast Slur on FBI Official   08/16/85 DEA Agent Tried to Link FBI/Chief to Drugs Witness   01/29/87 Lawyer Convicted of Fraud in Case/Related to Drug Deals   05/28/93 Jury Asked:  Businessman or Pusher?   11/16/93 Drug Ring Vet Charged Anew     Tenth Precinct          The Dog Pound, Former State Representative and Strip Club Owner Keith      Stallworth:                Also Please See John (Bread) Bass "Dog Pound"     05/26/01 Stallworth Investigated Again   07/27/01 Motive Cited in Stallworth ID Case   03/06/03 For Immediate Release   03/08/03 I am Guilty   03/10/03 Stallworth should Resign from Wayne County Board   03/15/03 Convict Leaves County Position   03/21/03 Former Commissioner Sues to get his job Back   03/26/03 Ruling keeps Stallworth out of Commission Seat   03/27/03 Go Away, Keith Stallworth; Sleazy Gambit Fails in Court Test   01/14/04 Former State Rep Sentenced in Felony   01/14/04 Stallworth Gets Probation         Keith Stallworth   08/19/87 The Young Boys, Inc. Drug Ring Continued to Sell Heroin     Timmie (Slim) Peoples     Tuxedo - As a young girl, I lived @ 335 Tuxedo in Highland Park between Hamilton and                 and the John C. Lodge Fwy. in a gigantic 4 family flat where I experienced A-Z                 the most obnoxious and terrifying living experience(s) that I could possibly                 live to tail, tell, tale     U.S. Helps Detroit to Attack Drug Rings that use Young     United States:     12/09/83 Crime Panel Told of Y.B.I.   01/24/84 Senate Panel to Hear about Young Boys     Unity Cab            Everybody came in cabs, 'cause if you came in cabs you could beat the case,  'cause any mf could have left the dope in the cab     W. Otis Culpepper:     "Attorney"       Butch gave his Attorney W. Otis Culpepper a 1976 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow             04/08/82 Attorney's Ouster From Case Asked   04/09/82 Squabble Over Attorney Delays Murder Hearing   04/14/82 Police Murder Trial Lawyer Ousted   05/01/82 A Victory for Goin's Attorney   05/05/82 Culpepper is out of Goins Case   11/18/85 Lawyer Acts for 2 Opponents    04/18/86 Grand Jury Investigating Defense Lawyer   11/10/86 Grand Jury Target Lawyer's Alleged Drug Use   01/09/87 Detroit Lawyer Ordered to Jail   08/22/87 Attorney for Young Boys Denies Income Tax Charges   05/13/88 Lawyer Guilty of Income Tax Evasion   07/16/88 Prosecutor Calls Lawyer Greedy - Prison Suggested   08/18/88 Culpepper Sentenced for Income Tax Evasion   Young Boys Inc. Ring - 20 Plead Guilty in Dope Trial      $7.5 Million-a-Week business with 350 Drug Dealers     Y.B.I. Colors Red for Blood - White for China White       Adidas Top Ten worn by Lieutenants     Y.B.I. Indictment Charges 26                                      Y.B.I. PHOTOS USED WITH WRITTEN PERMISSION ONLY   Sometime in 1981 - 1984, I watched a Young Boy get shot at a carwash located on 6 Mile Road between Greenfield and the Southfield Freeway Service Drive. I worked at a flower shop across the street and would nosy the activity at the wash         Flower Shop     One day a man pulled in for a wash.  I recognized him by the campaign hat he wore, the gold, the swagger, the ladies and the counting of the cash.  Whilst he stood on the street waiting for his car to finish, someone started shooting at him   Next thing I saw was him lying on the ground   Before leaving the area, the girls with him removed items from his pockets as he laid on the ground.  At no time did I see the shooter(s), just the aftermath   Talk about the 80s' streets gone wild?  Scandalous and barbaric at its very best...   Just think. On my breaks, I would go across the street and chat with the owner of the wash not even conceiving the danger I was getting in the center of...illusion (an image or conception of something actual or real that presents itself to the mind in an abnormal or distorted manner)   I got my ass out of dodge and did not return to 6 Mile; not particularly because of that incident, but all the ones that followed...       Boundless Detroit