Mac Baller Brims Drug Bust: 12 Arrested In NYC, Prosecutors Say

EAST NEW YORK, BROOKLYN — A dozen members of the Mac Baller Brims — a group within the Bloods gang — were busted Tuesday for dealing crack, cocaine and heroin from the Pink Houses, The Bronx and in Maine, prosecutors said.

The twelve gang members were indicted after police seized drugs, two guns and a starter pistol in Mac Baller turf in Brooklyn and The Bronx, according to the US Attorney’s office.

The arrest was made after investigators — who were wiretapping the gang members — heard one member boast, “Can’t f--- with the Macs.”

Kevin St. Hill, 32, a ranking member of the Mac Ballers, ran the drug operation in the Pink Houses and bought his supply from Mario Rabb, 45, who sold crack and heroin on Webster Avenue in The Bronx, said prosecutors.

Investigators listened in on Lavon Barrett — the 31-year-old “Don” who has been running “the whole t[o]wn” since December 2017 — and St. Hill who oversaw operations in Brooklyn, prosecutors said.

The men spoke in coded language — referring to their guns as hammers and saying to use them was to “make a statement” — to discuss their movements in East New York’s Pink Houses.

Prosecutors identified the other arrested gang members as Mattew Berthely, 32, Felix Collazo, 37, Dwayne Davis, 29, Steven Gethers, 31, Terry Heard, 50, Malcolm Hogue, 25, Shawn St. Hill, 32, Shatavia Walls, 30, Charles Ward, 41, and Hassen Ford, 43.

Barrett, Berthely, Collazo, Gethers, Rabb, Kevin St. Hill and Shawn St. Hill could face a life sentence if convicted, prosecutors said.

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