Several Gang Members Charged In Connection To 3 Nassau Murders: Feds

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY — A 59-count indictment was unsealed on Thursday charging eight members and associates of a violent subset of the Crips street gang.

Three members of the gang, known as the Insane Crip or "ICG," are from Hempstead, and a fourth comes from Uniondale.

They are charged with crimes ranging from racketeering and firearm offenses to attempted murder and fraud schemes, federal prosecutors announced.

Akeem Chambers, 21, of Uniondale, also known as "Luca," is charged with participating in over a dozen shootings and two homicides between 2020 and 2022, including the August 1, 2020 murder of 28-year-old Thiasia Williams in Hempstead, the US Attorney of the Eastern District said.

Chambers was also charged with his role in the 2021 robbery and murder of James Diamond in Freeport.

Jalen Rogers, who is charged with over a half-dozen violent crimes that include attempted murder and assault, committed at least three of those violent crimes while he was wearing a court-ordered GPS ankle monitor imposed as a condition of supervision, US Attorney Breon Peace said.

"As alleged, the defendants participated in a staggering amount of extreme
violence that shattered lives, maimed rivals and endangered countless innocent bystanders on
Long Island," Peace said. "As of today, after three brutal murders, over a dozen shootings, hundreds of thousands of dollars of fraud, their chokehold of fear and violence over our community is finally over."

The three killings took place in Nassau County between 2016 and 2021.

Also charged:

Jahziah Dindyal, known as "JZ" and "Nine," 19, of Hempstead

Lesly Pardo, known as "Chop" and "Chopavelli," 26, from Mount Sinai

Rob Pardo, known as "Static," 25, from Mount Sinai

Jonathan Vazquez, known as "Chulo" and "Clutch," 21, from Hempstead.

A seventh person was arrested and scheduled to be arraigned in North Carolina. An eighth defendant remains at large.

"These defendants have terrorized our communities in Nassau County and now our residents can show a sign of relief that these criminals will no longer be able to inflict harm in our neighborhoods," Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said.