9 Indicted In Huntington Station Gang Case Tied To 'Brutality' Across Suffolk County: DA

HUNTINGTON STATION, NY — Nine people, described as members and associates of the "Lowndes Block Gang" are facing charges such as murder, sex-trafficking, and possession of illegal weapons, included in a 53-count indictment, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said.

The “Lowndes Block Gang" is a geographically-linked group centered around Lowndes Avenue in Huntington Station that police said is comprised of members of nationally recognized "Bloods" sets.

Tierney, joined by law enforcement partners, said Thursday the nine are accused of, among other charges, two murders, multiple non-fatal shootings, possession of 11 illegal weapons, and conduct prosecutors said involved sex trafficking and prostitution used to fund the gang, including purchasing firearms.

Authorities said the charges follow a multi-year investigation led by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Cold Case Gang Homicide Unit in conjunction with the Suffolk County Police Department, the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York, and the U.S. Marshals Service Regional Fugitive Task Force.

Prosecutors said the defendants — Marques Scott, Kevin Donaghy, Shakur May, Kamoree Richardson, Joshua Brown, Justice King, Rashad Casey, Tyshawn Lopez, and Brianna Kuchar — are charged as members and associates of the Lowndes Block Gang, which authorities said operated primarily in and around Huntington Station.

According to prosecutors, investigators executed search warrants targeting residences, vehicles, and digital sources to gather evidence and intelligence about the group, which authorities said sought territorial control through acts of violence, including murders and shootings. Prosecutors said the grand jury presentation lasted four months and covered incidents from 2016 through November 2025.

Authorities said Scott, 31, was identified in the investigation as a high-ranking gang member who prosecutors said ordered acts of violence, including murder, against rival gang members and individuals prosecutors said were perceived as disrespectful to him or the group. Prosecutors said Scott provided firearms and transportation to younger members to carry out orders and rewarded them with elevated gang status for doing so.

Prosecutors also said their investigation found that Scott and co-defendant Joshua Brown ran a sex trafficking operation for several months, and that authorities said proceeds from that operation were used to fund the gang, including purchasing firearms.

Prosecutors detailed a homicide that authorities said occurred on Lowndes Avenue in Huntington Station in August 2021. Scott planned the murder of Luis Cameron Rimmer-Hernandez, 21, of Dix Hills, beginning in June 2021, describing him as a former associate, the DA said.

According to prosecutors, Scott and Rimmer-Hernandez were arrested together and charged with narcotics possession in Nassau County, and prosecutors said Scott became upset when Rimmer-Hernandez did not take responsibility.

According to the indictment, prosecutors said Scott conspired with co-defendants Shakur May, Kevin Donaghy, Brianna Kuchar, and Ramon Lyons, who was 14 at the time and described by prosecutors as an associate, to kill Rimmer-Hernandez.

On Aug. 9, 2021, at about 10:40 p.m., Lyons was with Scott, Donaghy, and other members on Lowndes Avenue when Donaghy received information that Rimmer-Hernandez would be arriving soon, the DA said. Donaghy shared that information with Lyons, and that when Rimmer-Hernandez arrived, Lyons walked over and shot him, killing him, Tierney said.

After the killing, prosecutors said Scott and May promoted Lyons within the gang, and prosecutors said Scott provided Lyons with another firearm so he could continue to commit violence at Scott’s direction.

Lyons was arrested Aug. 19, 2021, Tierney said. He was later convicted of Rimmer-Hernandez’s murder and sentenced to 12 years to life in prison on Nov. 13, 2023, authorities said. Prosecutors said New York’s Raise the Age law capped the maximum sentence in the case at 15 years to life. Until this indictment, prosecutors said Scott, May, Donaghy, and Kuchar had not previously been charged in connection with that homicide.

Prosecutors also detailed a non-fatal shooting they said occurred on Dec. 15, 2020, in Huntington Station. Authorities said Scott ordered Tyshawn Lopez to shoot a rival gang member outside an apartment complex on 1st Avenue. Prosecutors said Lopez carried out the order in Scott’s presence, firing several shots in broad daylight and striking the victim in the head. The victim narrowly survived, the DA said.

The indictment also includes three shootings aimed at rival gang members from January through April 2022 in Wyandanch, Central Islip, and Huntington Station, Tierney said. Prosecutors said Scott ordered lower-ranking members, including Justice King, to carry out shootings and provided firearms and specific addresses prosecutors said were tied to rivals.

In January 2022, prosecutors said Scott provided multiple firearms and encouraged lower-ranking members, including King, to shoot at rivals in Wyandanch. Prosecutors said 12 shots were fired from two guns into a residence on Levey Boulevard, and no one was injured.

On Feb. 2, 2022, Scott reportedly ordered four lower-ranking members, including King, to fire into a residence on Saint John’s Street in Central Islip, the DA said. Prosecutors said 25 shots were fired into the home, and a person inside was struck in the leg and taken to a hospital for treatment.

On April 26, 2022, prosecutors said Scott ordered two members to shoot at a rival’s window at an apartment complex, again on 1st Avenue in Huntington Station. Five rounds were fired into the window of an occupied apartment, and no one was injured, the DA said.

Scott was also charged in a non-fatal shooting that occurred on June 1, 2021, in Commack involving a former girlfriend, the DA said. Authorities said Scott became enraged after suspecting she was associating with a rival gang member, and prosecutors said he assaulted her and shot her in the face. She survived but required multiple extensive surgical procedures to reconstruct her face, the DA said.

In addition to the conduct prosecutors said was ordered and carried out by Scott, authorities said the indictment includes violent acts prosecutors attributed to other members and associates in the Huntington Station area.

Kevin Donaghy was charged in the Aug. 27, 2016, murder of Antoine Butts-Miller, 18, of Huntington Station, the DA said. Authorities said that at about 3:30 a.m., Donaghy opened fire outside a house party on 5th Avenue following a verbal confrontation with a rival gang member. Donaghy walked off, returned with a firearm, and fired several rounds down a crowded street, missing the intended target and striking Butts-Miller in the chest, Tierney said. Prosecutors said Butts-Miller was not believed to be part of the confrontation and was not believed to be gang-affiliated.

Joshua Brown was charged in a May 24, 2021, shooting in Huntington Station in which authorities said three people were injured, the DA said. Prosecutors said that at about 12:30 a.m., Brown traveled in a vehicle with co-defendants Rashad Casey and Shakur May to a residence on 11th Avenue, where prosecutors said rival members were expected. Brown reportedly fired five shots from the vehicle at a group playing dice in front of the residence, striking three people, the DA saiad. Authorities said all three sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to Huntington Hospital.

Prosecutors said May and Casey were charged in connection with a Nov. 1, 2021, shooting at Heckscher Park in Huntington. Authorities said the two drove to the park around 9:30 a.m. because they believed a rival would be present, then fired several shots in broad daylight. Prosecutors said they missed the intended target but struck a maintenance vehicle. Authorities said no one was injured.

The indictment also mentions a shooting on Nov. 4, 2025, in Huntington Station that prosecutors attributed to Kamoree Richardson. Authorities said Richardson shot a rival gang member outside a convenience store parking lot on New York Avenue, waiting until the person exited the store and then shooting him in the leg. Prosecutors said the shot struck the victim’s femoral artery, and the victim underwent life-saving surgery at Huntington Hospital. Richardson was arrested Nov. 24, 2025, with the weapon authorities said was used in the shooting, the DA said.

“Members of violent gangs, like all criminals, respond to incentives, and New York’s Raise the Age law limiting sentences for young offenders incentivizes the gangs to use their younger members to commit acts of violence,” Tierney said. “Here, my office convicted the 14-year-old who pulled the trigger, killing Luis Cameron Rimmer-Hernandez in 2021, but the Cold Case Gang Homicide Unit did not stop there. Our comprehensive investigation went after those who ordered, facilitated, and funded this violence. None of this conduct has any place in Suffolk County, and we are committed to rooting it out and holding all those responsible accountable in court.”

The DA’s office said Marques Scott, of Huntington Station, was arraigned Jan. 20 before Acting Supreme Court Justice Anthony Senft Jr. and remanded. Prosecutors said Scott’s top charge was second-degree murder, and he faces up to 25 years to life in prison on that count if convicted. Scott is due back in court Feb. 4 and is represented by Jason Bassett.

Kevin Donaghy, of Huntington Station, was arraigned Jan. 20 before Senft and remanded. His top charge is second-degree murder, and he faces up to 25 years to life in prison on that count if convicted. Prosecutors said Donaghy is due back in court Feb. 3, 2026, and is represented by John Halverson.

Shakur May, of Lindenhurst, was arraigned Jan. 20 before Senft and remanded. His top charge is murder in the second degree, DA said, and he faces up to 25 years to life in prison on that count if convicted. Prosecutors said May is due back in court Jan. 23, 2026, and is represented by Ian Fitzgerald.

Kamoree Richardson, of Huntington Station, was arraigned Jan. 21, 2026, before Senft and held on a $2 million cash, $4 million bond, or $20 million partially secured bond. Prosecutors said Richardson’s top charge is assault in the first degree, DA said. Prosecutors also said Richardson is due back in court Feb. 6, 2026, and faces up to 25 years to life in prison if convicted on the top charge. Richardson is represented by Christopher Gioe.

Joshua Brown, of Bay Shore, was arraigned Jan. 21. before Senft and remanded. Prosecutors said his top charge is conspiracy in the second degree, and he faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted on that count. Brown is due back in court Feb. 11 and is represented by Tara Laterza.

Justice King, of Huntington Station, was arraigned Jan. 21 before Senft and held on $300,000 cash, $600,000 bond, or $3 million partially secured bond. Prosecutors said his top charge is second-degree conspiracy, and he faces 8 1/3 to 25 years in prison if convicted on that count. King is due back in court Feb. 3 and is represented by Katherine Fernandez.

Prosecutors said Rashad Casey, of Central Islip, was arraigned Jan. 20, before Senft and held on $250,000 cash, $500,000 bond, or $2.5 million partially secured bond. Prosecutors said his top charge is conspiracy in the second degree, DA said, and he faces 8 1/3 to 25 years in prison if convicted on that count. Prosecutors said Casey is due back in court Jan. 28 and is represented by Chase Brown.

Prosecutors said Tyshawn Lopez, of Mastic Beach, faces a top count of second-degree attempted murder and is being held pending arraignment on Jan. 23 before Senft. Prosecutors said Lopez faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted on the top count. Prosecutors said Lopez is represented by Steven Politi.

Brianna Kuchar, of Bellport, was arraigned Jan. 20, before Senft and held on a $100,000 cash, $200,000 bond, or $1 million partially secured bond. Prosecutors said her top charge is first conspiracy in the first degree and she faces up to 15 years to life in prison if convicted on that count. Prosecutors said Kuchar is due back in court Jan. 28 and is represented by Anthony Rutkowski.

Attorneys for the defendants did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

“This indictment reflects the strength of the intelligence-driven collaboration among our law enforcement partners. Through coordinated efforts, dangerous individuals connected to serious crimes, including murder and sex trafficking, have been apprehended and removed from our streets,” Suffolk County Sheriff Errol D. Toulon, Jr. said. “I commend the investigators and officers involved for their work and dedication over the course of this multi-year investigation. This case once again highlights how our partnerships are essential to disrupting violent criminal networks and keeping Suffolk County safe.”

"This multi-year investigation highlights the danger of unchecked gang violence—a threat without boundaries that shows no regard for innocent lives and puts entire communities at risk," Catalina said. "Cases like these are precisely why we join forces with our law enforcement partners. Together, we are stronger than the gangs, and we will continue to combine our resources to dismantle them. I want to thank District Attorney Tierney and all the investigators involved in this indictment, because your commitment to justice makes our communities safer today."

“The brutality exposed in this indictment reveals the true menace posed by the Lowndes Block Gang, an affiliate of the Bloods street gang,” HSI New York Acting Special Agent in Charge Michael Alfonso said. “Their members allegedly did not hesitate to order murders, recruit children to kill, and exploit the vulnerable through sex trafficking. These accused predators place innocent lives at risk every day they remain on our streets. Through unwavering coordination, HSI New York is working with our law enforcement partners every day to eradicate these violent threats and restore safety to our communities.”