2 Mount Vernon Gang Members Stabbed Man in Argument

MOUNT VERNON, NY — Two gang members from Mount Vernon were sentenced Tuesday to state prison terms for for assaulting a third man in April 2016.

At 3 a.m. April 28 in the vicinity of Gramatan and West Sidney avenues in Mount Vernon, a man was in a verbal confrontation on a public sidewalk with Joseph Ogilvie and Tremaine Gordon. As the victim got in a vehicle and attempted to leave the area, the two approached him and stabbed him multiple times.

The victim fled and was later found injured in the Bronx by members of the New York Police Department (NYPD). The victim was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center where he was treated for his injuries.

These defendants are both members of a violent street gang in the City of Mount Vernon, known the GMG gang (“Get Money Gangstas”), however, at times, they have referred to themselves as the “Hunnit Hustle Gang.”

Ogilvie, 27, and Gordon, 22, were convicted by a Westchester County jury in March following a trial before Judge George Fufidio.

Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced the two were sentenced to the following:

Ogilvie:

• Attempted Assault in the First Degree, a class C violent felony – 10 years in state prison and five years’ post-release supervision
• Assault in the Second Degree, a class D violent felony -- 5 years in state prison and three years’ post-release supervision
• Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth Degree, a misdemeanor – 1 year in prison

All sentences will run concurrent. Ogilvie was sentenced May 14, 2019.

Gordon:

• Attempted Assault in the First Degree, a class C violent felony – 10 years in state prison and five years’ post-release supervision
• Assault in the Second Degree, a class D violent felony -- 5 years in state prison and three years’ post-release supervision
• Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth Degree, a misdemeanor – 1 year in prison

All sentences will run concurrent. Gordon was sentenced Tuesday.

The case was prosecuted by the Investigations Division Gang, Firearms and Narcotics Bureau.