8 Years For Part In Brutal '300 Bloodhound Brims' Street Gang Beating

YONKERS, NY — Another attacker involved in a savage gang beating that left the victim with severe brain damage will be going to prison.

On Tuesday, Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah announced lengthy prison sentences for three more of the defendants involved in the infamous 2021 "300 Bloodhound Brims" gang assault in Yonkers.

"The victim, who survived this vicious assault in the middle of our largest city in Westchester, continues to face a difficult recovery," Rocah said. "The prosecutions and sentences in this case demonstrate our commitment to holding violent offenders accountable.

Vance Major, 23, was sentenced on May 1, to eight years in prison, with five years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty to gang assault in the second degree.

Previously, Drayquan Green, 21, was sentenced on January 20, to five years in prison, with five years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty to gang assault in the first degree.

Develle Coates, 21, was sentenced on January 13, to 12 years in state prison, with five years of post-release supervision. Following a weeklong trial, a jury on November 3, found Develle guilty of gang assault in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon.

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On June 17, 2021, at approximately 9 p.m., Major, along with two other defendants, who were convicted and each sentenced to eight years in state prison in 2022, followed the 33-year-old victim into a convenience store on North Broadway in Yonkers, confronted him and then left the store.

Major hit the victim in the shoulder with a glass liquor bottle as he exited the store and the three chased him as he ran away. Coates then jumped out from behind a car and smashed the victim in the head with another glass liquor bottle, knocking their victim out cold, but the attack continued and the victim was repeatedly struck and kicked in the head and to the body by a crowd that included Green.

During the attack, which was caught on surveillance video, jewelry was stolen from the unconscious man.

The victim was rushed to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla. He suffered protracted disfigurement, facial scarring, multiple lost or chipped teeth, and was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury. The victim continues to suffer from short-term memory loss, brain fog and takes anti-seizure medication, in addition to medication for migraines which he now regularly endures.

Nine others involved in the incident were arrested, convicted and sentenced. The joint investigation was conducted by the Yonkers Police Department, the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, the FBI’s Westchester Safe Streets Task Force, the Westchester County Department of Laboratories and Research, and the United States Office of Probation.