Crime & Safety
Montco Drug Lord Admits To Trying To Kill Rival Gang Members: Report
He faces more than 100 years in prison. He is one of 47 arrested in the massive May 2015 bust that the DA said halted a "war."
POTTSTOWN, PA -- A leading member of a Montgomery County gang confessed to a judge in court Thursday that he attempted to kill rival gang members, according to a report.
Markel “Pudge” Harper, 22, of Philadelphia, said that confessing was the “right thing to do” in connection to a series of shootings during late 2014 and early 2015, the Pottstown Mercury reports.
Between November 2014 and May 2015. Harper, a member of the “Brothas From Anotha” gang, said that he was involved in four separate shootings in which several were injured and neighborhoods were terrorized.
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It was part of a turf war with rival gang “Straight Cash Money.”
Pudge was among 47 individuals arrested in May during a massive gang bust.
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