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Federal authorities announced they have charged over 40 gang members in Boston with a range of federal crimes including drug trafficking, racketeering and COVID-19 fraud. The Heath Street Gang, which mostly operated out of a public housing development in a Boston neighborhood, was also allegedly involved in shooting and attempted murder of rival gang members and recruiting juveniles living in the housing development to join the gang. It used the enticement of appearing in gang songs and videos. The first of the gang members is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday afternoon in federal court.

Authorities say the gang expanded drug trade routes from its base in the projects to the rest of Massachusetts, Maine and California.

The charges are part of a sweeping federal RICO case involving alleged members of the Heath Street gang, which has been active for decades around the Mildred C. Hailey apartments in Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood.

Dozens of gang members operating mostly out of a public housing development in a Boston neighborhood have been accused of dealing drugs, targeting their rivals in shootings and recruiting young people with the enticement of appearing in their songs and videos, federal authorities said Wednesday. Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy said the charges against the more than 40 members and associates of the Heath Street Gang included unemployment and COVID-19 fraud totaling more than $900,000. “One of the core missions of the Department of Justice is to keep communities safe, and the case we a...

The dozens of people charged are described as members and associates of a notorious Jamaica Plain gang.