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A Queens gang leader who killed a rival over the theft of popular drill rapper Shawny Binladen’s gold chain learned the steep price of revenge: two life sentences for the 2019 murder. Christopher Acevedo, 28, the founder and leader of the Wood City gang in Queens, was staring down mandatory life in prison after a jury convicted him of the racketeering murder of David Hutchinson in May. On ...
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A jury found Christian Acevedo, the leader of the Bloods-affiliated Wood City Gang, guilty of murder in aid of racketeering and causing death through the use of a firearm after a three-week trial in Brooklyn Federal Court.
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) – The leader of a Queens street gang was convicted of murder and racketeering in federal court Monday evening for killing a rival gang associate over a stolen necklace. U.S. Attorney Breon Peace and his team said 28-year-old Christopher Acevedo, the leader of the “Wood City” gang based in Jamaica, Queens, was […]
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Jury selection is slated to begin this week for the Brooklyn Federal Court trial of Christian Acevedo, 28, who the feds say led the Bloods-affiliated Wood City gang in Queens for the August 2019 murder of rival gang member David Hutchinson.