CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A mistrial was declared in the trial of six suspected gang members charged in connection with the abduction and murder of reserve Waynesboro police officer Kevin Quick, according to a report from WCAV. The ruling came after the judge learned a list of potential jurors made it into the hands of a defendant.
The suspects, six men and women, were arrested after reserve Waynesboro police officer Capt. Kevin Quick’s body was found in February 2014 in a rural, timbered area near the Goochland County line. Prosecutors said four members of the gang kidnapped and murdered Quick “for the purpose of gaining entrance to and maintaining and increasing position in the enterprise, an enterprise engaged in racketeering activity,” according to the federal indictment. The indictment spelled out a crime spree the gang carried out over the two years prior to Quick’s death.
Online court records showed three of the nine suspects initially charged in the indictment entered guilty pleas. Daniel Mathis, Shantai Shelton, Mersadies Shelton, Kweli Uhuru, Halisi Uhuru, and Darnell Stokes went on trial, court records show.
The 99 Goon Syndicate, which is an off-shoot of the Bloods street gang, is accused of committing a long list of felonies across Central and Western Virginia. The gang carried out armed robberies, assaults, and distributed narcotics, according to the indictment.
