A Brooklyn rapper who posted on Twitter about getting away with murder might have tweeted too soon, authorities say. Federal prosecutors have charged Ronald (Ra Diggs) Herron with three slayings, including one connected to his online boasts. Click below to read the rest of the story.
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A Brooklyn Federal Court grand jury indicted him on Monday for the murders, which prosecutors say are connected to his drug enterprise in the Gowanus Houses.
Herron, a gangleader who terrorized his community and made YouTube clips extolling his murderous crew, could face the death penalty, according to authorities.
One charge is for the June 16, 2001, slaying of Frederick Brooks – a rap he beat in state Supreme Court when two witnesses refused to testify against him after his associates threatened them.
Herron later boasted on the Internet that he “beat a body” referring to Brooks, authorities said.
“His Tweets were premature,” Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Monday. NYPD detectives worked with federal authorities on the case.
Herron’s drug gang is allegedly affiliated with the “Murderous Mad Dog” branch of the Bloods street gang, according to prosecutors Shreve Ariel and Carter Burwell.
After beating the Brooks’ murder rap, Herron participated in the slayings of Richard Russo in 2008 and Victor Zapata in 2009 at the Gowanus Houses, the indictment says.
Herron posted YouTube videos claiming he was the leader of a “murder team” and depicting himself as wearing body armor and firing handguns, court papers state.
“Ronald Herron and his gang terrorized a Brooklyn community for more than a decade and he temporarily got away with murder by threatening and intimidating witnesses only to return to the streets of Brooklyn to kill and kill again,” Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch said.
