{"id":103159,"date":"2026-01-17T09:12:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T09:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/103159\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T09:12:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T09:12:27","slug":"hyena-crips-member-pleads-guilty-in-brooklyn-racketeering-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/103159\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyena Crips member pleads guilty in Brooklyn racketeering case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DOWNTOWN \u2014 A BROOKLYN GANG MEMBER pleaded guilty in federal court to racketeering and murder-related charges, the eighth member of the Hyena Crips to admit culpability in a long-running violent conspiracy, according to a press release from the  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-edny\/pr\/eighth-member-brooklyn-based-hyena-crips-gang-pleads-guilty-racketeering-crimes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Eastern District of New York<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Richler Morette, 30, also known as \u201cBreezy,\u201d admitted to racketeering tied to a fatal drive-by shooting and to conspiring to murder rival gang members, according to prosecutors. Morette faces up to life in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said the Flatbush-based gang carried out murders, robberies and fraud schemes over more than a decade, including the killings of Leandre Mallinckrodt in 2012, 15-year-old Samuel Joseph in 2019 and Roodson Polynice in 2020. Court filings allege Morette reacted to the 2020 shooting with laughing emojis and messages stating, \u201cdon\u2019t care who got hit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seven co-defendants have already pleaded guilty, with several awaiting sentencing, as the case continues to wind through federal court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2730\u2730\u2730<\/p>\n<p> <a style=\"font-size: inherit; background-color: #fefefe;\" href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/whats-news-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wnb-read-more aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/read-more-wnb-shad-1024x341.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSd5hEdpXLwpeWAPMPmcmdn--vHz1InXjphFdhedt_prXKoVFQ\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ultima-reader-response.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<br \/>\n<a class=\"related-articles comment-link\" style=\"clear: both;padding-top:6px;color:#6cc4e8;\" href=\"#comments\" title=\"Leave a Comment\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/346180\/court-street-underwent-a-bike-lane-redesign-now-brooklyn-merchants-are-suing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Court-st-mess-04-Mario-Belluomo-250x250.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"\u201cI don't know how people are going to make deliveries,\u201d said Mario Belluomo. Photo courtesy of Mario Belluomo\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourt Street underwent a bike lane redesign. Now, Brooklyn merchants are suing<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOctober 27 |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrooklyn Eagle Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/353903\/city-chooses-california-vendor-tranzito-for-citywide-bike-parking-network\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bike-storage-Tranzito-250x250.jpeg\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"An example of Tranzito\u2019s small capacity bike parking. Rendering: Tranzito\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCity chooses California vendor Tranzito for citywide bike parking network<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDecember 3 |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrooklyn Eagle Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/332385\/city-officials-release-plan-for-expanding-nyc-greenways\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Greenway-map-nyc-250x250.jpeg\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"This map shows existing greenways and gaps where future greenways could be built. Map: NYC DOT\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCity officials release plan for expanding NYC greenways<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAugust 13 |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrooklyn Eagle Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\tLeave a Comment\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DOWNTOWN \u2014 A BROOKLYN GANG MEMBER pleaded guilty in federal court to racketeering and murder-related charges, the eighth&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[3302,98,100,99,303,47112,47113,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-103159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-breaking","9":"tag-brooklyn","10":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","11":"tag-brooklyn-news","12":"tag-crime","13":"tag-gang","14":"tag-hyena-crips","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-city","17":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}