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Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Yahoo
Bridgeport gangster gets 25 years for a murder, multiple shootings and racketeering offenses
A member of a violent Bridgeport drug gang was sentenced to 25 years in prison in federal court Monday for killing a rival gangster and a rash of other shootings as part of a continuing fight for control of the city drug trade. Federal prosecutors said Trevon Wright, 23, a member of Bridgeport's East End Gang, was charged with racketeering in connection with a multi-law enforcement agency investigation of gang violence. The prosecutors said that, on Aug. 23, 2019, Wright shot and wounded a rival gangster and his girlfriend; shot another gangster a month later; shot and tried to kill another rival in December 2019 and shot and killed Myreke Kenion in January 2020. Wright and other East End members are accused of at least six murders as part of a racketeering conspiracy that involved selling heroin, crack cocaine, marijuana and Percocet pills as well as using guns to protect the business. They also are accused of trying to intimidate potential witnesses against them. Prosecutors said the gang celebrated their crimes on Facebook and YouTube, something that has proven to be of value to law enforcement. Bridgeport Police, with assistance from state and federal law enforcement, opened a federal investigation shortly before the Kenion's murder. The day after Kenion's death, rival gangsters retaliated against Wright's gang in a brazen, day-time gun fight outside the Golden Hill courthouse in Bridgeport that wounded four gangsters sitting in a parked car. A jury convicted Wright and three associates, in December 2023, of conspiring to engage in a pattern of racketeering activity. Wright has been locked up since January 2021. Authorities said at least 47 Bridgeport gangsters have been convicted of federal offenses as a result of the investigation that led to Wright's sentencing. They said the investigation has cleared eight murders and 20 attempted murders.
Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Yahoo
‘Violent' Bridgeport gang member sentenced to 25 years in federal prison
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTNH) — A 'violent' Bridgeport gang member was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison on Tuesday, according to the department of justice. Bridgeport man arrested, charged with fugitive from justice, police say Trevon Wright, 23, a member of the 'East End Gang,' distributed heroin, crack cocaine, marijuana and Percocet pills, used and shared firearms and committed at least six murders and other acts of violence against rival gang members and other individuals. It was determined that in 2019, Wright shot and attempted to kill five people in rivaling gangs. In 2020, Wright shot and killed Myreke Kenion. He has been detained since 2021. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
