Alleged Miss. Simon City Royals gang leader indicted on racketeering
Jul. 16, 2013 2:06 PM | 0 Comments
Metro-State
A man described as the leader of a Mississippi chapter of the Simon City Royals street gang has been indicted on a racketeering conspiracy charge accusing him of attempted murder, kidnapping, bank robbery, drug distribution and bribery.
An indictment says 37-year-old Jason Marshall Bullock, also known as "Sir J-Mac," was a leader of the group operating out of the Hattiesburg area. The indictment was filed on May 29 in U.S. District Court in Hattiesburg, but the case was sealed by the judge until Bullock was arrested July 9 in Pensacola, Fla.
He made an initial appearance in federal court in Pensacola on July 10 and was ordered held without bond pending transfer to Mississippi. Jail records showed he was still in the Escambia County jail in northwest Florida as of Tuesday morning. He gave an address in Century, Fla.
A federal public defender in Florida who was assigned to the case was in court Tuesday and did not immediately respond to a phone message.
The indictment says the Simon City Royals gang was formed in Chicago and spread throughout the city in the 1960s and 1970s before branching out to other parts of the county, including Mississippi. The gang has been involved in murder for hire, gambling and drug trafficking, the court document said.
Bullock, who identified himself as the "Prince of Mississippi," sometimes traveled to Chicago to meet with gang leaders, the indictment said.
The indictment said that in 2006, Bullock and others conspired to murder Joseph Shelton, who was assaulted and shot. The court document said Bullock ordered gang members and associates to kill Shelton, but it didn't say why Shelton was targeted or offer details about the shooting.
Gang members also bribed a Forrest County deputy in 2008 to deliver contraband to Bullock while he was in jail, according to the indictment. The document doesn't name the deputy and it doesn't describe the contraband.
The oldest crime listed in the indictment was in 1998, when prosecutors allege that Bullock and other gang members robbed Citizen State Bank in Seminary, Miss. In 1999, Bullock was sentenced to a little more than four years in federal prison after pleading guilty to bank robbery, according to court records from that case.
He was arrested again in 2006 and pleaded guilty to a federal charge of being a violent felon in possession of body armor. He was later sentenced to 15 months on that charge.
Bullock has also faced numerous state court charges over the years, including grand larceny, selling marijuana, aggravated assault and perjury, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
He was most recently sentenced in state court in 2008 to four years as a habitual offender for perjury.
Mississippi Department of Corrections spokeswoman Tara Booth said he completed that sentence in September 2011.
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