Chicago Police reports: Chicago street Gang member and known Shooter, Mardi Lane, 34, Convicted for Murder and Attempted Murder

A member of a violent Chicago street gang has been convicted of murder and attempted murder as part of a racketeering conspiracy.

Mardi Lane, 34, was a known “shooter” and member of the LAFA street gang, which violently controlled territory in the Chicago neighborhood of Jeffery Manor.

In 2015, the jury determined that Lane participated personally in a homicide and multiple attempted murders.

In the course of a multi-district investigation, twenty other defendants have been convicted.

According to the investigation, between 2008 and 2018, LAFA members in Chicago and Duluth, Minnesota, committed multiple murders, attempted murders, robberies, and witness tampering while trafficking cocaine, heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine, and MDMA.

Members of LAFA also resorted to violence and intimidation to safeguard the gang’s business and keep competitors and witnesses afraid of retaliation.

During their investigation, law enforcement officials seized 34 firearms, a machete and sheath, approximately one kilogram of cocaine, seventy-eight pounds of marijuana, more than $190,000 in suspected illicit cash proceeds, designer clothing valued at more than $300,000, Rolex watches, and numerous pieces of jewelry, including two necklaces with 14-karat gold pendants bearing the initials “LAFA” written in diamonds.

The following twenty individuals were previously convicted in connection with this investigation:

1. Chicago resident Akeem Asad, 31, pled guilty to drug offenses.
2. Cottrell Mackey, age 29 and a resident of Chicago, pled guilty to racketeering conspiracy, which included participation in a 2014 homicide.
3. Chicago resident Dijon Fosten, 34, pled guilty to racketeering conspiracy, firearm, and drug offenses.
4. Chicago resident Martez Easter, 30 years old, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy.
5. Reginald Jones, age 29 and a resident of Chicago, pled guilty to racketeering conspiracy, including participation in a murder and attempted murder.
6. Carey Hinton, 30 years old and a resident of Chicago, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy.
7. Tony Parker, age 28 and a resident of Chicago, pled guilty to racketeering conspiracy.
8. Chicago resident Quentin Lucious, 32, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy.
9. Chicago resident Rakim Asad, 30, pled guilty to racketeering conspiracy, narcotics conspiracy, and a firearm offense.
10. Chicago resident Harriette McPherson, 50, pled guilty to drug conspiracy.
11. Chicago resident Derrick McNeal, 50, pleaded guilty to narcotics conspiracy.
12. Rashad Underwood, 46, pled guilty to a drug allegation in Chicago.
13. Deonte Bingham, 42, of Chicago, pled guilty to a charge involving a firearm.
14. Kelvin Everett, age 42 and a resident of Chicago, pleaded guilty to larceny and gun charges.
15. Gregory Blackwell, 33, of Chicago, pled guilty to armed robbery and gun charges.
16. Quincy Wright, age 41 and a resident of Chicago, pleaded guilty to larceny and gun charges.
17. In 2022, a federal jury convicted Jerry Peoples, 46, of Chicago of robbery offenses.
18. Rachad Lucas, age 42, of Calumet City, Illinois, pled guilty to drug and gun offenses.
19. Sincere Brannon, age 23 and a resident of Chicago, pleaded guilty to a gun charge.
20. Ernesto Madrigal-Garza, 34, from Chicago, pled guilty to an immigration violation.