LOS ANGELES : 9 Alleged Gang Members Indicted on Federal Charges

Nine alleged Los Angeles street gang members, including four men described as members of a South-Central gang targeted in a highly publicized April 1 crackdown, have been indicted on federal weapons and drug charges, authorities said.

Laquwan Kenay Riley, 22, was charged with robbing a confidential informant of $4,800 and firing a handgun at him in April, 1992.

Curtis James Jackson, 38, also known as James Wilson or K.C., was accused of possession with intent to sell up to 16.8 grams of crack cocaine. Jackson, who has two felony drug convictions, was also accused of carrying a firearm when he was arrested in the Operation Sunrise raid.

Eric Dane (Skillet) Allen, 31, and David (Slow Poke) Banks, 27, are convicted felons charged with being in possession of firearms in the grand jury indictments handed up this week.

All four men are allegedly members of the Eight-Tray Gangster Crips, who were targeted in what was described as the city’s largest street gang crackdown of its kind.

Three members of a Venice street gang, James Aaron Brown, 26, Paul Eugene Jamar, 23, and Bernard Mitchell, 28, were charged with trafficking in crack cocaine. If convicted, each faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, authorities said.

Two others were also indicted.