Monday, November 19, 2012
Robert Veal sentenced to life without parole.
Robert Veal, a member of the Jack Boys Gang was sentenced Monday morning to life without parole, following a 2010 crime spree that included kidnapping, rape and murder. Veal, 18, who was found guility on Oct. 11, also was ordered to serve an additional six life sentences, plus another 40 years, Yvette Jones, a spokeswoman for the Fulton County District Attorney's Office told East Atlanta Patch. The sentences are to run consecutively, meaning Veal will die in prison. On Thursday, Tamario Wise, 19, leader of the Jack Boys Gang, was sentenced to life, plus 14 additional life sentences, and an additional 290 years. The pair were part of a murderous crime spree that included: Whatley was sentenced to 30 years in prison plus 40 years of …
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Tamario Wise will die behind bars.
The leader of the notorious ‘Jack Boys’ gang, Tamario Wise, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without parole for his part in a reign of criminal terror that included the rape of a Grant Park woman and the murder of a Virginia-Highland man. The Fulton County Superior Court judge also sentenced Wise also to 14 additional life sentences, plus an additional 290 years, Channel 2 Action News reported. A jury retuned guility verdicts on Oct. 11 against Wise, 19 and a co-defendant, Robert Veal, 18. The pair, along with another convicted gang member, Fernandez Whatley, 22, were hit with a 90-count indictment that included: Whatley was sentenced to 30 years in prison plus 40 years of probation, Channel 2 said. Veal who did not apeear in was …
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Two defendants face life sentences, the third to get up to 90 years in prison.
A Fulton County jury returned guilty verdicts against three members of the local ‘Jack Boys’ gang, whose reign of terror included the rape of a Grant Park woman and the murder of a Virginia-Highland man. Tamario Wise, the 19-year-old gang leader; Robert Veal, 18; and Fernandez Whatley, 21, faced a slew of crimes in a 90-count indictment including: The defendants will be sentenced at a later date. Wise faces up to 14 life sentences, plus 460 years in prison, effectively ensuring that he will die behind bars. Veal also could receive up to eight life sentences, plus 140 years in prison, which means he, too, will die as an inmate. Whatley, who was not charged with murder or rape, faces up to 90 years in prison. The trial before Fulton County …
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Opening arguments are expected to begin Wednesday in the trial of the alleged 'Jack Boys' gang.
Jury selection is underway in trial proceedings against four men in the alleged gang-related murder of a Virginia Highland man in late 2010 and a crime spree that left a wide swath of Southeast Atlanta residents living in fear. Tamario Wise,19; Raphael Cross, 23; Robert Veal, 18; and Fernandez Whatley, 21, are each charged with a variety of crimes outlined in a 90-count indictment, including the murder of Charles Boyter in November 2012. All four defendents are alleged members of the 'Jack Boys' gang, and also are charged with armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape and participation in criminal street gang activity during a Oct. 19-Nov.27, 2010, crime spree. In addition to Boyer's murder and the rape of a Grant Park woman, the crime wave …
amiee taylor
4:38 pm on Friday, November 23, 2012
I knew them personally there were good people just really misplace in a bad society where what they did is means of survival where we come from swats is rough with no help if someone would help the community people would be better Mario was young just got out of prisipn less than a year before he started this "crime spree" he was not the only party whitney was his girlfriend she was right by side… more ›