Overview
- Federal prosecutors filed a memo recommending 50 years in prison, matching the Probation Office’s guidelines calculation of 20 years each for racketeering and assault plus 10 years consecutive for a firearms count.
- Kay Flock was convicted in March of racketeering conspiracy, assault with a deadly weapon, and using a firearm during a violent crime; jurors acquitted him of murder in aid of racketeering.
- The filing claims he led the Sev Side/DOA gang and leveraged a rising music profile to recruit shooters and escalate rivalries, citing texts such as “we just made 2 movies on the 8.”
- Prosecutors describe less than 18 months of violence tied to the crew, with multiple shootings, injuries, and deaths, including incidents in 2020 and 2021.
- Sentencing before U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman is set for Dec. 16, and Kay Flock remains in custody pending the decision.