Juan “Cherokee” Robinson, 25, will have to serve 10 years before he is eligible for parole, Judge Robert Billmeier said.
Juan Robinson TRENTON — A Trenton man who plotted the killing of rival gang member on Ellsworth Avenue in 2005 was sentenced to 12 years in prison today.
Juan “Cherokee” Robinson, 25, pleaded guilty on March 4 to first-degree conspiracy to commit murder. He will have to serve 10 years before he is eligible for parole, Superior Court Judge Robert Billmeier said.
Robinson and fellow Gangster Killer Blood gang members Anthony “Ace” Coleman and Curtis “Rabbit” Hawkins were driving around on on Aug 28, 2005 searching for members of the Nine Trey Gangsters to kill when they saw 28-year-old Kareem Washington.
Washington was walking down Ellsworth Avenue after running errands for his mother, prosecutors said. Coleman got out of the car and shot Washington in the neck
Hawkins and Coleman were sentenced earlier this month to 15 and 20 years respectively.
Robinson was among 16 gang members charged for crimes that occurred in 2005, when the city had a record 31 homicides. The defendants were charged following “Operation Capital City,” an investigation led by the Attorney General’s Office, Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office, Trenton Police Department and New Jersey State Police.
Bernard “Petey Black” Green, the head of the Gangster Killer Bloods in Trenton, is scheduled to be sentenced May 31 on charges of racketeering and aggravated manslaughter.
Green, 30, ordered gang members to carry out a shooting that killed 22-year-old Sharee Voorhees. Voorhees was hit by a stray bullet as she sat on her porch. Green faces 26 years in prison, including 22 years without parole.
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