Nov. 4, 2022 – Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced that a member of the 300 Bloodhound Brims street gang faces five to 25 years in state prison for a violent gang assault in Yonkers. After a weeklong trial, on Nov. 3, 2022, a jury found the defendant, Develle Coates, 20, guilty of Gang Assault in the First Degree, a violent felony, and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth Degree, a misdemeanor. The defendant is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 2, 2022.
On June 17, 2021, at approximately 9 p.m., the defendant hit the 33-year-old victim in the head with a glass liquor bottle, rendering the victim unconscious, on North Broadway in Yonkers. The attack on the victim continued as various gang members and associates repeatedly struck and kicked the victim.
The victim, who was transported to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, suffered protracted disfigurement, facial scarring, lost and chipped multiple teeth, and was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury.
The Yonkers Police Department arrested the defendant shortly after the incident and recovered a set of metal knuckles from the defendant’s waistband.
Twelve other individuals, including three under the age of 18, involved in the incident were arrested following a joint investigation by the Yonkers Police Department, the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, the FBI’s Westchester Safe Streets Task Force, the Westchester County Department of Laboratories and Research, and the United States Office of Probation.
The 12 co-defendants each pled guilty in this case. Nine have been sentenced and three are awaiting sentencing:
- Dior Moore, 19, was sentenced on May 24, 2022, before Judge Barry Warhit in Westchester County Court, to eight years in state prison, with five years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty to Gang Assault in the First Degree.
- Timothy Whitney, 24, was sentenced on May 26, 2022, before Judge Warhit, to eight years in state prison, with five years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty to Gang Assault in the First Degree.
- Perryon McKenny, 19, was sentenced on Aug. 18, 2022, before Judge Warhit, to eight years in state prison, with five years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty to Gang Assault in the First Degree.
- Latrell Murray, 23, was sentenced on June 9, 2022, before Judge Warhit, to eight years in state prison, with five years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty to Robbery in the First Degree, a felony.
- Darden Thomas, 22, was sentenced on June 9, 2022, before Judge Warhit, to eight years in state prison, with five years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty to Robbery in the Second Degree, a felony.
- Adolescent Offender, 18, was sentenced on May 26, 2022, before Judge Helen Blackwood in Youth Part, to five years in state prison, with five years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty to Gang Assault in the First Degree.
- Jahnai McNeal, 20, was sentenced on May 26, 2022, before Judge Warhit, to 3.5 years in state prison, with five years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty to Gang Assault in the Second Degree, a violent felony.
- Adolescent Offender, 19, was sentenced on Feb. 16, 2022, before Judge Blackwood, to 3.5 years in state prison, with five years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty to Gang Assault in the Second Degree.
- Adolescent Offender, 18, was adjudicated a Youthful Offender and sentenced to one year of detention.
- Vance Major, 23, pled guilty on Sep. 1, 2022, to Gang Assault in the Second Degree. In accordance with his plea agreement, the defendant will be sentenced to eight years in state prison, with five years of post-release supervision, when he is sentenced on Jan. 5, 2023.
- Drayquan Green, 21, pled guilty on Oct. 3, 2022, to Gang Assault in the First Degree. In accordance with his plea agreement, the defendant will be sentenced to five years in state prison, with five years of post-release supervision, when he is sentenced on Jan. 13, 2023.
- Peter Thompson, 20, pled guilty on Oct. 12, 2022, to Riot in the First Degree, a felony, and Disorderly Conduct, a violation, and is awaiting final disposition of his case.
The case of Develle Coates is before Judge Robert Neary in Westchester County Court, and all defendants are being prosecuted by the Violent Criminal Enterprise Bureau of the Trials and Investigations Division.
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Anna Young, Public Information Officer
(914) 995-6551
ayoung@westchesterda.net
