There are 8 article(s) tagged Ghost Mob:

• October 2026

  • Members of Unknown Vice Lords gang sentenced for attempted murder

    Three members of the Unknown Vice Lords, also known as Ghost Mob, drew prison sentences of seven to 25 years each for a 2020 retaliation shooting in the city.

    By Mary Evans October 02, 2026

• September 2026

  • Federal prosecutors talk strategy in racketeering cases targeting street gangs

    The U.S. attorney for the Western District of Tennessee and the assistant U.S. attorney general dive into the ongoing efforts by the Justice Department to end street gangs with racketeering cases.

    By Bill Dries September 10, 2026

• September 2025

  • New federal charges target Ghost Mob again

    A new federal racketeering indictment unsealed Thursday in Memphis federal accuses six alleged Ghost Mob gang members of conspiracy to murder and attempted murder in the aid of racketeering for a 2020 incident firefight with a rival gang.

    By Bill Dries September 11, 2025

• June 2025

  • Trial date set for codefendants in Ghost Mob gang killing

    The case began with the Jan. 10, 2019, murder of the “supreme elite chief” of the Unknown Vice Lords Ronald Terry and his girlfriend, Candid Sanders.

    By Aarron Fleming June 10, 2025

  • Anatomy of a gang murdering one of its own

    Ronald Terry and Tim Johnson were in the same street gang and died five days apart in 2019. The investigation led to a guilty verdict in Memphis federal court last week and told the story of violence within the gang known as the Ghost Mob.

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    The changing political backdrop for the Ghost Mob case

    Shifting gang alliances make policing more difficult

    By Bill Dries June 10, 2025

  • The changing political backdrop for the Ghost Mob case

    The trial that ended last week in Memphis with the conviction of Ghost Mob gang member Vincent Grant for the 2019 murder of another gang member unfolded against a backdrop of political change in the nation’s capitol.

    By Bill Dries June 09, 2025

  • Shifting gang alliances make policing more difficult

    Police brass have frequently said that it has become more difficult to stem gang violence because underlings in the gangs will often team up, sometimes with members of rival gangs, to commit crimes.

    By Bill Dries June 09, 2025

  • Ghost Mob gang leader convicted of federal racketeering murder charge

    The weeklong jury trial in Memphis federal court ended with the conviction of Ghost Mob leader Vincent Grant for the 2019 murder of a fellow gang member.

    By Bill Dries June 06, 2025