Ghost Mob gang leader convicted of federal racketeering murder charge
Then-U.S. Attorney of the Western District of Tennessee Kevin G. Ritz speaks during a press conference announcing the Justice Department’s efforts to reduce violent crimes in Memphis on Nov. 28, 2023. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
A high-ranking member of the Unknown Vice Lords street gang faces life in federal prison after a jury convicted him Thursday, June 5, of a gang-related murder.
Vincent Grant, 41, was convicted on the federal charge of murder in the aid of racketeering during a weeklong jury trial before U.S. District Judge Sheryl H. Lipman.
The jury deliberated for less than an hour.
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