Bridgeport Gang Member Sentenced In Racketeering Conspiracy Case: Feds

BRIDGEPORT, CT — A Stamford man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in a violent Bridgeport street gang linked to drug trafficking, shootings and carjackings, federal prosecutors said.

Amire "Mire" Newsome, 22, received the 180-month sentence Tuesday from U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport. He will also serve three years of supervised release.

Newsome has been detained since his arrest in August 2021, and he later pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy.

Prosecutors said Newsome was a member of the Original North End gang, also known as O.N.E., which operated in Bridgeport’s Trumbull Gardens housing complex. The gang carried out violent attacks against rival groups, including shootings, robberies and car thefts, according to court documents. Authorities said members also used social media to coordinate crimes and promote the gang.

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Investigators said Newsome participated in several violent crimes, including the theft of multiple cars during one night in March 2020. In one case, Newsome and another gang member, Tyiese Warren, dragged a man who tried to stop them from stealing his vehicle in Stratford. Minutes later, prosecutors said, the two carjacked another vehicle at gunpoint in Bridgeport before robbing a Stratford gas station.

In March 2021, authorities said, Newsome and another O.N.E. member, Jahaz Langston, conspired to kill rivals and opened fire on Interstate 95, wounding the mother of two gang members.

Warren was sentenced in 2022 to 40 years in prison. Langston received a 15-year, 8-month sentence earlier this year.
The investigation, led by the FBI, ATF, DEA, U.S. Marshals Service, Connecticut State Police and Bridgeport police, has resulted in the convictions of 47 people connected to Bridgeport gangs, prosecutors said. Officials said the cases have helped solve eight murders and about 20 attempted murders.

The case was prosecuted under the Justice Department’s Project Safe Neighborhoods and Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces programs.