Six Jersey City Gang Members Charged In Stabbing

JERSEY CITY, NJ — Six members of a Jersey City gang were charged in the August 2020 stabbing of a man on a busy Jersey City street, according to the Department of Justice. They each are charged by complaint with one count of assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering activity.

Those charged are listed below:

• Sheldon Mays, aka “Thottie,” 21,
• Jermaine Jennings, aka “Maine,”“Drill,” 20
• Divine Abraham, aka “Dee,” 21
• Jamil Bowens, 20
• Jaylen Boone, 21
• Yahsier Brown, 19

According to the Department of Justice, Mays, Jennings, Abraham, Bowens, Boone and Brown are members of a street gang known around the Curries Woods Housing Complex in Jersey City. In retaliation for a prior assault of Mays by the victim and other members of a rival gang, and as part of an ongoing feud amongst the two gangs, the six sought out the victim, assaulted him, and stabbed him in broad daylight on a busy street in Jersey City. The victim suffered life-threatening injuries.

The count of assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering activity is punishable by a maximum of 20 years in prison.