Bloods Gang Member Admits to Role in Area Murder

By Christopher Sheldon

A high-ranking member of the Sex, Money, Murder set of the Bloods street gang pleaded guilty on Thursday to a 2006 Long Branch murder.

Valdo Thompson, a/k/a “SB” or “Soldier Boy”, 28, of Jackson, plead guilty to charges of murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and racketeering in connection with the double shooting of Michael Montgomery and Keith Logan on Hendrickson Street in Long Branch on Nov. 21, 2006.

Montgomery, was a confirmed member of the Brick City Brims set of the Bloods street gang, and died as a result of a single gunshot wound to his hip. Logan, a member of the G-Shine set of the Bloods street gang, was the intended target of the shooting, and received a single gunshot wound to the abdomen but survived. During his plea, Thompson admitted to participating in the shooting and implicated two other men, Quemere McClendon and Carl Holdren. 

In exchange for his guilty pleas on Thursday, the State has agreed to recommend the Thompson be sentenced to 40 years New Jersey State Prison with the stipulation he would have to serve 30 years before being eligible for parole.

Thompson is scheduled to return to Superior Court Judge Anthony J. Mellaci’s courtroom for sentencing on February 27, 2014. 

For more information on Holdren, McLendon and other Bloods gang members see the Long Branch Patch story posted on Aug. 28, 2013.