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53-Count Indictment Charges Nine in Lowndes Block Gang Killings, Shootings and Sex Trafficking

The district attorney says the crew exploited juvenile sentencing rules to deploy teens for violent acts.

Overview

  • Suffolk County prosecutors announced a sweeping case that led to the arrests and arraignments of nine alleged members tied to murders, multiple shootings and a trafficking operation in Huntington Station.
  • Prosecutors identify 31-year-old leader Marques Scott as directing violence and running a sex trafficking ring that financed the crew’s operations.
  • The cases link the 2021 killing of Luis Cameron Rimmer-Hernandez to the gang, alleging Scott and Shakur May planned the attack carried out by then-14-year-old Ramon Lyons, who is serving 12 years to life.
  • The indictment also charges Kevin Donaghy in the previously unsolved 2016 slaying of Antoine Butts-Miller and attributes further shootings between 2020 and 2022 to orders from Scott.
  • Authorities describe additional incidents including a December 2020 head shooting by Tyshawn Lopez, gunfire into homes, a daytime attack in Heckscher State Park and a June 2021 shooting of Scott’s ex-girlfriend who survived.