JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Jacksonville Field Office issued the following press release:
Jacksonville, Florida - United States AttorneyGregory W. Kehoe announces the unsealing of an indictment charging13 individuals-all alleged members and associates of the Slime gang-with crimes including racketeering conspiracy, drug trafficking conspiracy, murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, and retaliating against a witness. Slime was primarily active in the Northside and Oceanway neighborhoods of the greater Jacksonville area.
If convicted, the penalties range from 20 years up to life in federal prison. Some of the defendants face the death penalty for murder-for-...