Bellport Bloods Gang Leader Convicted Of Attempted Murder

BELLPORT, NY — A Bloods gang leader from Bellport, who led a campaign of violence against rivals and even once arranged for the mother of his child to lie for him, resulting in a dropped gun charge, was convicted of attempted murder on Monday after a six-week federal trial in Central Islip, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.

Thirty-four-year-old Howard Davis, who goes by the monickers “Mousey” and “Mr. Fedup,” was the leader of Long Island-based G-Shine Bloods set, an organized gang that took part in racketeering, multiple crimes of violence, and narcotics trafficking, prosecutors said.

Davis orchestrated a violent campaign against rivals — issuing a standing order “to kill certain people whenever and wherever they were found,” as well as took part in “numerous shootings,” prosecutors said.

Prosecutors at trial elicited the details of injuries suffered by over six shooting victims at the hands of Davis and his crew, which financed its activities through extensive narcotics trafficking, according to a news release.

Davis distributed “large quantities of crack cocaine and heroin, as well as quantities of fentanyl,” and “evidence was also established” that he used guns to further his drug business and gang activities, prosecutors said. He was also convicted of obstruction of justice for “arranging for mother of his child to give false testimony before a federal grand jury, which led to the dismissal of a firearms charge in 2016, according to prosecutors.

The case against Davis was brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhood, which is a program that brings together all levels of law enforcement — federal, state, local, and tribal — and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make neighborhoods safer for everyone, prosecutors said.

They worked to develop “effective, locally-based strategies to reduce violent crime,” according to prosecutors.

Acting U.S. Attorney Mark Lesko said the jury held Davis “to account for his long and brutal reign of terror, consisting of standing orders to kill, the shooting of six victims, and the spread of poisonous crack cocaine and heroin in our communities.”

“This office and its law enforcement partners will continue their tireless efforts to eliminate the threats posed by violent defendants like Davis and dangerous street gangs like the Bloods,” he added.

Lesko said he was grateful for the law enforcement agencies that were involved in the investigation and prosecution of Davis, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Long Island Gang Task Force and Homeland Security Investigations Long Island Violent Gangs and Narcotics Unit.

HSI Special Agent-in-Charge Fitzhugh said the “infamous Bloods gang leader known as “Mousey” was convicted because of the “unrelenting commitment” of HSI’s Long Island Transnational Crime Task Force and its partners.

“Davis was arrested and charged with a litany of violent felony crimes for his barbarous actions, and now his conviction has made the Suffolk County neighborhoods he terrorized safer with one less gang leader calling the shots,” he said. “Davis clearly lost this game of cat and mouse.”

FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge William Sweeney said Davis and his gang “are the type of criminals who wreck neighborhoods by dealing potentially lethal drugs.”

“They terrorize communities by firing illegal guns without thinking about the innocent people they may hit,” he said. “These are the criminals who belong behind bars, and our job as law enforcement is to stop their criminal behavior before their actions harm anyone else.”

Suffolk Police Acting Commissioner Stuart Cameron said Davis’ conviction “highlights the outstanding results that can be achieved when local law enforcement works in tandem with our federal law enforcement partners.”

“His criminal activities endangered the residents of our county on a daily basis and his criminal activities know no bounds as he went as far as enticing the mother of his child to commit perjury for him,” he said. “I would like to thank all of the law enforcement officers involved for their hard work to put this dangerous individual behind bars.”

Altogther, he was convicted on 48 counts, including attempted murder in-aid-of racketeering, conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder, assault, robbery, distribution of controlled substances, obstruction of justice, and brandishing and discharging firearms during the commission of these offenses.

He faces up to life imprisonment when he is sentenced by United States District Judge Joan M. Azrack.