3 'Ride or Die' gang leaders head to trial, 9 others plead guilty - NOLA.com

Three alleged members of "Ride or Die," a gang that prosecutors say ran drugs in the 8th Ward and gunned down at least four people, will begin their trial Tuesday (Aug. Eight other members of the gang opted to plead guilty Friday, joining a ninth member who had agreed to a plea deal last year. Prosecutors in 2013 charged all 12 as members of the alleged gang, led by the three men who are now facing trial: Deloyd "Puggy" Jones and alleged "gunmen" Sidney "Duda Man" Patterson and Byron "Big Baby" Jones. The 20-count racketeering indictment, listed 10 shootings -- four of which left their targets dead -- among the crimes committed by the Jones' and Patterson between 2007 and 2013. U. S. District Judge Susie Morgan began jury selection Monday,... The Ride or Die members or associates who pleaded guilty Friday are Ervin "Nerky" Spooner, Romalis "Ro Ro" Parker, Nyson "Nycie" Jones, Tre Clements, Morris Summers, Tyone "Peanut" Burton, Tyron "Man Man" Burton and Perry "Yummy" Wilson, according... The indictment also accused Deloyd Jones in the killing of Corey Blue two days after Hutton was killed, as well as the 2010 murder of Rodney Coleman. Source: www.nola.com