Newburgh Gang War - Story Of Double O & The Bounty Hunter Bloods vs Latin Kings/Crips

The City of Newburgh, New York is a city of less than 28,000 people in approximately four square miles, located on a beautiful shoreline along the Hudson River. Nonetheless, Newburgh experiences what is usually the highest crime rate and violent-crime rate in New York State, and one of the highest crime rates in the country. Although poverty is one driving force behind this, another is the large amount of gang activity in Newburgh. In recent years, the two most dominant gangs have been the Almighty Nation of Latin Kings and Queens and the Bloods. The Bloods, which are much less organized than the Latin Kings, are subdivided into a number of sets. The Bloods controlled large areas of Newburgh north of Broadway, while the Latin Kings controlled large areas south of Broadway. The gangs made money primarily through the sale of drugs, in particular, in the case of the Bloods, crack cocaine (although the Bloods occasionally sold other drugs as well). The Bloods is a nationwide criminal organization that is organized into sub-groups known as sets. Among the sets operating in Newburgh New York, were the Bounty Hunter Bloods, G-Shine, 5 9 Brim, Sex Money Murder, Stone, and the 9 Trey Bloods. Although members of the Newburgh Bloods belonged to different sets, these individuals and sets often coordinated, collaborated, and worked together and with each other as a single organization. Within sets of the Newburgh Bloods, certain individuals had actual or perceived rank, which meant that they were among the leaders of their sets. For example, Dubbalow was the leader of the Bounty Hunter Bloods. Additionally, Dubbalow had the hood, which meant that he was the leader of all of the Bloods in Newburgh, irrespective of set. Newburgh Bloods with rank could, and did, call meetings of all the Newburgh Bloods at which attendance was mandatory. At these meetings, members discussed, among other things, their criminal activities. Members with rank could also direct punishments against other members or against non-members. They referred to a person who had been targeted for an assault, robbery, or murder as food, or a plate.