The Nine Trey Bloods member who was caught on wiretap planning to “super violate” Tekashi 6ix9ine was sentenced to 135 months behind bars. Jamel (Mel Murda) Jones, 38, was a “godfather” of the gang, making him the highest-ranking member on the streets, according to prosecutors.
A judge compared the Nine Trey gang leader’s threat to the Brooklyn rapper to Henry II’s famous line, “Will someone rid me of this meddlesome priest?” before delivering a sentence of 11 years and three months. Judge Paul Engelmayer said Thursday that while Jones had not been convicted of any violent crimes, the wiretapped conversation about Tekashi gave strong hints at bloodshed.
“You were literally telling your followers to go out and get Hernandez,” Engelmayer said. “It would have come as no surprise if your followers — your knights — went out and wounded him.” Jones asked for leniency before being sentenced, saying he’d been caught up in the gang life since he was 15 years old. In his defense Jones stated
“I’m quite sure if I’d wanted to promote gang violence that would have shown up” behind bars. However in April, Jones pled guilty to all charges.
Jones’ “heavy-duty drug dealing,” as Engelmayer called it, played a big role in the sentence. The gang leader sold two kilos of heroin to an undercover NYPD officer for $10,000 in Nov. 2018. Evidence showed Jones provided protection and transported large quantities of heroin and fentanyl.
Tekashi 6ix9ine is hoping for a light sentence when he appears before Engelmayer in December.
