Prosecutors said that through his tenure as the leader of East Coast Crips, Wallace presided over the gang's extortion of local businesses, numerous robberies and attacks on rivals while also running the gang's illicit drug business within their territory.
On Monday, the long-time leader of the East Coast Crips, a gang in South Los Angeles, was found guilty for numerous charges including murder, extortion and distribution of narcotics.
According to evidence presented during the trial, prosecutors said that Wallace was a member of ECC for over 30 years and gained notoriety within the gang as a violent man willing to murder or conspire to murder to boost not only the gang's reputation but also his status.
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