During the search of his home, police seized a handgun that they say was used in the Oct. 1, 2023 shooting and at least four other gang-related shootings in Jersey City, the complaint said.
Micah Reid, aka “Nips,” 33, of Jersey City, has been charged with one count of violent crime in aid of racketeering activity and one count of discharging of a firearm during a crime of violence in connection with the Oct 1, 2023 shooting on Culver Avenue, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
Reid, described by authorities as a high-ranking member of the Rutgers Avenue gang, was initially arrested Oct. 20, 2023, after a search warrant was executed at his Danforth Avenue home, according to the criminal complaint. On Oct. 1, 2023, Reid, driving a stolen vehicle, shot at members and associates of rival street gangs who were exiting a nightclub on Culver Avenue in Jersey City just after 2:30 a.m.
Reid faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison on the violent crime in aid of racketeering charge, and a statutory mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison on the firearm offense, which must run consecutively to any other sentence imposed.U.S.
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