Following a two-month corruption trial, Tavon White, the man in the above mugshot, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for running a large-scale drug smuggling operation in the Baltimore City Detention Center and impregnating four female prison guards. All the while he was awaiting an attempted murder trial, for which he is also serving 20 years.
The sentencing for the corruption charges was actually drastically reduced from the maximum 20 years he could have received for the attempted murder sentence, though. Why? Because for someone dealing drugs from behind bars and knocking up guards left and right, White was actually a pretty impressive dude. The Daily Mail reports:
Tavon White was sentenced to 12 years in prison — significantly less than the maximum 20 years he faced — after prosecutors told the judge he quelled violence by instituting a no-stabbing policy among gang members and then took a substantial risk by testifying against others in the ring.
White, a commander of the Black Guerilla Family, oversaw a contraband smuggling operation inside the Baltimore City Detention Center that grabbed headlines and resulted in a sweeping indictment of 44 people, including 27 corrections officers.
Thirty-five of those charged pleaded guilty, including White; eight maintained their innocence and went to trial. A federal jury last week convicted five people, including two corrections officers, two inmates and a kitchen worker of racketeering.
I’m sorry, I know these are real people and real lives are at stake here… But this sounds like the best season of The Wire EVER. Come on, David Simon. I think it’s time to get the gang back together. #sixseasonsandamovie