Michelle Hebron, 25, also known as "Michelle Hell", of Hagerstown and Annapolis was sentenced in federal court today to 30 years in prison for participating in a racketeering conspiracy through the Tree Top Piru Bloods. A piece of evidence in her trial was a poem prosecutors say she wrote after killing David Leonard Moore in 2007:
"I guess just shot a n---a in the head cause he wear blue but claim red
Plus I just wanted the satisfaction of seeing a n---a dead."
Here's more from the U.S. Attorney's Office's press release:
"According to trial testimony and her plea agreement, from 2007 to February 2008, Hebron was a member of TTP and regularly met with other TTP gang members to discuss, among other things, past acts of violence and other crimes committed by gang members against rival gang members and others; to notify one another about gang members who were arrested or incarcerated; to discuss the disciplining of TTP gang members; to discuss police interactions with gang members; to share with one another the identities of individuals who may be cooperating with law enforcement and propose actions to be taken against those individuals; to plan and agree upon the commission of future crimes, including robberies, drug trafficking, and assaults, and the means to cover up these crimes; and to reinforce gang rules.
According to Hebron's plea agreement, she was one of the leaders of the Tree Top Pirettes and corresponded on a regular basis with Steve Willock, the TTP leader in Maryland, regarding TTP business. Hebron also admitted committing the murder of a person she believed to be a rival gang member. Law enforcement recovered the gun used in the murder and a poem that Hebron had written about the murder during a search of her apartment on October 10, 2007.
This case is the result of a long-term joint investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Baltimore City Police Department, the Baltimore County Police Department, the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office and the United States Attorney's Office. Twenty-two defendants have been convicted of the RICO conspiracy and 16 of those have been sentenced to between 21 months and 30 years in prison. Four other defendants have pleaded guilty to related charges. Charges filed against two remaining defendants are pending."