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Three alleged members of the �Black Money Bloods� are still on the loose, the FBI says, although 17 other alleged members of the violent gang were rounded up Friday on federal charges.

Some members are accused of selling drugs near Cincinnati playgrounds and schools, so they face longer potential prison terms � up to 40 years, the FBI says.

At last check, authorities were still looking for Eric Brock, 31, known as �Big Head E�; Casey Brock, 28; and Eric Gunn, 21, also known as �Rambo,� an FBI spokesman said Monday.

The Cincinnati FBI office�s special agent in charge, Edward Hanko, urged the three to turn themselves in.

�The FBI, along with our federal, state and local law enforcement partners, is actively searching for these suspects who have federal warrants for their arrests,�� Hanko said. �It is in the best interest of these individuals to surrender to the FBI or the nearest law enforcement agency without delay.�

Federal court records say the gang was storing or selling narcotics in �stash houses,� some near schools or playgrounds, in at least five Cincinnati communities: Pendleton, Westwood, Spring Grove Village, the West End and Over-the-Rhine.

�The defendants used these stash houses to store heroin, cocaine base, firearms and monies obtained through the illegal sale of heroin and cocaine base,� federal court records say.

13 months' work leads to arrests

The FBI Cincinnati Safe Streets Task Force worked 13 months on the investigation, authorities said, culminating in federal charges against 20 people.

FBI tactical teams, special agents and task force officers fanned out early Friday and arrested nearly all the suspects, surprising many in the early morning hours.

The indictment alleges that the suspects conspired to �corner the market� for distribution of heroin in the East Clifton Avenue area.

All face at least 10 years in prison

All are charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and crack cocaine, a crime punishable by at least 10 years in prison, officials said.

Eighteen defendants, all from the Cincinnati area, are named in an indictment returned on Feb. 20 and unsealed Friday.

Alleged to be major players in the organization: Shantez �Tez� Rembert, 21; Demico �Freak� Higgins, 32, and Frederick �Red� Benton III, 35.

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20130305/NEWS010701/303050022/&nclick_check=1


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