RANDY ECONOMY: MY WORLD: JERRY STONE, 18: Ex-LAKEWOOD HS football star gets 6 years in prison after "NO CONTEST" plea in shooting rival gang member; Co-defendant Steven Blake given same term

Thursday, October 14, 2010

JERRY STONE, 18: Ex-LAKEWOOD HS football star gets 6 years in prison after "NO CONTEST" plea in shooting rival gang member; Co-defendant Steven Blake given same term

Current Seal of the County of Los Angeles, Cal...

From star to inmate. Jerry Stone from Lakewood High School.

BTW: Thanks to the great folks at the LA County District Attorney's Media Office for his information!
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By Randy Economy
www.Economy4ABC.Blogspot.com
October 14, 2010
12:30 a.m.

COMPTON –

Speaking of another "gang" related crime, this one really makes you scratch your forehead or adjust your "face mask."

Former Lakewood football star Jerry Stone, yep, the amazing talented super "BMOC" (Big man on campus) will be spending the next six years in prison after pleading "no-contest" to shooting at a "rival gang member."

Stone, who was 17 at the time, and Lawrence Steven Blake, 32, who was with him at the time of the incident, each pleaded no contest to shooting from a motor vehicle and admitted the gang allegation, said Deputy District Attorney Kristin Trutanich. (BTW: Kristin Trutanich is quickly becoming one of my favorite Deputy DA's here in LA County).

They were immediately sentenced by Compton Superior Court Judge Patrick Connolly to six years, four months each in state prison.

Stone, who was a star running back at Lakewood High, was driving a burgundy Cadillac in rival gang territory on Aug. 21, 2009.

Blake, a passenger in the vehicle, allegedly opened fire on two rival gang members who were standing in front of a house in the 1100 block of South Acacia Avenue in Compton. No one was injured.

Stone, who is now 18, was initially charged as a juvenile. Prosecutors refilled the case after a judge found Stone could be tried as an adult. Sad. Jerry Stone had what it took to get into major college football, and maybe beyond. If he serves his full sentence he will be close to 24 or 25 years old when he becomes a free man.

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Thursday, October 14, 2010

JERRY STONE, 18: Ex-LAKEWOOD HS football star gets 6 years in prison after "NO CONTEST" plea in shooting rival gang member; Co-defendant Steven Blake given same term

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