The Florida Attorney General’s Office says that the leader of the Blood-affiliated “Sex Money Murder” gang received five life sentences on Friday after being caught earlier this year.
In a news statement, the state said that the man, whose name was given as Hernando Thompson Jr. and who is 36 years old and from Orlando, was found guilty after a trial in Polk County in January because he was the leader of the gang.
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The jurors in that case found Thompson guilty of racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering, and three counts of leading criminal gang activities after only an hour of deliberation.
“This criminal led a violent, Bloods-affiliated gang that treated crime like a business — a business of robberies, drive-by shootings, and violence against children,” Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said. “This dangerous criminal deserved every minute of his sentence, and our prosecutors delivered… This violent criminal orchestrator will spend the rest of his life and any other life he may come across behind bars.”
Investigators say Thompson was in charge of all gang activities in Florida. To stay out of jail, he purposely avoided getting directly or publicly involved in illegal activities.
State police also came to the conclusion that he is the last known gang member in this case.
