Gang members killed a Fort Lauderdale police employee’s son for his marijuana stash
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A fifth member of a Broward gang who wanted the power that comes with a reputation for instant violence will get the prison time that comes with participating in a murder.
Collice Reid’s Jan. 27 conviction on the use of a firearm causing death now puts him at the awaiting sentencing stage with fellow Onsight gang members Greg Stickney (“Gucci Greg”), 33, and 29-year-old Eric Hunter (“Onsight Eno”). Stickney and Hunter are scheduled to be sentenced in March after each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the RICO statute.
Derrick Slade, 29, aka “D” aka “Soulja,” is already doing life plus 30 years after being convicted of RICO conspiracy; two counts of a Hobbs Act robbery (a robbery interfering with interstate business); conspiracy to commit a Hobbs Act robbery; two counts of using or carrying a firearm during a crime of violence; and conspiracy to use or carry a firearm during a crime of violence.
Also incarcerated is Marcello Gordon (“Cello”), who got a 14-year sentence after pleading guilty to three counts of Hobbs Act robbery; one count of conspiracy to commit a Hobbs Act robbery; and two counts of using, carrying or possessing a firearm during a crime of violence.
Among the reasons some of the men of Onsight will be out of sight for a while: the Nov. 4, 2015, home invasion robbery that ended the life of Donald Johnston, 29.
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For the love of marijuana money
The U.S. Department of Justice said the parents of Johnston, who was also called “Eddie,” worked for the Fort Lauderdale Police Department and Broward Sheriff’s Office. Much more importantly to Onsight, according to the guilty Stickney and Hunter’s guilty pleas, Stickney told his cronies that Johnston sold weed out of his Lauderhill garage and supplied Stickney’s father.
Not that the gang would’ve been deterred by where Johnston’s parents worked. A month earlier, Oct. 3, 2015, they shot and robbed a dealer nicknamed “Zoe Gotti” at a park during youth league football games.
“There were several hundred people at the park for the football games,” Stickney’s guilty plea said. “Co-conspirators (Hunter and Gordon, Hunter’s guilty plea said) talked about, ‘making a statement’ regarding the violent reputation of the Onsight Gang. They decided to commit the robbery without wearing masks or attempting to conceal their identity because they wanted to enhance their reputation for violence.”
For the Johnston robbery, Reid rented a car and drove one person. Stickney drove two other gang members in his car. What follows comes from Hunter and Stickney’s guilty pleas.
They arrived at Johnston’s house with two SK assault rifles and a 9 mm Hi-Point handgun. The drivers stayed by the cars, in lookout roles.
Nobody wore masks as Gordon and Slade raised the garage door on a woman and two men inside the garage as Hunter went around the opposite side. Johnston, closest to the garage door, hit the floor as the other man started firing a handgun. Slade and Gordon fired their rifles. Gordon yelled for everyone to get on the floor.
“Gordon stood on top of the female,” Hunter’s guilty plea said. “Gordon shot the female as he was standing on top of her.”
Hunter stayed outside and fired at a neighbor looking out his window. Gordon and Slade took a laptop and Ziploc-type baggies of marijuana. They ran back to the getaway cars, which avoided approaching Lauderhill police.
Johnston died the next day.
This story was originally published February 7, 2023 at 2:45 PM.
