BELLE GLADE, Fla. — The “Nawf Way” gang operated in western Palm Beach County’s Belle Glade, an agricultural town near the edge of Lake Okeechobee.

Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office Capt. Michael Ott said it had started as the Four Way crew in the area of Northwest 11th Street in 2020.

Ott said the gang was linked to drug trafficking, over 100 firearms, 62 shootings, homicides, attempted homicides, and armed burglaries and robberies.

“There are other gangs in our western community, but this one was significant,” Ott said during a news conference on Thursday.

Ott stood near a poster with 17 pictures of Black men, whom Sheriff Rick Bradshaw identified as “bad guys.” The poster also listed a 16-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy. Ott said deputies arrested one more suspect after PBSO staff had printed the poster.

“They think they own the streets, they don’t own the streets,” Bradshaw said. “The community owns the streets.”

Several PBSO units worked with the FBI and the Henry County Sheriff’s Office, as they identified the 20 accused gang members, also known in local streets as “The Sharks,” according to Ott.

“This has been a one-year enforcement initiative aimed at dismantling this gang’s enterprise,” Ott said about PBSO’s “Operation Shark Bait.”

Ott said law enforcement teams had executed 13 search warrants, including 10 in Lake Park and Riviera Beach in Palm Beach, and in LaBelle in Henry County.

“We recovered seven additional firearms,” Ott said, and he added, “approximately $10,000 in currency, large amounts of trafficking weight narcotics, to include fentanyl, cocaine, crack cocaine, and marijuana.”

Ott estimated the gang has about 50 members. Bradshaw said he had a message for the “bad guys” who haven’t been arrested.

“It’s not a matter of if, we’re going to get you! It’s a matter of when because we have a room reserved for you right back here at my hotel,” Bradshaw said.

The poster listed 13 suspects who faced charges of racketeering and conspiracy to commit racketeering.

The list of suspects in custody

Jadarrious Tyler, known as “Baby J,” is 18.

Rashad Miller, known as “Bear,” is 18.

Donnell Johnson, known as “Doo Doo Bug,” is 18.

Derrick Salter, known as D3,″ is 18.

Khanye Bullard, known as “K7,″ is 18.

Joehanson Singleton, known as “PJ,” is 18.

Marterrius Jean, known as “Fat,” is 19.

Larryun Johnson, known as “Bay Bay,” is 21.

Danny Tarver, known as “DT,” is 21.

Devonta Ward, known as “YGD,” is 22.

Tavaris James, also known as “TJ,” is 22.

Trevanta Holton, known as “TJ,” is 23.

Daequan Kennedy, known as “Tony Hawk,” is 24.

Eddie Holland, known as “Reyo,” is 24.

Kenneth Sistrunk, known as “Kenny,” is 24.

Devonte McKay, known as “YG,” is 25.

Anthony Bradley, known as “YB,” is 26.

Watch the news conference

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