Updated: 6:21 AM CDT Jun 17, 2021 The Department of Justice announced a 15-count racketeering indictment Wednesday against six people believed to be involved in a Des Moines-based “street gang.”Alleged OTB Street Gang members Raekwon Malik Patton, Fabrece Jamar Bower, Braden Craig Shafer, Austin James Mallory, Yuri Perren Green Jr. and Jordan Marie Wilkerson are charged in connection with four separating shooting against rival gang members between May and December of 2020.Charges include attempted murder in aid of racketeering; using, carrying and discharging a firearm during and in retaliation to a crime of violence; felon in possession of a firearm; drug user in possession of a firearm; possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number and witness tampering. According to the Department of Justice, the OTB Street Gang is “a criminal enterprise that engaged in racketeering activity, namely offenses involving controlled substances and acts involving murder.”
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By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
When some of her family members contracted coronavirus last year, Mary Wilkerson knew she would want a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it became available.
“My daughter-in-law came down with it right before Thanksgiving; she didn’t have to go in the hospital and was able to recover. My brother-in-law did not [have to be hospitalized, either]. They had to fight through it, though,” she said.
Wilkerson, 66, who lives in North Smithfield Manor in West Birmingham recently received her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Alabama Regional Medical Services (ARMS) clinic in North Birmingham. Like many African-Americans, Wilkerson said she was skeptical ahead of taking the doses.