Black Mafia Family - What Happened?
A timeline of the Black Mafia Family story.
The BMF story timeline from CL news reports:
1990s
BMF operated a drug ring since the 1990’s and early 2000’s. BMF operated out of hubs in L.A. – run by Terry “Southwest T” Flenory and Atlanta – run by Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory. Atlanta served as distribution site of the drugs and money while the L.A. hub handled incoming shipments from Mexico. They had two additional hubs in Detroit and St. Louis.
- Shipped huge cocaine shipments across the country in limos, RVs and other vehicles with hidden apartments
- BMF Atlanta culture focused on the importance of the ultimate crime of snitching and the fast lifestyle afforded to members
- BMF was allowed to continue running despite numerous attempts to be indicted because prosecutors struggled to find witnesses willing to testify against BMF. And if they did, they would remain anonymous.
Early 2000s
- Years ago – a bullet grazed Southwest T’s eye and the doctor messed up the surgery. T was able to get a settlement and launches a car service in Detroit that later becomes the transport system distributing cocaine across the country.
- BMF operated 5 stash houses in the Atlanta area.
- Notable locations
- The Gate – off Roswell Rd near Chevron
- The Elevator – agents could not find exact location
- The Boulevard
- Every 10 days, vehicles would arrive with 100-150 kilos of cocaine packed in secret compartments
- Notable locations
- Customers who ordered would call in and say their vehicle was ready
- Depending on the size of the order, they would be directed to a specific stash house
- Pull up and hand over money in $5k bundles
- Coke sold at $20k per kilo
- Vehicles would be filled with cash and sent back to the Mexican suppliers
- DEA begin to suspect that the crew that has yet to call itself BMF is moving massive quantities of cocaine through Atlanta, Detroit and Los Angeles.
Fall 2003
- 7 September 2003 – 2 men were robbed by invaders in a townhouse located in Boulevard.
- Police responded to the home invasion and house a safe the size of a small room inside the townhouse that possessed a lone shoe and a single kilo of cocaine
- Most likely there were more drugs in the safe, which were moved before the arrival of the police
March 2004
- Big Meech launches record label BMF Entertainment as a front for money laundering and as a legitimate business and source of legal income.
End of Summer 2004
- DEA and Fulton County Prosecutors believe the BMF to be in possession of money laundering and cocaine in various states and cities.
- Money Laundering
- Georgia - $140K
- Missouri - $425k
- Texas - $720K
- Drugs linked to BMF
- Flagstaff, Arizona – 17 kilos of coke
- Crawford County, Arkansas – 27 kilos of coke
- St. Louis – 100 kilos (=$9 million)
October 2005
- Big Meech and Southwest T were arrested under “Continuing Criminal Enterprise” Statute
- Agents seized $21 million in assets including cash, jewelry, 3 dozen vehicles and 13 homes in Georgia, Detroit, and LA
2006
BMF - Hip-hop's shadowy empire - part 1 Article
BMF - Hip-hop's shadowy empire (part 2) Article
BMF - Hip-hop's shadowy empire - part 3 Article
Editor's Note - BMF feedback Article
2007
Both brothers plead guilty to CCE
High-ranking BMF member pleads guilty Article
Alleged BMF member faces murder charges Article
Nearly three years later, alleged BMF member indicted in Velvet Room murder Article
Alleged BMF leader Big Meech won't get his own trial Article
BMF leaders' trial could be pushed back Article
New trial date for alleged BMF leaders Article
Alleged BMF members indicted in Atlanta Article
BMF witness threatened Article
Letter from alleged BMF leader to judge: Let me out Article
Rapper charged with running cocaine for BMF Article
Meech's lawyers: Postpone BMF trial Article
BMF trial postponed - again Article
BMF - BMF's judgment day Article
Meech pleads guilty Article
DETROIT — After spending two years awaiting trial, Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory pleaded guilty Nov. 19 to laundering drug money and running a continuing criminal enterprise. His plea ended a 15-year investigation into his role in the $270 million multistate cocaine ring the Black Mafia Family.
Meech, a 39-year-old hip-hop entrepreneur and Detroit native who ran BMF's Atlanta hub, stood with...
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BMF: The book and the movie Article
2008
Both are sentenced to 30 years imprisonment
- Terry Flenory was sent to Oregon Prison
- May 5, 2020 – was granted a compassionate release due to health ailments and from effort by the Federal Bureau of Prisons to release certain inmates to limit the spread of the Covid-19 in federal prisons
- Demetrius Flenory was serving his sentence at the Federal Detention Center in Sheridan Oregon
- Attempted early release under the same conditions as his brother but was denied
Atlanta BMF trial underway Article
Witness: Young Jeezy received kilos of BMF coke Article
BMF member guilty on one count Article
Top BMF figure guilty Article
Sentencing dates for BMF co-leaders Article
BMF co-leaders sentenced Article
BMF's Big Meech approves biopic rights Article
Sean Diddy" Combs' cousin sentenced for his role in BMF" Article
BMF rapper Bleu DaVinci sentenced Article
The $1 million that BMF left behind - in a Hummer limo Article
BMF's Big Meech returns to Georgia Article
Rapper, Diddy's cousin sentenced in BMF sting Article
Did deceased Def Jam exec have ties to BMF? Article
BMF leaders canonized by Swedish artist Article
BMF's third-in-command sentenced Article
2009
Pacman' Jones paid for BMF murder suspect's lawyer Article
BMF member arrested, Jay-Z's 'Death of Autotune' gives nod to the crew Article
2010
Pacman' Jones paid for BMF murder suspect's lawyer Article
BMF member arrested, Jay-Z's 'Death of Autotune' gives nod to the crew Article