CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A member of a violent Chicago street gang has been sentenced to more than 35 years in federal prison for multiple murders, armed robberies, drug trafficking, and extortion, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.
Tremayne Thompson,38, of Chicago pleaded guilty in 2021 to a racketeering conspiracy charge. He admitted in a plea agreement that he conspired with leaders of the Four Corner Hustlers street gang to use violence and intimidation to protect the gang’s drug dealing activities, primarily on the West Side of the city.
He also admitted participating in the 2003 murders of George King and Willie Woods. Thompson stated in his plea agreement that he shot the victims after receiving instructions to do so from a leader of the Four Corner Hustlers.
In addition to the murders, Thompson sold heroin and crack cocaine and committed multiple armed robberies as part of the gang's agenda.
“For nearly two decades, Tremayne Thompson terrorized the West Wide of Chicago as a member and enforcer for the Four Corner Hustlers street gang,” Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kavitha J. Babu and William Dunne argued in the government’s sentencing memorandum.
“The defendant, along with other members of the gang, peddled heroin and crack cocaine, robbed people at gunpoint, extorted others, and murdered men as they stood on city sidewalks. Every year the defendant is incapacitated is a year that the people who live on the West Side of Chicago are safer.”
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