MS-13 gangbanger gets 7 years for trying to kidnap, kill teen
A reputed MS-13 gang member was sentenced to seven years in prison for trying to kidnap and kill a 16-year-old Long Island teen he mistook for a rival gang member, officials announced on Thursday.
Jorge Bermudez-Cedillo, 19, pleaded guilty in November to attempted kidnapping after he and three others tried to capture and kill the Brentwood teen in order to move up in the gang ranks of the local MS-13 faction, the Brentwood Locos Salvatruchas, prosecutors said.
Acting Supreme Court Judge Fernando Camacho handed down the sentence in Suffolk Supreme court on Thursday.
On Dec. 7, 2017, police got a tip about MS-13 members driving around in a van in Brentwood harassing teens. Plainclothes cops who were monitoring the area, saw the men trying to force the target victim into a 1995 Mercury van, according to prosecutors.
After arresting the alleged gangbangers, cops found two knives, a bat, a lead pipe, duct tape and tarps inside the van, prosecutors said.
The three co-defendants Miguel Rivera, 21, Vidal Ortiz-Contreras, 19, and Oscar Fuentes, 19, were previously sentenced to varying prison terms.
“This was an outstanding case where the Suffolk County Police Department literally prevented a murder at the hands of MS-13 gang members,” Suffolk District Attorney Timothy Sini said in a prepared statement. “[N]ot only are four gang members who conspired to commit murder now in prison, but a 16-year-old boy’s life was saved.”
A lawyer for Bermudez-Cedillo did not immediately return a request for comment.
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