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Five Sex Money Murder gang members are sentenced in Trenton drive-by shooting that killed 13-year-old girl at block party

By Brendan McGrath/The Times of Trenton
on November 08, 2013 at 6:42 PM, updated November 08, 2013 at 6:51 PM

TRENTON — Five members of the Sex Money Murder faction of the Bloods street gang were sentenced today for their roles in the 2009 drive-by shooting that led to the death 13-year-old innocent bystander Tamrah Leonard.

The gang planned the shooting as retaliation against an attack by the Gangster Killer Bloods. Two gang members opened fire on a block party on Martin Luther King Boulevard in June 2009, killing Leonard in the process.

Bernard Baines, 22, one of two shooters involved in the drive-by was sentenced to 21 years in prison for aggravated manslaughter. Baines, who did not fire the shot that killed Leonard, reached a plea deal last year that called for a 25 year prison term. Superior Court Judge Mark Fleming said he decided on a shorter sentence because Baines was the first member of the group to cooperate and had shown significant remorse.