Bronx “Ygz” Gang Member Pleads Guilty To Stomping Murder Of 16-Year-Old
MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Anthony Reddick, aka “Ant Flocka,” pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to his involvement in the “Young Gunnaz” or “YGz” gang by participating in the murder of 16-year-old Moises Lora. Reddick and several other YGz gang members stomped Lora to death in a courtyard in the Melrose housing projects in the Bronx on April 16, 2012. James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division office of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the plea. Reddick is scheduled to be sentenced later this year by United States District Judge Valerie E. Caproni, before whom Reddick pled guilty.
“Moises Lora was only 16 years old when Anthony Reddick and his fellow gang members brutally stomped Lora to death in a vicious attack,” said Kim. “Thanks to the tireless work of law enforcement, Reddick has now admitted his role in this brutal murder. Although we cannot bring Lora back, we hope that his family will find some small measure of solace in today’s guilty plea.”
According to the indictment and other documents filed in the case, as well as statements made during Reddick’s guilty plea and other court proceedings in this case:
Reddick was a member of the Bronx-based street gang known as the YGz. From 2005 to 2016, members and associates of the YGz enriched themselves by committing robberies and by selling drugs, such as crack cocaine, heroin, and marijuana, and committing acts of violence, including the murder of rival gang members, rival drug traffickers, and innocent bystanders.
As part of his involvement in the YGz gang, Reddick and several other YGz gang members murdered Lora, a member of a rival gang, on April 16, 2012, in the South Bronx. Specifically, on the date of the murder, a group of YGz members, including Reddick, got drunk, and began arguing among themselves about who had done the most for the YGz. This group of YGz members went to the territory of a rival gang in the Melrose housing projects to settle their dispute. Upon arriving at the Melrose projects, Reddick and other members of the YGz saw Lora and attacked him. During the attack, Lora’s skull was fractured in several places. Reddick and the group left Lora to die. Following the stomping, Reddick and several of his confederates bragged to fellow YGz members about what they had done.
Reddick, 22, of the Bronx, pled guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. Reddick is the third defendant in United States v. Kareem Lanier, et al., to plead guilty to participating in the stomping murder of Lora.
Mr. Kim praised the outstanding work of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the New York City Police Department in the investigation of this case. He also thanked the Bronx County District Attorney’s Office for their support in this case.
This case is being handled by this Office’s Violent and Organized Crime Unit. Assistant United States Attorneys Samson Enzer, Gina M. Castellano, and Andrew C. Adams are in charge of the prosecution.
