DIPSET AFFILIATE ON TRIAL FOR CHARGES OF MURDER AND ROBBERY
An affiliate of DIPSET rapper JIM JONES has been held in police custody following his first court appearance on Tuesday (09JAN07) on charges of murder and robbery relating to an incident in 2006.
Aspiring rapper CHARLY ‘MAX B’ WINGATE - who is signed to Jones’ Byrd Gang Records - was arrested in September (29SEP06) on suspicion of planning the murder of Florida native DAVID TAYLOR, after a robbery at a hotel in Fort Lee, New Jersey, went wrong.
Wingate allegedly set up the heist after his girlfriend, exotic dancer GINA MARIE CONWAY, told him of meeting with rich businessmen Taylor and ALLAN ‘JAY’ PLOWDEN at the hotel.
He then recruited friend KELVIN LEERDAM to pull off the robbery, with the help of Conway to seduce the victims.
Prosecutor CATHERINE FANTUZZI said Wingate was linked to the crime by phone calls made by Leerdam immediately before and after the incident.
He will remain behind bars on $2 million (£1 million) bail at Bergen County Jail until the trial ends.
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