‘Family Mob’ gang members, associates charged in major Minneapolis fentanyl trafficking case: DOJ

Five alleged members and associates of the "Family Mob" thoroughfare pack person been charged successful a large fentanyl trafficking lawsuit successful Minneapolis, national prosecutors announced Wednesday.

Three indictments and 2 transgression complaints were unsealed successful the District of Minnesota accusing the defendants of distributing fentanyl, ace cocaine and different controlled substances successful southbound Minneapolis.

Authorities allege the radical collectively possessed with intent to administer much than 7 kilograms of fentanyl since July 2025 and operated a de facto open-air cause marketplace adjacent Lake Street and Park Avenue, utilizing unit to propulsion retired different dealers.

Those charged see Silk Lamond Davis, 48, of Minneapolis; Alexisus Jarmon Mosby, 44, of Bloomington; Kiron Jamoll Williams, 43, of Minneapolis; Rashshon Jamahl Taggett, 44, of Minneapolis; and Lakendrick Darnell Gilliam, 38, of St. Paul.

Seized narcotics are displayed arsenic authorities denote the preliminary results of a large-scale probe involving section and national agencies connected Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2026. (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office)

The charges scope from possession with intent to administer fentanyl and cocaine to organisation of fentanyl and conspiracy to administer fentanyl.

Law enforcement agencies executed aggregate apprehension and hunt warrants Wednesday greeting targeting the pack and its members, officials said. 

If convicted, the defendants look penalties of up to beingness successful situation connected the astir superior cause trafficking charges.

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Federal and section instrumentality enforcement announced that they seized 3.5 cardinal lethal doses of fentanyl successful Minneapolis connected Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (KMSP)

"Our probe shows that combined, those charged were liable for the organisation of capable fentanyl for much than 3.5 cardinal lethal doses successful the past 7 months," said U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen astatine a property briefing.

He told reporters that 7 others were besides taken into custody connected related authorities charges, bringing the full fig arrested to 12.

Rick Evanchec, interim peculiar cause successful complaint of the FBI’s Minneapolis tract office, said the coordinated cognition to dismantle the "Family Mob" pack progressive a sweeping, multi-agency effort crossed the metropolitan area.

Before dawn, 8 SWAT teams and instrumentality enforcement unit from the FBI, Minneapolis Police Department, Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) executed 14 hunt warrants targeting narcotics, firearms and different grounds tied to the alleged transgression enterprise.

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Seized narcotics are displayed arsenic authorities denote the preliminary results of a large-scale probe involving section and national agencies connected Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2026. (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office)

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Evanchec said the pack has operated since the 1990s, distributing narcotics and utilizing unit to power territory successful Minneapolis neighborhoods.

"The Family Mob Gang ruled by intimidation and violence, and wrongly assumed they could run with impunity," DEA Omaha Field Division Special Agent successful Charge Dustin Gillespie said successful a statement. "Today, the combined efforts of federal, authorities and section instrumentality enforcement imparted a important stroke to the cause trafficking efforts of a pack that has dispersed poison done a beloved Minneapolis community."

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