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Terrorist Boyz’ gang member, 35, faces death penalty in ten-year long trial – Frantyz Jean-Marie convicted for role in decades old Miami murder spree by his street gang

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Terrorist Boyz&&num;8217&semi; gang member&comma; 35&comma; faces the death penalty after being convicted for his role in a Miami murder spree<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Frantyz Jean-Marie is facing the death penalty for his involvement in a Miami murder spree perpetrated by a street gang known as the Terrorist Boyz in 2002<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Jean-Marie&comma; 35&comma; <strong>was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and four counts of attempted murder on Friday <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Jean-Marie and four other Terrorist Boyz&comma; &&num;8216&semi; Johnny Charles&comma; Benson Cadet&comma; Robert St Germain and Max Daniel were indicted in 2008 <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Investigators have linked the gang to at least 12 killings and dozens of shootings&comma; but <&sol;strong><&sol;span><strong>J<&sol;strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">ean-Marie and four other men have only been charged in nine murders<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Jean-Marie was convicted after nearly seven weeks of trial testimony and more than a decade of courtroom wranglings &&num;8211&semi; reportedly the most expensive death-penalty case for taxpayers in recorded history<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>St Germain pled guilty two years ago and is serving a 12-year prison sentence&comma; while Charles&comma; Cadet and Daniel are still awaiting trial&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"articleIconLinksContainer"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group artSplitter">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"splitLeft">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-294764" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;06&sol;Frantyz-Jean-Marie-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Frantyz Jean-Marie 1" width&equals;"676" height&equals;"382" &sol;><strong>Frantyz Jean-Marie&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; now 35&comma; is facing the death penalty after being convicted for his involvement in a months-long murder spree in Miami&comma; Fla&period;&comma; by a street gang known as the Terrorist Boyz in 2002<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>A Florida man is facing the death penalty after being convicted for his involvement in a Miami murder spree perpetrated by a street gang known as the Terrorist Boyz nearly two decades ago&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Frantyz Jean-Marie was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and four counts of attempted murder as well as conspiracy and racketeering on Friday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The now 35-year-old Jean-Marie was convicted after nearly seven weeks of trial testimony and more than a decade of courtroom wranglings in what&&num;8217&semi;s been the most expensive death-penalty case for taxpayers in recorded history&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The same 12-person jury will be asked to reconvene in the coming months for sentencing&comma; faced with deciding whether Jean-Marie will be put to death or spend his life in prison&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Frantyz Jean-Marie&comma; was accused of  being involved in a months-long Miami murder spree by a street gang known as the Terrorist Boyz in 2002&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"clear"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-294766" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;06&sol;Johnny-Charles-left-and-Benson-Cadet-right-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Johnny Charles&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; and Benson Cadet&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb; 1&period;JPG" width&equals;"663" height&equals;"389" &sol;><strong> &&num;8216&semi;Terrorist Boyz&&num;8217&semi; Johnny Charles&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; and Benson Cadet&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; were indicted for nine murders in 2008&comma; alongside Frantyz Jean-Marie<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<p>The conviction was long in coming because&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s been more than ten years since Jean-Marie and four other Terrorist Boyz were charged for months of violence across Miami beginning in 2002&period; The five men were indicted in 2008&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Investigators have linked the gang to at least 12 killings and dozens of shootings&comma; however the five men have only been charged in nine murders&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;One of the members&comma; Robert St Germain&comma; pleaded guilty two years ago and is serving a 12-year prison sentence&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The others&comma; Johnny Charles&comma; also known as the &&num;8216&semi;Angel of Death&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Benson Cadet and Max Daniel&comma; are still awaiting trial&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The case has been time-consuming and expensive because of the number of moving pieces between the different victims and coordinating testimonies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-294765" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;06&sol;Robert-St-Germain-left-and-Max-Daniel-right-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Robert St Germain&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; and Max Daniel&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb; 1&period;JPG" width&equals;"666" height&equals;"314" &sol;>The other two men indicted in the gang&&num;8217&semi;s activities are Robert St Germain&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; Max Daniel&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&period;  St Germain pled guilty two years ago and is serving a 12-year prison sentence&comma; while Charles&comma; Cadet and Daniel are still awaiting trial&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>In closing arguments on Monday&comma; prosecutor Joshua Weintraub painted the portrait of a blood thirsty&comma; trigger happy gangbanger&comma; in &&num;8216&semi;Twenty-four crime scenes &&num;8230&semi;&lbrack;I saw&rsqb; some of the most violent murders imaginable&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Weintraub told the court&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Jean-Marie&&num;8217&semi;s two first-degree murder convictions were for shooting Armstrong Riviere and Stephanie Adams on a sidewalk in 2003&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Riviere had been a witness in a gun case against three of the Terrorist Boyz&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"container-3zJLP vertical-2XJd5"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-294770" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;06&sol;Jumbo-Restaurant&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Jumbo Restaurant&period;JPG" width&equals;"681" height&equals;"412" &sol;>The gang shot one victim&comma; Will Davis&comma; outside of Jumbos restaurant &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; in 2002&period; Jean-Marie was acquitted of involvement in that killing<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"container-3zJLP vertical-2XJd5">Other alleged victims of the gang included Gertrude LeFleur&comma; a pregnant woman who identified the gang&&num;8217&semi;s leader as the man who robbed her&comma; and Will Davis who was shot outside of a restaurant in 2002&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Other victims include a 13-year-old boy who was shot dead riding his bicycle home and a man whom the gang suspected of urinating on the flowers at the grave of one member&&num;8217&semi;s murdered brother&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Jean-Marie was acquitted of involvement in the murders of LeFleur and Davis&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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