Alleged Omaha gang members accused of murder, firearms trafficking in wide-ranging federal RICO indictment

A federal racketeering indictment was unsealed Tuesday against 13 Nebraska men accused of murder, attempted murder, assault, firearms trafficking and maintaining a criminal enterprise as part of their alleged involvement in an Omaha street gang.

According to the indictment, there were previously two Crip sets in Omaha known as the 40th Ave. Crips and the 44th Ave. Crips, but the two combined to create the Omaha Crip 4s. All 13 men named in the indictment are alleged to belong to the Omaha Crip 4s.

The 23-count indictment is the most intensive gang-related prosecution brought under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO, in Nebraska in nearly a decade. In 2016, six alleged members of the Crip 4s were indicted in a racketeering case primarily alleging attempted murder, witness intimidation and distribution of cocaine.

One of the men indicted in 2016 is also named in the 2025 indictment. Gregory Bahati, now 31, pleaded guilty to multiple racketeering and firearm charges in 2017 and spent about seven years in federal prison.

Bahati was arrested on state charges of accessory to murder, which were later upgraded to first-degree murder, last year after the September killing of 24-year-old Saiveon Hopkins outside of a Lincoln bar. Those charges were dismissed in state court after Bahati and his co-defendant, Kavion Wright, were charged with murder in aid of racketeering in federal court.

The other men named in the indictment are Malik Bahati, Johnny Chatmon, Deshawn Jackson, Jaqueris Allen, McKeith Bingham, Kevin Pierce, Lamar Glover, Cameron Williams, Darnell Matthews, Noah McIntosh and Antrevion McNichols. They are each accused of participating in the criminal enterprise, firearms trafficking conspiracy and various other felony charges.

Some defendants were also charged with attempted murder or assault in connection with five nonfatal shootings that occurred over the past two years:

• Gregory Bahati and Wright face charges of attempted murder and assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering for allegedly shooting two other people outside of the Lincoln bar where Hopkins was killed on Sept. 8, 2024.
• Chatmon and Jackson face charges of assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering for an April 13, 2024, shooting that left two brothers injured.
• Wright, Glover and Williams face a charge of attempted murder in aid of racketeering for a shooting on June 2, 2024.
• Wright and Williams face charges of attempted murder in aid of racketeering for a shooting on June 9, 2024.
• Malik Bahati, Chatmon, Jackson, Allen, Bingham, Matthews and McNichols face charges of attempted murder in aid of racketeering and assault in connection with a shooting on March 25, 2025, that injured two people.

The indictment alleges that the shootings were committed in order for gang members to “gain and maintain membership, status, and discipline within the gang.”

“Participating in violent crimes increased the level of respect accorded to a member or associate and resulted in the member or associate maintaining or increasing his position within the gang,” the indictment said.

Most of the defendants are expected to appear in court on Friday for an initial hearing.