Baton Rouge judge remains out in accused Vultures gang leader’s criminal conspiracy case

Gervea Daquan Ferguson is a reputed leader of a notorious Baton Rouge street gang known as the Vultures, according to authorities.

He has been charged in two high-profile cases — one of them a shooting that left two young men dead, including his younger brother. The other case stems from a multiagency investigation into the Vultures’ alleged marijuana operation.

Over the past 10 days, Ferguson has been at the center of a pair of hearings to determine if 19th Judicial District Judge Louise Hines Myers can preside over his criminal proceedings. And on Friday, District Judge Colette Greggs doubled down on her ruling to restrict Hines Myers from presiding over Ferguson’s drug conspiracy case…

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