A member of a street gang that operated in and around the Marion Gardens housing complex was sentenced to four consecutive life terms last Wednesday.
According to United States Attorney Alina Habba, 24-year-old Roger Pickett, a/k/a “Zy G,” was sentenced for multiple counts of murder stemming from separate gang-related killings in 2021 and 2022.
Prosecutors presented evidence to show that, in March 2021, the gang lured a rival gang member outside by sending him Instagram messages pretending to be the victim’s fellow gang member. When the victim opened the door to his home, two gang members brandished firearms. The man was shot multiple times in the chest, killing him. Pickett picked up other gang members after they abandoned the murder vehicle in Newark…