DALLAS, Texas — A Dallas man affiliated with the Crips gang has been sentenced to more than 20 years in federal prison for drug and firearm offenses, according to the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
Christopher Jamiel Love, a 46-year-old resident of Dallas, Texas, pled guilty in September 2025 to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and phencyclidine (PCP) and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. On March 2, 2026, United States District Judge David Godbey sentenced him to 248 months in federal prison.
The charges stem from “Operation Blue Laces,” an initiative launched by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in January 2024 to target gang-related criminal activity in the Malcolm X Boulevard corridor of Dallas. The operation was partly in response to complaints from local residents about the Four Deuce Oakland Crip gang’s influence in the area, according to court documents…