NORRISTOWN — Three members of a homegrown Norristown street gang decided not to testify at their trial and their fates will be in the hands of a jury on Tuesday afternoon on charges they fatally shot a rival gang member outside his mother’s borough home.
Jabriil Morgan-Cook, 20, of the 300 block of East Marshall Street, Naseem “Seem” Worrell-Hopkins, 19, of the 1500 block of Powell Street, and Kaleem “Leem” Naseer Roland, 17, of the 300 block of East Moore Street, advised Montgomery County Judge Steven T. O’Neill of their decisions not to step into the witness box on Monday afternoon.
Morgan-Cook and Worrell-Hopkins then presented stipulated statements from several character witnesses who maintained they have good reputations for being peaceful and law-abiding or honest individuals…