Eugene “Big U” Henley, a Los Angeles Crips leader turned gang interventionist, allegedly solicited fellow jail inmates to murder or seriously injure a federal witness to prevent them from testifying at trial against him and his associates, according to a new indictment returned Wednesday.
The second superseding indictment against Henley, following his arrest last year on federal racketeering charges, contains charges on seven additional felonies, including solicitation to commit a crime of violence and witness tampering, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles. Henley, 59, had already been accused of murder, kidnapping, robbery, extortion and fraud.
Henley and six other defendants charged in the case are scheduled to go to trial in February 2027. Henley has previously pleaded not guilty to the charges against him…