The leader of a violent Trenton street gang has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murder, racketeering, attempted murder and other crimes, New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport announced Wednesday.
Charles M. Willis, 33, of Willingboro, also known as “Charly Wingate” and “Gate,” was sentenced Tuesday in Mercer County Superior Court. A jury convicted Willis in April on 18 of 22 counts following a three-and-a-half-month trial.
Prosecutors said Willis led the Get Money Boys, or GMB, a Trenton gang that controlled heroin distribution near the Oakland Terrace Apartments and directed acts of violence against rival gangs and witnesses…