On Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Boone County Sheriff’s detectives took five male juveniles ranging in age from 15 to 17 into custody after a near six month long extensive investigation into the group’s criminal enterprise consisting of a vast array of crimes to include robberies, burglaries, drug sales/use, & stealing and selling guns predominantly in the Walton & Richwood areas and up to Florence, Kentucky.

 

Members of the Fine$$e Gang are *charged with: Engaging in Organized Crime, Robbery 1st degree (3 counts), Burglary 1st degree (2 counts), Burglary 3rd degree (5 counts), Theft of automobile (3 counts), Trafficking in marijuana, Trafficking in Controlled Substances, Gun Trafficking, Receiving Stolen Property under $1,000, Thefts by unlawful taking over $1,000, Thefts of firearms, Assaults, Disorderly Conduct, Terroristic Threatening & Criminal Mischief.

 

Within the course of this time period, two additional juvenile gang members were apprehended during a burglary in progress. They were charged with that burglary and incarcerated with additional charges pending. The investigation is still active with forthcoming charges against additional suspects; both juvenile and adults.

 

The Fine$$e Gang was established in or around the Fall of 2015 and quickly developed into an organized syndicate. What ostensibly appeared to be random criminal acts of wayward kids caught the eye of Detective Jeff Miles on January 13, 2016 who structured an investigation using tried & true methods like collecting crime scene evidence and interviewing victims & associates to high-tech procedures. Miles discovered the organizational structure of the gang and, working in conjunction with the Commonwealth’s Attorney Office and the Boone County Attorney’s Office, determined them to be engaged in organized crime.

 

The Boone County Sheriff’s Office is committed to dismantling this gang and any others like them who prey upon our communities. Det. Miles is requesting assistance from the citizens of Boone County, KY. Anyone with information pertaining to the Fine$$e Gang is asked to contact him at (859) 334-8476 or via email at [email protected]

 

*Charges in a criminal complaint are accusations only. It is the government’s burden to prove the allegations beyond a reasonable doubt.

Wonder if its the same group that tried to break into a buddys shop in Richwood back in March. Its getting bad in parts of Boone Co.

I want to add that this is tremendous police work by the Boone County Sheriff's Office.

 

Thank you!

Sounds like all they do is steal. That's not a gang. Where's the weed? Where's the bullets? #wannabes

Sounds like all they do is steal. That's not a gang. Where's the weed? Where's the bullets? #wannabes

 

Read it, they were dealing both Pot and real drugs.

Read it, they were dealing both Pot and real drugs.

 

And guns...

I want to add that this is tremendous police work by the Boone County Sheriff's Office.

 

Thank you!

I was about to make this comment...Boone SO was all over this. That is a pretty quick turnaround on an investigation of the size this looks to be.

Sounds like all they do is steal. That's not a gang. Where's the weed? Where's the bullets? #wannabes

I agree. Not a threatening gang until they possess territory and put fear into the community. Great work by the LEO's in getting in front of this young punk group and not allowing it to fester into something bigger. These younguns better learn that we now live in the age of CCDW and it's just a matter of time before they face the ultimate price of their criminal activity and it catches up to them if the law doesn't do it first.

Trust me people, groups like this go from zero to 60 faster than a Lambo.

That's the best name they could come up with? I hate a lot of kids from this generation.

I want to add that this is tremendous police work by the Boone County Sheriff's Office.

 

Thank you!

 

I was going to say the same thing. This appears to have been a very thorough investigation. Very well done for sure.

Just now reading up on this, but is this considered a real "gang"? Or are they wanna be's? What defines a gang? I'm sure that some people on this site may have at least crossed paths with these people due to location.

 

Another fine yet sad example that we all need to be on the lookout and be aware anywhere, in the past this "gang" stuff is what you would expect in a city area and not the suburbs.

5-0 got 'em outta here in less than a year. So much for finesse...

I just don't get this. When I was 15-17 I had literally ONE thing on my mind, and it wasn't anywhere close to this.

 

Actually I'm 35 and still only have that on my mind lol

Send the Fine$$e Gang down to Louisville, that'll be the end of that.

 

Or even over the bridge to Cincy.