Columbia Point Dawgs
 Weapons and cash seized from members of CPD. | |
| Founded | 1988 |
|---|---|
| Founding location | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Years active | 1980's–present |
| Territory | United States of America, Boston |
| Ethnicity | Primarily African American |
| Membership (est.) | 80+ |
| Criminal activities | Drug trafficking, robbery and murder |
| Rivals | Orchard Park Gang, Greenwood Street Posse |
Columbia Point Dawgs also called CPD is an criminal organization and street gang located in Boston. They are involved in murder, drug trafficking and violence.[1]
History
The gang was named after the Columbia Point housing development that was razed in the 1980s to make way for today’s more refined Harbor Point on the Bay apartment community.
In the early 1990s, the CPD was largely run by four families, all of which have descendants among the Targets in this case: the Williams family, the Woods family, the Berry family, and the Funches family. Members of the CPD, then and now, often identified themselves by wearing Major League Baseball clothing and caps depicting the colors and logos of the Pittsburgh Pirates (Black and Gold) and the Philadelphia Phillies (Red and White), with the on both logos used to identify the "Point" Columbia Point).[2]
The CPD expanded its drug trafficking business through southern Massachusetts, establishing strongholds in Brockton and Fall River, Southern New Hampshire, and Southern Maine.[2]
In June 2015, 48 members of Columbia Point Dawgs were arrested and charged on gun and drug charges after a two year investigation in which Vincent Lisi, special agent in charge of Bostons FBI office said “It is one of, if not the largest, gang takedowns that we’ve seen in Boston — to arrest the most dangerous subjects out there,”.[3]
In September 28, 1995, Bobby Brown was in Boston to visit friends and family. While in Boston Bobby Brown and his friend Sealey went to visit a local night club near Orchad park. A man jumped out and shot Steven Sealey three times while he was seated in Whitney Houston's Bentley with her husband, Bobby Brown and than ran into the Orchard Park Projects.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Forty Eight Columbia Point Dawgs Charged in Federal Sweep". District of Massachusetts. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ a b Affidavit of Special Agent Matthew C. Knight - United States District Court For the District of Massachusetts - No. 15-CR-10146-FDS. p. Case Document 7-1 Filed 06/18/15 Page 8 of 27.
- ^ "48 charged in raid of violent Boston drug gang". Boston Globe. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ "Boston Stops the Turf War That Almost Killed Bobby Brown". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 14 January 2016.