Officials: Accused gang member ordered killing of couple from jail

CHARLOTTE — Six suspected Charlotte gang members now face a possible death penalty in the October killings of a Lake Wylie couple.

IMAGES: Scene of Lake Wylie double homicide from Chopper 9

Four of those charged in the connection with the murders of Doug and Debbie London were already in custody.

Two more suspects were arrested Wednesday after an early morning FBI raid on the Charlotte cell of United Blood Nation, an East Coast gang with strong criminal ties across the region.

Five other UBN members were taken into custody Wednesday on a variety of charges.

Jamell Lamon Cureton, Nana Yaw Adoma, David Lee Fudge, Daquan Lamar Everett, Randall Avery Hankins II, Malcolm Jarrel Hartley, Nehemijel Maurice Houston, Briana Shakeyah Johnson, IBN Rashaan Kornegay, Centrilia Shardon Leach, Ahkeem Tahja McDonald and Rahkeen Lee McDonald are the gang members listed in the federal indictment.

IMAGES: Suspected gang members charged in federal indictment

The indictment said Cureton, Adoma and Fudge committed an armed robbery at the Mattress Warehouse on May 25, 2014 on South Boulevard. Debbie London told Channel 9 her husband was inside when the attempted robbery happened. He shot one of the suspects.

The FBI said on Oct. 1, 2014, Hartley and Johnson went to the Mattress Warehouse to locate the Londons. They planned to initimidate or kill the Londons to prevent them from testifying at court dates, the document said.

On Oct. 7, 2014, Cureton, Hankins and Hartley had a telephone gang meeting in which they planned the murders of the Londons. They discussed how Ahkeem McDonald was failing to accomplish that goal, according to officials.

On a date unknown to the grand jury, Cureton sent a letter to Hartley and other suspected gang members containing an order to kill the Londons.

On Oct. 15, 2014, Cureton gave additional instructions to Hartley about the planned murders via phone. On another date unknown to the grand jury, Cureton sent a letter to Harley and other members of the gang ordering to kill the Londons.

Everett, Hankins II, Hartley, Nehemijel Houston and Briana Houston met to plan and prepare the murder on Oct. 23, 2014.  Hartley was the shooter and Johnson was the driver to and from the scene of the murders.

PDF: Indictment after suspected gang members arrested in connection with killings

The document indicates Hartley told Cureton about the murders on Oct. 25, 2014. Cureton thanked him.

Cureton and McDonald have been implicated in a second murder, the August 2013 killing in York County of Kwamne Clyburn, whom authorities say was killed by United Blood Nation after trying to pass himself off as a member of the gang.

In February, pictures found in Cureton's jail cell prompted the protection of two judges and Charlotte City Attorney Bob Hagemann.

Police said Doug London was the only witness to the robbery of a south Charlotte mattress store last May. Cureton was one of three men charged in the mattress store robbery.

Timeline of events:

• Apr. 22, 2015: FBI raids Charlotte cell of United Blood Nation, arrests seven gang members on variety of charges. Four of those arrested are charged in Connection with murder of Londons. 
• Jan. 30, 2015: Police said that Malcolm Jerrel Hartley, 22, and Brianna Johnson, 18, are arrested in connection with the double homicide investigation of the Londons.
• Dec. 2, 2014: Cureton and Adoma plead not guilty in the armed robbery case, officials said. David Fudge, who drove the getaway car, was sentenced to probation after his guilty plea earlier in the year. 
• Oct. 30, 2014: Federal prosecutors take over the armed robbery case that accuses Jamell Cureton and Nana Adoma of robbing the Londons' mattress store.
• Oct. 23, 2014: Doug and Debbie London are found shot to death in their Lake Wylie home.
• May 25, 2014: Two men rob the Wholesale Mattress Warehouse on South Boulevard owned by Doug and Debbie London. One of the robbers and Doug London exchange gun fire, police said.

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