He did a lot more than steal a car in Rye.
Joshua Gilbert, also known as “Lor Heavy,” 24, of Bridgeport, was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison on Friday by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport. A member of the Original North End (“O.N.E.”), a gang based in the Trumbull Gardens area of Bridgeport, Gilbert was found guilty of racketeering back in November.
In November 2019, O.N.E. members stole a Lexus Rx350 from Rye. On December 8, 2019, O.N.E. members used the stolen Lexus in a shooting incident at the P.T. Barnum Housing Complex in Bridgeport, damaging several cars, and then drove it to Newfield Avenue in Bridgeport where Gilbert, one of the convicted gang members, and other O.N.E. members, shot and killed Ty’Quess Moore, also known as “Breezo,” 18. Gilbert and other O.N.E. members posted videos to social media in which they and others brandished firearms, celebrated violent gang culture, and referenced rivals who were killed. Gilbert has been detained since his arrest on July 19, 2021.
Approximately 47 members and associates of multiple Bridgeport-based gangs were convicted of federal offenses stemming from the larger investigation, which solved eight murders and approximately 20 attempted murders. The investigation was conducted by the FBI’s Safe Streets and Violent Crimes Task Forces, ATF, DEA, U.S. Marshals Service, Bridgeport Police Department, Connecticut State Police and the Bridgeport State’s Attorney’s Office, with the assistance of multiple other law enforcement agencies including the City of Rye Police Department.
