Bridgeport “Original North End” Gang Member Sentenced For Racketeering Conspiracy

Thursday, August 30, 2025, 7:30 A.M. ET. 3 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,

BRIDGEPORT, CT.- On Monday, a 22-year-old former Stamford, Connecticut, man, and a known member of Bridgeport’s violent “Original North End” street gang, learned he will be spending over a decade in federal prison after being sentenced for his role in a gang-related racketeering conspiracy.

     According to U.S. Attorney David X. Sullivan, on Monday, July 25, 2025, Amire Newsome, also known as “Mire,” 22, formally of Stamford, Connecticut, appeared in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut and was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Kari A. Dooley to 180 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty for his role in a racketeering conspiracy.

According To Court Documents

     According to charging documents and statements made in the District Court, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Connecticut State Police, and the Bridgeport Police Department launched an investigation into multiple Bridgeport-based street gangs, whose members were involved in narcotics trafficking, murder, and other violent gang activity.

Newsome Was Identified An Original North End Gang Member

     Newsome was a member of the Original North End, a gang based in the Trumbull Gardens area of Bridgeport, Connecticut, that committed acts of violence against rival gangs, including the East End gang, the East Side gang, the West End gang, and the PT Barnum gang.

     Original North End members also robbed drug dealers, drug customers, and others, sold narcotics, and stole motor vehicles from inside and outside Connecticut, often using the vehicles to commit crimes. The members frequently used social media platforms to promote and coordinate their criminal activity.

     During the investigation, law enforcement Investigators conducted an analysis of numerous social media posts and text messages that uncovered that Newsome possessed firearms, including firearms with extended magazines, and that he sold a variety of illicit narcotics. He also participated with other Original North End members in the theft and possession of stolen vehicles, some of which were used to commit gang-related shootings, and conspired with them to murder Original North End rivals.

     The investigation further uncovered that on March 25, 2020, Newsome and member Tyiese Warren stole a car that was in front of the Citgo 6M Service Station and Quick Mart located at 2000 Barnum Avenue in Stratford, Connecticut. During the theft, they dragged the car’s driver, who was trying to stop the theft and was hanging onto the car, several hundred yards before he let go. Warren and Newsome then engaged in a carjacking involving a Toyota Corolla in Bridgeport, Connecticut, holding the owner of the Toyota at gunpoint and ultimately driving away in the car. 

     Within minutes, Warren and Newsome committed a gunpoint robbery of the Citgo in Stratford, taking cash from the store and a cellular phone from the store employee. The duo then stole three other vehicles that same night.

     In addition, Newsome and fellow Original North End member Jahaz Langston conspired to murder rival gang members and, on March 7, 2021, shot and severely injured the mother of two rival gang members as she drove her vehicle on Interstate 95. 

     Newsome has been in custody since his arrest on August 10, 2021, and pleaded guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy on August 16, 2023. Warren and Langston each pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy. On March 9, 2022, Warren was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison, and on April 17, 2025, Langston was sentenced to 188 months in federal prison.

Newsome Is Among 47 Gang Members And Associates Convicted

     Approximately 47 members and associates of multiple Bridgeport-based gangs have been convicted of federal offenses stemming from the investigation, which solved eight murders and around 20 attempted murders.