SACRAMENTO — Federal drug agents here have built a drug trafficking case against members of a local Bloods subset from the city’s Oak Park neighborhood.
One of the main targets of the DEA investigation was Delvonta Fields, a Sacramento rapper who was shot and killed in the city last year. Federal authorities say that they sent in a confidential informant who’d conducted numerous drug deals with Fields, who rapped under the name Uzzy Snubbz.
Charged are Kevin Antonio Parker, 38; John Kevin Parker, 45; Veronica Brooks, 42; Xavier Surita, 36; Raymundo Escobar, 27; Marcelino Escobar, 23 and Devon Nelson, 33. Authorities say the group are part of the Oak Park Bloods gang based in Sacramento.
After Fields’ death, Kevin Parker became the lead target of the investigation. A news release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office says “Parker and his associates sold fentanyl powder, fentanyl pills, more than 15 pounds of methamphetamine, and 12 firearms, including privately manufactured firearms and a firearm equipped with a machine gun conversion device.”
In the criminal complaint, a DEA special agent referenced Fields and Mozzy — a famous Sacramento rapper whose real name is Timothy Patterson — stating “that recording music is a revenue-generating enterprise that some members pursue.” Mozzy, also an alleged member of the gang, frequently references his neighborhood in lyrics and his success helped create platforms for others, like Fields, to form their own careers.
But when the confidential informant asked Parker about whether he had interest in the rap industry, the response was blunt, according to the criminal complaint.
“I don’t be in the studio, I be trapping,” Parker allegedly said, a reference to selling drugs.
The case is based on numerous drug transactions involving the confidential informant, some of which were recorded with a secret video camera. The footage captured by the informant includes Parker preparing fentanyl for sale, the complaint says.
Parker is facing an unrelated attempted murder charge in Sacramento County, according to court records.