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词条 Killer Beez (gang)
释义

  1. Insignia and Slang

     Insignia  Gang Slang 

  2. Notable Members and Associates

  3. Colourway Records

  4. Incidents

  5. See also

  6. References

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}{{Use New Zealand English|date=December 2017}}{{Infobox Criminal organization
| name = Killer Beez
| image =
| caption =
| founded = 2003
| founding location = Otara
| founded by = Josh Marsters
| years active = 2003-present
| territory = Otara
| ethnic makeup = predominantly Māori, Polynesian and European
| membership est =
| criminal activities = Drug manufacturing, Drug sales, Aggravated robbery, Assassination, Fraud, Money laundering.
| allies = Crips, "Bad Troublesome Ward"
| rivals = Bloods, Mongrel Mob
}}

The Killer Beez (Killa Bees) are a large street gang based in New Zealand, mainly based in the South Auckland area. They were founded in 2003, as a large rogue street gang in Otara,[1] as a spin-off of the larger "Tribesmen" gang. The Killer Beez were formerly headed by Josh Marsters, a well-known kickboxer, also a former vice-president of the Tribesmen MC.[2]

In 2013, there were 138 members in prison, up from 96 in 2011.[3] Most Killer Beez inmates housed in Mt Eden Corrections Facility are housed in Delta Unit IS.[4]

Insignia and Slang

Insignia

The Killer Beez emblem or "patch" consists of the words "Killer Beez" and "AO MOJO" that act as the surrounding rockers for their Skull Fingers Up emblem of a middle finger extended upright with a partially extended thumb.

Evident in all of the gangs music videos, released on the YouTube account [https://www.youtube.com/user/colourwayrecords/videos colourwayrecords], the gang predominantly wear black and yellow, the same colours used in their logo.

Gang Slang

Killer Beez members are commonly referred to as Killer(s) or simply as KB by those closely associated with the gang.[5]

A common phrase within the gang's music, as well as being used in its logo, is the term AO, pronounced as separate letters, which is an acronym for the gang motto - All Out.

Notable Members and Associates

  • Josh Marsters (Founder and Overall Killer Beez Leader)
  • Vila Lemanu (High Ranking Chapter Leader)[6]
  • Rory O'Neill (Member)[7][8]
  • Christopher Shadrock (Member)[6]
  • Sidney Diamond (Known Associate)[5]

Colourway Records

The New Zealand Companies Office lists Colourway Records as registered from 19 February 2007 until 25 February 2014. The company was directly owned by the partner of Josh Masters; Natalie Patricia Eyles.[9] The company address was listed at 9 Collett Road, Otara; a well known pad for The Killer Beez Gang.[9]

The Killer Beez effectively controlled the record label Colourway Records.[10] Colourway Records was among the assets seized by the New Zealand Police in the 2008 drug raids.[11]

Colourway Records has released several titles, including Put Ya Colourz On, which also feature Young Sid[12] and Josh Masters. They also released an album in 2008, Skull Fingers Up.[13]

Incidents

  • In May 2008, Josh Masters and 41 other members from both the Tribesman and The Killer Beez gangs were arrested in a police sting. In total 60 Killer Beez were arrested an operation[14] which involved 110,000 intercepted messages.[15] Charges included supplying methamphetamine, conspiracy to supply methamphetamine and money laundering. Masters pleaded guilty but fought to have that overturned,[16][17] but failed.[18]
  • In June 2008, several Killer Beez members, including Killer Beez Chapter Boss Vila Lemanu and member Christopher Shadrock, were convicted for killing Chinese businesswoman Joanne Wang, after they ran her over in a Manukau shopping mall carpark in front of her eight-year-old son.[22][6]
  • In November 2008, Josh Masters received a 'jailhouse beating' for an outburst in court, leading to complications in the trials of multiple associates.[19]
  • On Saturday, 15 May 2010, Killer Beez member Latu Kepu killed prison guard Jason Palmer with a single punch at medium-security Springhill Prison. The death has been a rumored 'gang hit' ordered by the Killer Beez.[20]
  • On 3 August 2012 Killer Beez President, Josh "Gravity" Masters was sentenced to 10 years and 5 months in prison for organizing drug deals after police intercepted thousands of his coded phone conversations.[21]
  • In September 2014, Killer Beez associate Hendrix Hauwai, 17, attacked Lucy Knight, punching her in the head after she tried to intervene in a failed bag-snatch outside a North Shore supermarket. In February 2014 Mr Huawai was sentenced to jail for four years, nine months by North Shore District Court Judge Pippa Sinclair.[22]
  • In October 2016, six guards were attacked with three being injured in a premeditated attack at Auckland Prison at Paremoremo. The attack occurred on 19 October 2016 after a group of inmates in C Block at Auckland Prison attacked guards with three suffering stab wounds to their heads, necks, hands and shoulders just before 2pm. It is widely thought by inmates at Paremoremo that the attack was planned and carried out by members of the Killer Beez gang.[23]
  • On November 4, 2016 a prominent Killer Bee, Rory William O'Neill, was fatally shot in Blockhouse Bay, 2 months after being released from prison. O'Neill was reported to have asked not to be released due to the Killers Beez ensuring his safety within the prison system.[24]
  • In October 2017, members of the Killer Beez and the 36 (Three Six) gangs were involved in a shooting, where three males in Otara were shot in a drive-by shooting. Although the assailants were not identified, the victims of the shooting identified them as members of the gangs.[25]

See also

{{Portal|New Zealand|Gangs}}
  • Gangs in New Zealand
  • Black Power (New Zealand)
  • Mongrel Mob
  • King Cobras (gang)

References

1. ^{{cite news|last1=Bradley|first1=Michael|title=Killer Beez diss stings Dawn Raid|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/273458/Killer-Beez-diss-stings-Dawn-Raid|agency=Stuff News|date=31 January 2009}}
2. ^{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Lawrence|title=Gang boss badly beaten in prison|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/730774/Gang-boss-badly-beaten-in-prison|accessdate=30 January 2018|agency=Stuff News|date=31 January 2009}}
3. ^{{cite news|last1=Johnston|first1=Kirsty|title=LA-style gangs fuel problems in NZ prisons|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/8773381/LA-style-gangs-fuel-problems-in-NZ-prisons|accessdate=30 January 2018|agency=Stuff News|date=9 June 2013}}
4. ^{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Ray|title=Private Business, Public Failure - Inside our Prisons|url=https://assets.stuff.co.nz/interactives/special-features/private-business-public-failure/e5.html|accessdate=22 February 2017|agency=Stuff.co.nz}}
5. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Bradley|first1=Michael|title=Rapper Young Sid|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/features/profiles/272831/Rapper-Young-Sid|accessdate=30 January 2018|agency=Stuff News|publisher=Sunday Star Times|date=31 January 2009}}
6. ^1 2 {{cite news|last1=Fox|first1=Michael|title=Killer Beez boss on the run|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/5750010/Killer-Beez-boss-on-the-run|accessdate=30 January 2018|agency=Stuff News|date=7 October 2011}}
7. ^{{cite news|title=Police on alert ahead of Killer Beez gang member funeral in Waihi|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/98705313/police-on-alert-ahead-of-killer-beez-gang-member-funeral-in-waihi|accessdate=30 January 2018|agency=Stuff News|date=9 November 2017}}
8. ^{{cite news|last1=Dennett|first1=Kelly|title=Killer Beez member shot after jail release|url=https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/weekend-herald/20180113/281719794985134|accessdate=30 January 2018|agency=Weekend Herald|date=13 January 2018}}
9. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.companiesoffice.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/1903535|title=COLOURWAY RECORDS LIMITED (1903535) Removed|last=|first=|date=|website=www.companiesoffice.govt.nz|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2 February 2017}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/Debates/Debates/5/8/8/49HansD_20091028_00000414-Crimes-Amendment-Bill-Local-Government-Amendment.htm|title=New Zealand Parliament - Crimes Amendment Bill, Local Government Amendment Bill, Sentencing Amendment Bill (No 3) — Third Readings|year=2011|quote=I ask members to consider a gang called the Killer Beez. It has its own hip-hop record label called Colourway Records. What does it do? It makes music videos—recruitment advertisements for gangs, thinly disguised as music videos, that are played on mainstream|work=parliament.nz|accessdate=8 October 2011}}
11. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10515994|title=44 in dock after drug raids|work=nzherald.co.nz|year=2011|quote=During the operation, police seized $200,000 in cash, 538g of pure methamphetamine with a street value of more than $500,000, nearly 400g of cannabis, 15 vehicles under the Proceeds of Crimes Act, 12 firearms and all the assets from the business premises of Colourway Records in Otara.|accessdate=8 October 2011}}
12. ^{{cite news|title=Top Kiwi rapper works 9 to 5 to pay the bills|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-news/entertainment/799543/Top-Kiwi-rapper-works-9-to-5-to-pay-the-bills|accessdate=20 February 2017|agency=Sunday News|publisher=Stuff.co.nz|date=17 January 2009}}
13. ^{{cite news|title=Killer Beez a 'school for gangstas'|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2859299/Killer-Beez-a-school-for-gangstas|accessdate=20 February 2017|agency=Stuff.co.nz|date=13 September 2009}}
14. ^{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10735773 |title=Out in force on the mean streets |work=nzherald.co.nz |quote= But in 2008 police smashed both gangs wide open with a six-month cannabis and methamphetamine sting operation that arrested 60 Killer Beez members and put many of the gang's leaders in jail. |accessdate=8 October 2011 |first=Andrew |last=Laxon |date=2 July 2011}}
15. ^{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10625283 |title=Police bugs track 110,000 gang messages |work=nzherald.co.nz |year=2011 |quote=Police intercepted more than 110,000 phone and text messages between the Killer Beez and Tribesmen gang members during a major three-month drug operation in South Auckland and the Waikato. |accessdate=8 October 2011 |first=Tony |last=Stickley}}
16. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/730774/Gang-boss-badly-beaten-in-prison |title=Gang boss badly beaten in prison |work=stuff.co.nz |year=2011 |accessdate=8 October 2011}}
17. ^{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10754945 |title=Killer Beez boss seeks to have guilty plea revoked |first=Edward |last=Gay |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=28 September 2011 |accessdate=8 October 2011}}
18. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/69659306/Josh-Masters-runs-Killer-Beez-gang-from-prison |title=Josh Masters runs Killer Beez gang from prison |work=stuff.co.nz |year=2015 |accessdate=11 August 2015}}
19. ^{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Lawrence|title=Gang boss badly beaten in prison|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/730774/Gang-boss-badly-beaten-in-prison|accessdate=22 February 2017|agency=Sunday News|date=22 November 2008}}
20. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Cowlishaw|first1=Shane|title=Killer Beez president Josh Masters allegedly running gang from behind bars|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/83471552/killer-beez-president-josh-masters-allegedly-running-gang-from-behind-bars|accessdate=20 February 2017|agency=Stuff.co.nz|date=23 August 2016}}
21. ^{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10824382 |title=Killer Beez gang founder jailed for more than 10 years |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=3 August 2012|accessdate=2 October 2012}}
22. ^{{cite news|last1=Field|first1=Michael|title=Hendrix Hauwai jailed for attack on good samaritan|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/65946831/hendrix-hauwai-jailed-for-attack-on-good-samaritan|accessdate=20 February 2017|agency=Stuff.co.nz|date=9 February 2015}}
23. ^{{cite news|last1=Leask|first1=Anna|title=Six, not three guards injured in Paremoremo prison attack|url=http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/six-not-three-guards-injured-in-paremoremo-prison-attack/|accessdate=22 February 2017|agency=News Talk ZB|date=21 October 2016}}
24. ^{{cite news|last1=Dennett|first1=Kelly|title=Homicide victim released from prison just months before death|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11966378|accessdate=30 January 2018|agency=The New Zealand Herald|date=13 January 2018}}
25. ^{{cite news|last1=Harris|first1=Sarah|title='There was too much blood': Drive-by shooting victim recounts horror|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11930244|accessdate=4 February 2018|agency=The New Zealand Herald|date=6 October 2017}}

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