East Union Street Hustlers – and an affiliated Central District gang, Deuce 8Seattle drug dealer sentenced following anti-gang push

Seattle drug dealer sentenced following anti-gang push: "25-year-old drug dealer affiliated with a violent Seattle street gang was sentenced Friday to a three-year term in federal prison.
Described as an admitted member of a Central District gang, Jamell Webb was arrested in May as part of a law enforcement push against drug dealers working near the corner of 23rd Avenue and East Union Street.
The push – one part of what law enforcement has called the Drug Market Initiative – saw federal prosecutors charge and convict at least eight other men, all of whom had been deemed by investigators to be either violent or have extensive criminal history. Others, chiefly young men or teens, observed dealing drugs in the area were contacted by law enforcement and given an opportunity to change their ways before charges would be filed.
Seen dealing cocaine at the corner, Webb pleaded guilty to drug charges in August.
Writing the court, Assistant U.S. Attorney Vince Lombardi noted that Webb's gang – the East Union Street Hustlers – and an affiliated Central District gang, Deuce 8, had been in a bloody feud with several South Seattle gangs.
Webb's arrest, Lombardi said, 'will hopefully serve to deter others who might be similarly inclined to drag neighborhood around 23rd and Union back into its former role as an open-air drug market.'
Prior to Friday's sentencing, Webb apologized for his actions, which he described as 'illegal and reprehensible.'"