A notorious leader of the Bloods street gang has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison.

Vincent Young admitted moving from Los Angeles in the 1990s and starting the Fruit Town Brims set of the Bloods gang in New Jersey while in prison for manslaughter. Prosecutors say Young directed an enterprise that committed murders, kidnappings and carjackings and sold drugs in cities throughout New Jersey. Young pleaded guilty last year to racketeering conspiracy. In federal court in Newark today, he said he had turned over a new leaf. But the judge was unmoved and sentenced him to 188 months in prison, the high end of a range recommended under Young's plea agreement.