L.A. Crips leader turned gang interventionist faces new charges of soliciting hit on federal witness

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Set us as preferred Eugene “Big U” Henley, a Los Angeles Crips leader turned gang interventionist, allegedly solicited inmates to kill or harm a federal witness to prevent them from testifying at trial against him and his associates, according to a new indictment returned Wednesday.The second superseding indictment against Henley, following his arrest last year on federal racketeering charges, contains charges on seven additional felonies, including solicitation to commit a crime of violence and witness tampering, according to the U.S.

attorney’s office in Los Angeles.Henley, 59, had already been accused of murder, kidnapping, robbery, extortion and fraud.Henley and six other defendants charged in this case are scheduled to go to trial in February 2027.

Henley has previously pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.Henley’s attorney declined to comment on the new charges.According to the new indictment, Henley, who has been in federal custody since March 2025, in June asked about the layout of a housing unit where he believed the victim was located and then allegedly offered to pay two inmates to kill or harm the person.The new indictment also includes allegations that in 2014 Henley and his associates assaulted and later chased a Grammy-winning recording artist through Los Angeles International Airport to collect a debt and for failing to show respect.Although the artist is only identified by his initials, N.D.C, the Times was able to identify him through social media and news reports as Nayvadius DeMun Cash, the rapper known professionally as “Future.”Federal authorities previously likened Henley’s “Big U Enterprise” to a “mafia-like organization” that relied on his “stature and long-standing association with the Rollin’ 60s and other street gangs to intimidate businesses and individuals” i...