A Gary man was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday after he and another man were convicted in May in connection with a 2017 slaying.
Devontae “Lil Cuz” Martin, 30, was indicted in February 2018 in the U.S. District Court in Hammond for cocaine trafficking and using a firearm to commit murder. He and Taquan “Boonie” Clarke were indicted in connection with the July 28, 2017 shooting death of Kevin Hood, 43, of Gary. A jury convicted both men. Clarke’s lawyers filed a motion Wednesday to push back his sentencing date, court filings show.
Schultz prosecuted their trial. Clarke and Martin were two of nine people named in a 19-count indictment in 2018 for a drug ring linked to Hood’s murder and a second homicide in 2016. Teddia “Teddy” Caldwell, named as a co-defendant, pled guilty in August 2022. His sentencing is currently set for Feb. 29 before U.S. District Judge Philip Simon in Hammond. According to documents, Caldwell admitted leading a cocaine ring from 2016 to 2018, which sold drugs out of his home and car wash business.
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