By Tiffany Williams –
Donell Allick Jr., also known as “D-Nice,” 25, of New Haven, CT. has pleaded guilty to a racketeering offense before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven, CT.
During a joint law enforcement investigation of a gang war between members and associates of the Exit 8 street gang and rival gangs in the Hill section and other areas of New Haven, CT., law enforcement determined that Allick and other members of the Exit 8 gang engaged in drug trafficking, used and shared firearms, and, since June 2018, have committed at least three murders and 16 attempted murders.
The joint investigation also revealed that Exit 8 members and associates also stole vehicles, at times from outside of the state, and used those stolen vehicles when committing acts of violence, and that gang members also promoted, coordinated, facilitated, and celebrated their narcotics distribution and acts of violence through text messaging and the use of social media applications and websites including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube.
Allick pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in a pattern of racketeering activity, including acts of violence, narcotics trafficking, and gun sales, and specifically admitted that, on September 16, 2022, he and others shot Kenneth Cloud, 46, who was sitting on the porch of an Atwater Street residence in New Haven. The victim was paralyzed as a result of the shooting and died approximately three months later. Forty-three shell casings were found at the scene of the shooting, and a ballistics analysis revealed that 19 had been fired from a handgun later found in Allick’s vehicle, and 24 had been fired from a handgun later found inside Allick’s residence.
Allick has been detained since his arrest on November 10, 2022.
On July 15, 2024, Allick was sentenced to 115 months in prison in a separate federal case where he had been found guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, fentanyl and cocaine base (“crack cocaine”); one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, fentanyl; and one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine base..
In that case, Allick between April and October 2022 conspired with others to distribute fentanyl and crack cocaine in the New Haven area. In September and October 2022, law enforcement made controlled purchases of fentanyl from Allick and his associate, Jourdin Senior. On October 24, 2022, investigators conducted a court-authorized search of a residence shared by Allick and Senior and seized three handguns, extended magazines, and quantities of fentanyl and crack cocaine, some of which was packaged for street-level distribution.
A related search of Allick’s car, which had been observed in suspected drug transactions, resulted in the seizure of another handgun, a 33-round extended magazine, and quantities of fentanyl and crack cocaine.
Allick’s criminal history also includes state convictions for escape in the first degree, assault in the second degree-serious injury, and carrying a pistol or revolver without a permit.