JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office announced a series of arrests and drug seizures that marks "cutting off the head" of a criminal organization.
At a press conference Tuesday afternoon, Sheriff T.K. Waters said one of the men arrested, Brian Brightman, was the head of a violent gang called K4T.
Also arrested were Wallace Corbin, 21, Raymond Cash, 21, Gary Harris, 23, Benjamin Wilson, 27, Erin Massey Jr, 25, and Unique Hayes, 28.
They were arrested as part of an operation called "Operation Bright Lights," which Waters said took two months.
This gang was responsible for "multiple homicides," he said. The gang used drug sales to "bankroll" its members.
None of the suspects police announced Tuesday are charged with homicide.
Police seized eight firearms, 1.171 kilograms of fentanyl, 570 grams of meth, 467 grams of cocaine, 203 pounds of marijuana.
The guns have been connected to an August 2021 homicide and several shootings into dwellings.
Waters said he could not "quantify the lives that were saved" by this takedown.
"To those profiting off the pain of those in our community struggling with addiction, we will keep coming for you."
