VIDEO: Craig Petties Final 2.mp4

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Yo what's good evil streets fam y'all already know we back with another banger shout out to all my day ones the members and subscribers for locking in every single day y'all the backbone of this whole operation the reason we growing and winning out here anybody trying to push their music brand or whatever business hit my line evil streets media at gmail.com we can work something out no doubt I'm showing love to everybody sending cash app donations too and if you trying to support what we doing cash app evil streets tv all that bread goes right back into building this thing up alright yo let's dive into this gangster chronicle Craig Petties wasn't your average block hustler nah this man constructed a narcotics dynasty that ran from Memphis all the way down to Mexico cementing himself as one of the most infamous smugglers to ever emerge from Tennessee his climb from a young corner boy in the Riverside section to a major piece in an international trafficking organization is the type of tale that reads like straight fiction born in 1976 Petties came up on West Dissin Avenue in a modest brick crib his moms Evergene Petties copped for seventeen racks funds were scarce his mother was barely pulling in over fifteen thousand annually working as a foster parent and doing her thing with the Shelby County school system the landscape surrounding him though was filled with possibilities for somebody down to gamble the crack wave had strangled Memphis and young Craig was swift to absorb the lessons by the late eighties he was already pushing small weight earning the alias Lil C because of his compact frame but what separated him from the pack wasn't just his grind it was his capacity to stretch past the neighborhood blocks building connections with the most treacherous figures in the narcotics underworld and that's where his saga truly kicks off Craig Petties early years displayed evidence of both street intelligence and wild behavior traits that would eventually characterize his ascension in the dope game his first collision with law enforcement happened at just fifteen when he got nabbed with a sawed off shotgun he wasn't out sticking people up or executing moves he purchased the weapon to scare the individuals who jacked his coat ironically he was the one who contacted police after accidentally discharging it in his crib not understanding that one slip would place him on law enforcement's map by sixteen school was already ancient history Petties had already accumulated three additional arrests twice for pushing crack and once for attempted murder that final charge emerged after he and some of his squad ran down on a rival Eric Cole and opened fire Cole took a slug in the back but survived prosecutors wanted Petties prosecuted as an adult which could have landed him twenty years but the case got kicked back to juvenile court instead during this period psychologist doctor Robert par assessed Petties painting an image of a troubled yet sharp young dude at five foot and just one hundred thirty pounds he wasn't physically intimidating but he possessed a defiant nature poor impulse control and a real problem with authority his verbal IQ was low just seventy seven but what he lacked in classroom intelligence he compensated for in street awareness he eventually grew to five foot nine but by then his mentality had already been molded by the concrete jungle his early confrontations with the law weren't sufficient to halt him instead they only established the foundation for his evolution into one of the biggest drug movers Memphis had ever witnessed by 1995 Craig Petties had officially graduated to the next tier in the game at eighteen he was already banking decent paper selling narcotics but his real opportunity arrived when a south Memphis heavyweight got locked down this dealer had half a million in currency concealed inside his impounded Chevrolet lumina and needed somebody to retrieve it before the feds discovered it he contacted Petties cousin Antonio Big Wayne Allen promising him a piece if he could execute it there was just one obstacle big Wayne was too massive to scale the fence at the impound yard so he recruited Petties for the mission Lil C slipped in grabbed the cash and instead of staying loyal to the incarcerated dealer the crew chose to keep the money for themselves Petties pocketed fifty thousand bought a Cadillac and even gave his mother some bread to remove an old tree from their property but he wasn't about to waste the rest on foolishness Petties flipped the cash into a legitimate drug enterprise reinvesting the earnings until he surpassed every dealer in south Memphis within no time he was operating the Memphis branch of the gangster disciples converting it into one of the largest and most lethal drug rings in West Tennessee history around this period he connected with cousins Clinton Goldie Lewis and Martin M Lewis two soldiers who would become his most reliable lieutenants at twenty one Petties caught his first adult charge in 1998 for burglarizing rail yard box cars but that didn't slow his roll by twenty two he had money stretched enough to buy a one hundred eighty five thousand dollar house in the middle class suburb of Hickory Hill and pay it off in full he was moving like a kingpin flashing luxury a three hundred thirty nine thousand dollar Bentley a one hundred twelve thousand dollar Mercedes Benz and even property in Las Vegas Petties was no longer just another dealer he was constructing an empire by twenty three Craig Petties had evolved from a small time hustler into a heavyweight in the drug trade operating on a completely different plateau he wasn't just serving on the block anymore he was commanding a full scale trafficking operation he secured two hundred pounds of marijuana and twenty two pounds of cocaine through middlemen with direct connections to Mexican suppliers the money was accumulating at a rapid pace stashed in multiple locations across West Tennessee before being channeled back to Texas and Mexico ensuring a constant flow of product and cash by 2000 Petties empire had exploded beyond Memphis he wasn't just supplying the city he had distribution networks in at least eight states including Alabama Arkansas Georgia Mississippi Missouri North Carolina and Texas this level of success got him recognized in the underworld and soon he was introduced to Edgar Valdez Villarreal better known as La Barbi a high ranking figure in the Beltron Leyva Cartel this was groundbreaking Petties became one of the first black Americans to earn the trust of a powerful Mexican cartel a rare and dangerous position with this direct connection his drug operation expanded to new heights turning him into a multi millionaire before he even hit his mid twenties most of the drugs coming into Memphis were smuggled in hidden compartments on eighteen wheelers traveling up I fifty five and I forty from Mexico Petties shipments ranged from three hundred thirty to one thousand one hundred pounds but one record breaking load was a staggering five thousand five hundred pounds worth a jaw dropping fifty million dollars on the streets he even used FedEx to move product blending illegal operations with legitimate delivery services making it nearly impossible for law enforcement to track his movements the money was rolling in at an unprecedented rate with his organization reportedly pulling in millions of dollars per week Petties wasn't just a local supplier he was a key figure in the national drug trade even becoming one of the primary cocaine suppliers for the infamous Black Mafia Family a massive drug enterprise based out of Detroit his dominance over Memphis wasn't just about making money it was about control Petties and his crew operated with an iron fist using extreme violence to maintain power to solidify his reign his organization was responsible for at least six murders eliminating threats and sending a clear message to rivals and law enforcement alike he was untouchable Petties had built one of the most powerful and violent drug trafficking rings in Memphis history and with cartel backing he seemed unstoppable but in the drug game no empire lasts forever and with the feds watching closely his days on top were numbered by the summer of 2002 law enforcement had ramped up their focus on Petties operation in Bartlett a Memphis suburb authorities uncovered a stash spot containing eighty four pounds of cocaine worth nearly one million dollars that discovery led to a federal indictment against Petties in November of that year at this point DEA agents had officially identified him and his crew as the dominant suppliers of cocaine and marijuana in Memphis the heat was closing in but Petties wasn't about to let the feds box him in instead of sticking around to fight the case he made a bold move he fled to Mexico once south of the border he wasn't just laying low he was living like a king Mexican authorities attempted to track him down multiple times but every time they got close corrupt officials tipped him off even someone from the US Embassy in Mexico warned him about impending raids allowing him to stay one step ahead of law enforcement eventually he settled in the state of Queretaro just north of Mexico City where he bought a home in the upscale Milenio tres subdivision by 2004 Petties had officially become one of the most wanted men in America the US Marshals added him to their fifteen most wanted fugitives list and he was even featured on America's Most Wanted still he remained untouchable it wasn't until 2007 that authorities finally confirmed his location in Mexico life on the run didn't slow him down if anything it made him even more dangerous Petties had full backing from the Mexican cartel living under their protection with a private driver a personal chef a maid a nanny a personal trainer and armed security from his hideout he continued running his multi million dollar empire ordering hits back in the US and arranging the transportation of over a ton of marijuana and multiple kilos of cocaine monthly the feds weren't giving up though and in 2008 Mexican federal police finally made their move after years of surveillance and coordination with American law enforcement they raided his compound in Queretaro catching Petties completely off guard for the first time in his criminal career the untouchable kingpin was now in custody however even behind bars Petties wasn't finished fighting extradition proceedings dragged on for years as his legal team battled the U.S. government's request to bring him back to Tennessee finally in 2010 Petties was extradited and faced the full weight of federal charges back in Memphis he pleaded guilty to operating a continuing criminal enterprise drug trafficking and money laundering in 2011 Petties received a life sentence without the possibility of parole a stunning fall from grace for a man who once controlled millions and commanded fear across multiple states from his federal penitentiary cell Petties spent the remainder of his days reflecting on the empire he built and the lives destroyed in the process his organization had flooded communities with poison had sparked violence and bloodshed and had turned young men into soldiers in a war nobody could win the legacy of Craig Petties is one that echoes through the streets of Memphis to this day a cautionary tale of how the pursuit of fast money and power through the drug trade leads not to triumph but to tragedy and eternal confinement though he rose from nothing to become a titan in the narcotics world his story ultimately demonstrates that no matter how untouchable you think you are the feds always collect their debt and the streets always demand a price Petties Final 2 is a reminder that empires built on blood and poison inevitably crumble leaving behind broken families destroyed communities and a man spending the rest of his life locked away from the world he once dominated that's the real ending to this story and that's the legacy that Craig Petties left behind