{"id":9211,"date":"2013-12-04T15:18:05","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T20:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=9211"},"modified":"2013-12-04T15:19:57","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T20:19:57","slug":"9211","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=9211","title":{"rendered":"Alleged gang leader receives state prison term"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charges included robbery, drug-dealing and probation violations<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

By Kathleen Brady Shea<\/span><\/strong>, Managing Editor, The Times<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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William C. \u201cPumpkin\u201d Shockley Jr., 25, of Coatesville, was sentenced to 7 to 15 1\/2 years in prison on Wednesday, Dec. 4.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cSlim to none.\u201d That\u2019s how the prosecutor described the rehabilitation potential of an alleged Coatesville gang leader who was sentenced Wednesday morning to 7 to 15 1\/2 years in prison on charges that included robbery, possession with the intent to deliver a controlled substance, and probation violations.<\/p>\n

Chester County Court Judge Jacqueline C. Cody imposed the penalty \u00a0on William C. \u201cPumpkin\u201d Shockley Jr., 25, of Coatesville. \u00a0She ordered the prison term to be followed by a year of probation.<\/p>\n

In requesting imprisonment of 12 to 21 years, Assistant District Attorney Alexander E. Gosfield had argued that Shockley\u2019s supervision history, a prior record that started at age 17, and an absence of remorse made a maximum sentence necessary.\u00a0 In a sentencing memorandum, Gosfield called Shockley, linked by police to a Coatesville gang called the Goonies, an unrepentant drug dealer who doesn\u2019t hesitate to use violence.<\/p>\n

In one brutal encounter, Shockley robbed a friend he had invited to his home for a dice game because \u201cit was easy,\u201d Gosfield said, adding that in another instance, Shockley had a t-shirt made after an earlier conviction for illegal firearms possession. Gosfield displayed the shirt, which showed a photograph of the eyewitness against him on the front with the caption \u201cwho told on who.\u201d\u00a0 The back of the shirt featured a page of the criminal complaint, including the name of the witness, Gosfield said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe defendant is deeply involved in the \u2018stop snitching\u2019 culture of violence of drugs that keep Coatesville\u2019s good citizens living in fear,\u201d Gosfield wrote in the memorandum. \u201cIn short, the defendant is somebody\u2019s death waiting to happen, and that somebody could be a police officer, a rival drug dealer, or an innocent bystander.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gosfield wanted law-enforcement witnesses, including an FBI agent, to testify about \u201cprior uncharged crime\u201d in Shockley\u2019s past to provide context for his conduct in the charges at issue. Shockley\u2019s attorney, Assistant Public Defender Stephen Delano, objected, and the judge agreed, saying she would focus on the crimes to which Shockley pleaded guilty.<\/p>\n

According to court records, the robbery charge dated back to April 2012. Police said Shockley robbed a friend of $4,000 and threatened him with further injury if he reported it, which he did not do right away. In August, 2012, Shockley was taken into custody on charges that included robbery, aggravated assault, witness intimidation, and related offenses after authorities received information that he was hiding in a Lancaster County hotel, records said.<\/p>\n

The drug charges surfaced after Coatesville Police were dispatched to Shockley\u2019s home in the 100 block of Strode Avenue on July 24 at approximately 3:32 p.m. for a robbery report and found a man bleeding in front of the residence.\u00a0 He told police a masked man struck him in the forehead with a firearm and entered Shockley\u2019s home.\u00a0 During the execution of a search warrant, police found approximately 275.02 grams of marijuana packaged for sale in 138 small zip lock bags in Shockley\u2019s bedroom, records said.<\/p>\n

After the proceeding, Gosfield applauded the outcome. \u201cWe are very pleased that the judge recognized the serious risk Mr. Shockley poses to the community in issuing a sentence above the guidelines,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cA sentence like this makes clear that peddling drugs and violence in the City of Coatesville is a one-way ticket to state prison for a very long time.\u00a0 It\u2019s also a tribute to Detective Kevin Campbell and the Coatesville police for their hard work in keeping the citizens of Coatesville safe from dangerous criminals like Mr. Shockley.\u201d<\/p>\n

Delano declined comment.<\/p>\n

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