Prominent member of Erie 4-Nation gang gets hit with first sentence in big RICO case.
Erie’s biggest criminal case has produced its first prison term with the sentencing of the eighth-highest ranking member of the Erie gang 4-Nation. The defendant, Marius L. Russell, 32, was sentenced to a mandatory minimum of 10 years in federal prison immediately after he pleaded guilty on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Erie. He is the first defendant in the 58-defendant 4-Nation case to plead guilty and get sentenced. The defendants were indicted in late May. The prosecutor described Russell in court as a “prominent member” and “an earlier member” of 4-Nation. The indictment lists Russell as the eighth-highest member of the gang.