A suspected gang member from Mableton faces 17 charges after repeatedly selling marijuana to an undercover police officer, authorities said.
Deunte Malik Brewer, 20, has been in jail since April 1 following a monthslong investigation by the Marietta/Cobb/Smyrna Organized Crime Unit, arrest warrants show.
He was taken into custody after police pulled him over near the intersection of Floyd and Clay roads for driving with a cracked windshield. During the arrest, police discovered nearly 17 grams of marijuana and a Glock handgun, records show.
Brewer is also accused of throwing a baggie containing six ecstasy pills out the window of a police vehicle after being detained, authorities said. When investigators search his home, they discovered $450 in cash and a Mac-10 handgun, police said.
According to his warrants, Brewer is a member of a “hybrid criminal street gang” known as 1034 Gvngland, which allegedly operates out of the Joseph Club Drive town home community in Mableton. Some members have ties to larger national criminal organizations, police said, and Brewer himself is allegedly associated with the Rollin’ 30s Crips, according to his warrants.
Authorities said that before his arrest earlier this month, Brewer sold marijuana to an undercover MCS agent on three occasions, twice on Joseph Club Drive and a third time in the parking lot of the Publix on Veterans Memorial Drive.
After waiving his right to an attorney, Brewer allegedly told police he is the “CEO of Gangland,” according to his most recent warrant.
Brewer also faces battery charges in connection with a gang-related fight at Cumberland Mall earlier this year, authorities said. According to that warrant, Brewer and two of his associates allegedly beat a man on Jan. 11 and later bragged about it on Instagram. Police said Brewer tagged the victim in his posts and insulted the rival gang that he was allegedly affiliated with.
In all, the 20-year-old faces 14 felony charges and three misdemeanors: including six counts of participating in gang activity; four counts of selling marijuana; one count of battery; one count of tampering with evidence; one count of possessing a Schedule 1 controlled substance; one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony; two counts of using a communication device to commit a felony and one count of driving with a cracked windshield, online jail records show.
He remains held at the Cobb County Jail without bond.
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