A , Staten Island , gang leader named” Tragedy” could n’t stop , bragging about the two murders he committed for the Bloods , — and a federal jury needed less than a day to find him guilty of the slayings.
John Pena Jr., AKA” Tragedy”, head of the Gorilla Stone Mafia, faces a mandatory life sentence after a , Brooklyn Federal Court judge on Tuesday found him guilty , of all six works against him, including extortion and death in support of criminal.
Pena, 32, boasted constantly about the two murders he committed privately in 2021 — even after he was locked up in federal prison, evidence at the , Brooklyn Federal Court trial , showed.
One of those repeated boasts? That he was” Drama free”, referring to the killing of rival Mark” Drama” Bajandas.
He , rapped about both killings , in a song called” Revenge is Glorious”, wrote about them in handwritten phrases found in a prison cell, and bragged about them to a fellow inmate at the MDC Brooklyn prison.
According to the prosecution, Pena committed the killings after the rival” Bugatti” group put a series of kidnappings on his hands.
He gunned down , Gorilla Stone Mafia , stooge Bajandas, 26, outside the Stapleton Houses on , Hill St.  , on , March 10, 2021 , at a light monument for , a fell gang member, pumping more than 10 bullets into the target despite assurances he’d be safe to enter the vigil.
Pena finally emerged from hiding on , June 22, 2021 , to , remove romantic rival , Francisco Gonzalez, 23, as the doomed Original Stacks crew member slept next to Pena’s ex-girlfriend in her sleep, prosecutors said.
Lawyers said three of Pena’s brother Gorilla Stone Mafia were killed between , December 2019 , and , April 2020, including one of Pena’s friends, and the group believed a rival staff,” Bugatti”, was behind the violence.
After Bajandas and another Gorilla Stone Mafia member switched factors, Pena had to flow heart to stave off a revolt and stay on top, Assistant , U. S.  , Attorney , Andrew Roddin , said in his closing argument.
” So he needed to perform. As the grandfather, he needed to show that he deserved his authority. He needed to kill”, Roddin said.
The various stooge,  , Jordan Taylor, took the stand at the Pena’s test.
Another see, prison informant , Tysheen Cooper , told the jury next Wednesday, how Pena confided in him and offered up facts of the deaths.
” I waited for him to move off the camera… and therefore I spliffed him and walked out like I was John Gotti”, Pena bragged, according to Cooper— who’s cooperating with officials after pleading guilty to , his part in a 2016 death.
That was seemingly a reference to Bajandas ‘ shooting, prosecutors said, and Cooper more explained,” He used to state little — like slogans and things like that…. One of them was, like, since the day of whatever day the crime happened, his life has been drama free”.
As for the second murder, Pena bragged to Cooper about how he broke into Gonzalez’s house, he testified. ” He used to say things like,’ Yo, he must have been off the lean ( cough syrup ) because he never woke up. I woke up him in a mad rush. I stood over him and watched him go to sleep, and then I shot him, and by the time he awoke, Cooper had already gone dead.
Pena’s” Revenge is Glorious” rap song — which hit YouTube in 2023, two years after his arrest — also referred to doing both killings, prosecutors said. His lyrics about Gonzalez included the line, “left his brains on them sheets, man what was he thinkin'”?
The jury began deliberations in the roughly two-week trial Monday afternoon, and by about , 10: 45 a. m. Tuesday, they had their verdict.
Bajandas ‘ mother,  , Nydia Lasanta, wept after she heard the word “guilty” repeated in each of the six counts. Surrounded by family members outside the courtroom, she expressed relief about the verdict.
” My son was a loving kid, and we miss him so much. He was stolen from us”, she said.
Pena’s sentencing is set for , Feb. 20.
” As the evidence proved, Pena was consumed by seeking revenge against rivals and maintaining his leadership position in the Gorilla Stone Mafia gang by any means necessary” , , U. S.  , Attorney , Breon Peace , said Tuesday. ” Shocking examples of Pena’s ruthlessness include killing a man as he slept in bed and shooting at another man with a dozen bullets.”
Pena’s lawyer,  , Sam Gregory, declined comment Tuesday.
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