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The Bay City Crew (229 Crew) Introduction
“Loyalty is worth more than Money”
Who are the Bay City Crew (229 Crew)
Bay City Crew or The 229 Crew is a gang based out in the Bay City Area within Los Santos. The Crew mainly focused on drugs and is slowly expanding and reaching their fingers into new forms of business both legal and otherwise. When the Faces of the previous area’s gang was busted in one of the biggest raids in the country's history the remaining members quickly fled the country with their ill-gotten gains leaving behind a large demand and young impressionable runners looking for work. The gap left behind was quickly filled by a group of young teens looking to make some quick money. The Founding member’s Benjamin ‘Knives’ McMicheals, Jerome ‘JRich’ Rich, Alex ‘Swains’ Swainy and Liam ‘LP’ Phillips quickly succumbed to greed and were focused on making it big no matter the cost or loss.
It wasn’t long until the new leader ‘Breezy’ incited violence that spilt onto the streets, his only aim; to remove the faces of the ‘new’ 229 Crew. Liam Phillips was shot and killed. Swains and JRich were arrested and were sentenced to a combined 60 years in HMS Brixton their charges included; Inciting Violence, PWITS, Offenses under the Firearms Act 1968, Wounding with Intent, Being Concerned in the Production of Controlled Drugs and four counts of Murder.
The Bay City Crew (229 Crew) History (May attempt a full-on story with these dates as chapters if people want!)
2013 - One of the Largest Raids in the Country
In December a large criminal organization was dismantled by the CID with cooperation with the NCA. Most of the top tier leaders of this organization were struck simultaneously and arrested. Most of the remaining members fled with their money to various other countries such as Spain. This left behind gaps in the market in various locations causing a dramatic increase in demand for drugs.
2014 - The Beginning of The Bay City Crew
The founding four come together and begin organizing a crew to capitalize on the gap and demand in the drugs trade. They would work and plan methodically with their methods of recruitment and illicit activities. They played smart and worked hard to create a gang from nothing. They built the gang with high standards and a strict moral code that they swore to abide by.
- To respect and protect the innocent bystanders
- Never use, Never Sell to, Never exploit under 16s
- Value and Protect our own
2017 - Growth
The 229 crew slowly began selling more and more illicit substances and reached into new markets mainly involving Cocaine. They found and organized deals with other gangs that would supply them with large shipments of Cocaine which they would later cut and sell on their streets. Many saw this as a great step within the gang but unbeknown to them it was the beginning of the Faces Greed.
2020 - Degradation
The money was good and steady. Everyone but Some members of the Founding Four were content with their current operation. In June LP began and took the first step into breaking the three moral codes that the 229 Crew worked with.
He began selling impure cocaine which was cut with other substances; numbing agents, baby powder and creatine. Pocketing the profits in the process. When one led, the others followed, the three of them began exploring new avenues to squeeze the maximum profit from their now addicted customers. Some saw this as a complete disgrace, The Founding Four laughed all the way to the bank.
Come September, the moral code was nothing more than a distant memory. This shift saw even the most junior members become infatuated with the money, the lifestyle, the greed.
Early 2021 - Division.
‘Knives’, so overcome with greed, began using children to pedal and transport drugs. It was thought by many that this one remaining value would be upheld. Many junior members left, and their families paid the price for their deserting.
Breezy was vocal in disagreeing, but not before ‘Knives’ garnered his own loyalists, who cared solely about deepening their pockets. Breezy, and the other remaining members, disgusted with the new direction that the gang were heading, formulated a plan to overthrow and reform the 229 crew. Returning to the values of its glory days with new refined moral codes.
Mid 2021 - Inciting Violence
Breezy, and his loyalists, were soon at war with ‘Knives’ and his greed filled goons. Violence was Incited and every opportunity. Quickly spilling out into the streets of the Bay City Area, triggering brutal cases of stabbings, shootings and kidnapping. Many lives were lost and this attracted the attention of CID and the LSPS.
Unbeknown to the gang the 229 Crew were already on the radar, a price to pay for their collective greed years before. The war was cut short, after a few weeks of brutal violence by a series of spontaneous raids seizing 1.6 Million Pounds worth of Illicit substances and weapons.
This also resulted in the death of one of the founding four, LP. LP was shot by Armed officers in one of the many trap houses around the city and later died from his injuries in Pillbox Hospital. This event left the 229 Crew with nothing to fight for, or with. ‘Knives’ and Breezy had no choice but to go underground and lay low until they lost the heat. Swains and JRich were later arrested whilst driving to the port where they were suspected to be attempting to leave the country to Germany. Benjamin ‘Knives’ McMichaels is still at large; many think he may have already fled the country, others think he is still somewhere in the country rebuilding or plotting to take back what is his.
September 2021 - The rebuilding of The 229 Crew
Breezy regained contact with his loyalists and even some previous gang members who had earned his trust, by fighting or simply fleeing the ‘Knives’ regime. They worked together to rebuild the gang and contacts and made an oath to the gang with refined moral codes to ensure mistakes that the former faces made, were not doomed to repeat themselves.
October-December 2021 - The 229 Foundation
Back in mid 2021, Micky was recruited into 229 after offering valuable information to Breezy. Since their first encounter, Micky had always been loyal to the gang and put 229 to the forefront of his mind. A few weeks into Micky’s tenure, he showed vast amounts of progress and loyalty, which would not go unnoticed by his higher ups. The boss put it to a vote to make Micky the underboss of 229, in which he passed and was given his new rank to be second in charge of Breezy.
Micky’s first plan of action was to get a recruitment drive going to bring in more prospects and street level members, so the gang could grow stronger in numbers. With the recruitment drive in full flow, this is where Jack ‘KC’ Ronald came in. KC was a new recruit and showed straight away that he was going to a valuable member of the group. Both Micky and KC showed natural leadership qualities, and Breezy saw that. A month had past and the gang needed someone alongside Breezy and Micky at the top. After plenty of discussion, a decision was made. KC would be leading 229 alongside Breezy and Micky.
Not only was there a reshuffle in ranks, there was a change in appearance too. The old 229 was mainly black clothing with a dark green face mask. We decided we didn’t stand out enough and wanted a change in appearance. The new look for the gang was camo and dark green clothing, with a forest green camo face mask.
The three leaders instantly formed a bond and worked great with one another. The members of 229 saw how much effort the three bosses put into everything, and respected them highly. With there now being three bosses, Breezy could take a backseat and live a more ‘normal’ life with his family, which is what he wanted for a long time
January 2022 - Revelation
Breezy was always a closed book when it came to family, not many people knew about his relationships and his past. Towards the end of the year, a decision needed to be made. With pressure coming from his soon to be wife, the thought of leaving the gang life behind was on his mind for awhile. The only people he discussed this with were his two underbosses, the people he trusts most, Micky and KC.
With all this on his mind, there were times when the pressure got to him and he snapped at a few members of the gang for small reasons. His temper became short and the smallest inconveniences would set him off. People in the gang were starting to notice the cracks. Micky and KC convinced Breezy to take a well earned break so nothing like this would happen again. Breezy realised that his two colleagues were up to the task of leading 229, and agreed to depart for awhile.
With disappearance, comes questions. Members of 229 were asking why Breezy wasn’t around and wanted answers. Being a leader, if you want people to follow you, they need trust, which is why Micky and KC decided to tell the gang about Breezy’s decision. This was the first time for everyone to hear about Breezy’s past and personal life, and the unknown truths behind his recent outbursts on members. The gang understood the decision and all got on board with the fact Micky and KC would be their new leaders.
Whilst Breezy was been gone, the two leaders recruited new people and promoted trusted members into higher up positions to help with the running of 229. The two people who stepped up to assist with the running of operations were Daniel ‘Harlow’ Cooper and Sam ‘Duck’ Jacobs.
Micky and KC have developed relationships with well-established gangs in Los Santos and worked extremely hard to get 229 on the map. Not only are they the leaders, they are business owners too. 229 owns a restaurant and a shop & fuel station in the city. The gang admired the hard work of Micky and KC, and they proved themselves as leaders. The members respect them highly, and will do anything that is asked of them.
Micky and KC didn’t want to stop there, there’s always more to be achieved. Their next goal was to be a supplier of guns and drugs to small groups/gangs. With their new connections to big gangs, the prices they get supplies for are good, which leaves them with a nice sell-on profit to be made. However, when it comes to supplying gangs, 229 won’t just sell to anyone. They meet their possible customers beforehand and vet them. This is to ensure 229 are selling to people who they can trust to keep the gangs name out their mouth and who aren’t snitches.
Since the change in leadership, 229 has flourished and is doing as well as it ever has before. Micky and KC still keep in contact with Breezy, and update him on important matters every so often. The door is always open for his return.
Location
The 229 Crew are located down the south Bay City Avenue areas particularly behind a Tattoo Parlor where they run most of their operations from. They have been spotted coordinating and just hanging out around this location. Some members have been seen pushing drugs in friendly territory up at Church.
Appearance
The new look for the gang was camo and dark green clothing, with a forest green camo face mask.
Recruitment
The 229 Crew rebuilt a lot of what they have now from the wreckage and old friends from the war, they’ve met new people with the same ideologies and same goals and rumours have it that they may be looking to recruit some more members into the crew.
Find Us is the City or ask around
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