L.A. Crip Goes Back To Jail After Penning Book..Carjacks Friend..

After penning a critically acclaimed book about gang life during a jail stint, Kody “Monster” Scott,has pleaded guilty to car jacking a friend. It seems the lure of gang life was too strong and thus he committed another violent crime and is lucky all he got was six years.

Source:AP
Kody “Monster” Scott, 44, was sentenced Monday after pleading no contest to carjacking. Four other counts against him were dismissed as part of a plea agreement, Los Angeles County district attorney’s spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said Tuesday.

Scott, who also goes by the name Sanyika Sakura, was in prison when he wrote “Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member.” He wrote that he killed, robbed and committed other crimes since being inducted into a street gang at age 11. The 1993 book is the basis for a planned movie.

Scott, arrested last year, was accused of taking a silver Jaguar that belonged to a friend whom he beat so badly the man needed facial surgery.

A call to Scott’s attorney seeking comment was not immediately returned.

Scott previously served four years in state prison for armed robbery and possession of an AK-47 assault rifle, and had shorter terms for other crimes.

Police contend that he retains gang ties despite a professed conversion to Islam and a renunciation of violence. He was on a list of the 10 most-wanted gang members issued by the Los Angeles Police Department last year.

~ by streetknowledge on May 6, 2008.