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Rockford street gang leader sentenced to prison for cocaine, arms trafficking

By John Clark,

2024-09-12

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — A leader of a Rockford gang has been sentenced to over 6 years in federal prison for selling cocaine and firearms in the city.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Rogelio Ibarra, 34, is a member of the Rockford chapter of the “Insane Unknowns” street gang.

In a plea agreement, he admitted to prosecutors that between March 2021 and January 2022, he and other gang leaders would distribute cocaine to other gang members to sell on the streets, to fund the gang’s criminal activities.

He also admitted to selling firearms, despite a prior conviction that prohibited him from possessing them.

Ibarra was sentenced Tuesday in Rockford in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Iain Johnston.

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Pamela Greer

09-17

some of the nicest kindest people I've met were and are gang members including the insane unknowns out of Rockford...Sup Ghost

Dookie

09-14

All these gangs come from Chicago real nations these are off shots

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