Leah B. Foley United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | Department of Justice
A member of the Boston-based H-Block gang, Jerry Gray, was sentenced in federal court on Friday for drug distribution and firearms offenses. Gray, 28, of Roxbury, received a sentence of 51 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release from U.S. District Court Judge Angel Kelley.
Gray pleaded guilty in April to charges including distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, as well as being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. His sentencing follows an investigation that began in 2021 into H-Block’s activities after an increase in gang-related drug trafficking and violence.
Authorities said that Gray was among ten H-Block members and associates charged in August 2024 following the multi-year probe. During the investigation, law enforcement seized more than 500 grams of cocaine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, and over 20,000 doses of drug-laced paper.
Court documents state that Gray sold crack cocaine to a cooperating witness in February 2024. The following month he stole money used during a controlled purchase from the same witness. When arrested in August 2024, police found a Glock pistol and various rounds of ammunition at his residence. At the time of these offenses, Gray was already on probation for two prior firearm convictions.
The charging documents describe H Block as one of Boston’s most influential gangs. The group originated as the Humboldt Raiders in Roxbury during the 1980s before re-emerging as H Block in the 2000s. Members have previously been involved in violent confrontations with law enforcement; one incident cited occurred in 2015 when an H Block member shot a Boston Police officer at close range.
Gray is the fourth defendant to be sentenced so far in this case.
“United States Attorney Leah B. Foley; Jarod A. Forget, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Field Division; Special Agent in Charge Andrew Murphy of the U.S. Secret Service Boston Field Office; Ted E. Docks Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division; Jonathan Mellone, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General, Northeast Region; and Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox made the announcement.”
The investigation included support from multiple agencies such as Massachusetts State Police; Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office; Massachusetts Department of Corrections; and several local police departments including Braintree, Quincy, Randolph and Watertown.
Assistant United States Attorney John T. Dawley from the Organized Crime & Gang Unit and Jeremy Franker from the Justice Department’s Violent Crime & Racketeering Section prosecuted these cases.
This case was part of efforts under the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF), which targets high-level criminal organizations through coordinated multi-agency operations led by prosecutors using intelligence-driven approaches. More information about OCDETF can be found at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.
Authorities noted that details contained within charging documents are allegations and that remaining defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
