Crips Boss Accused of Ordering Witness Hit From Jail

#KRITICIZM - Federal prosecutors have added seven felony charges against Eugene “Big U” Henley Jr., the South Los Angeles music-label owner and longtime Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips figure who has remained in federal custody since March 2025. According to a superseding indictment, Henley allegedly approached two fellow inmates on June 10, 2026, seeking information about the housing unit where a government witness was being held. Prosecutors claim he offered to pay the inmates to kill or seriously injure the witness to prevent that person from testifying against members of his alleged criminal organization.

The new indictment charges Henley with two counts of soliciting a crime of violence, two witness-tampering counts, conspiracy to transport a person across state lines for prostitution and two counts of wire fraud. Authorities also allege that Henley paid a co-defendant to transport women from Los Angeles to Las Vegas and submitted false information while seeking a federal COVID-19 business-relief loan for his company, Celebrity Socks. Prosecutors further added allegations that he embezzled charitable donations, attempted to fabricate employment information and threatened to shut down a cannabis business unless its owner paid him and another defendant.

Henley was already facing numerous federal charges, including racketeering conspiracy, robbery, extortion, fraud and tax evasion. Prosecutors accuse him of operating the so-called “Big U Enterprise,” an organization allegedly used to extort businesses, exploit women and defraud donors, lenders and an anti-gang nonprofit. The racketeering case also includes an allegation connecting Henley to the January 2021 killing of an aspiring musician in Las Vegas. Henley and six co-defendants are scheduled for trial in February 2027. The charges are allegations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.