JACKSON — A reputed Mississippi street gang leader has decided not to plead guilty in a racketeering case and will go to trial in January, federal court records say.
A filing in U.S. District Court in Hattiesburg said Jason Marshall Bullock, also known as “Sir J-Mac,” was scheduled to plead guilty in the case Wednesday but changed his mind during the hearing.
U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett scheduled the trial for Jan. 13.
Bullock’s lawyer, Wesley Broadhead, had no comment Thursday.
Authorities say Bullock is the leader of a Mississippi chapter of the Simon City Royals gang operating in the Hattiesburg area.
Bullock is charged with racketeering conspiracy for alleged offenses including attempted murder, kidnapping, bank robbery, drug distribution and bribery.
He was arrested July 9 in Pensacola, Fla. He has pleaded not guilty and is being held without bond.
The Simon City Royals gang was formed in Chicago and spread throughout the city in the 1960s and 1970s before branching out to other parts of the country, including Mississippi, according to the indictment. Bullock, who identified himself as the “Prince of Mississippi,” sometimes traveled to Chicago to meet with gang leaders, the indictment said.
Bullock has also faced numerous state court charges over the years, including grand larceny, selling marijuana, aggravated assault and perjury, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
He was most recently sentenced in state court in 2008 to four years as a habitual offender for perjury.
The oldest crime listed in the indictment was in 1998.
