Holland Latin Kings leader to be sentenced today

Mario Herrera, one of the founding Holland Latin Kings, is to be sentenced on Tuesday, Oct. 22, in U.S. District Court. Herrerra was among five gang members involved in a 2008 beating of two men on Columbia Avenue, police said. The victims were punched and kicked in the head, suffering broken bones and teeth, records showed. One other member cooperated with authorities. Article here.

While documents do not state the advisory sentencing guidelines for Herrera, District Judge Robert Holmes Bell said he planned an upward departure of the guidelines based on Herrera’s 19 misdemeanor violations.