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Ivory Brandon Harris, known as B-Stupid, is a drug trafficker from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States who gained notoriety when police accused him of committing murders in Houston and New Orleans. After a 2006 arrest and 2007 plea deal he is in a Federal Bureau of Prisons prison as of 2008. Police said that Harris was associated with the "Dooney Boys," a group formed in the Magnolia Projects (C.J. Peete Projects) public housing community.〔Crowe, Robert. "(Target of manhunt here wanted in New Orleans )." ''Houston Chronicle''. March 10, 2006. Retrieved on January 7, 2009.〕 Prior to Hurricane Katrina, Harris had been arrested at least eight times during the 2000s and charged with murder twice; police could not get anyone to testify against him, so police could not convict him of any serious crimes.〔Hylton, Hillary. "The Gangs of New Orleans." ''TIME''. Sunday May 14, 2006. Retrieved on January 7, 2009. (3 ).〕〔Cobb, Kim. "(New Orleans failures led crime here )." ''Houston Chronicle''. February 4, 2006. Retrieved on January 7, 2009.〕 ==Before Hurricane Katrina== Harris was arrested more than one dozen times as a juvenile. When Harris was 16 prosecutors charged him with killing 24-year-old Alphonse McGhee〔Filosa, Gwen. "Top criminal suspect agrees to a plea deal." ''The Times-Picayune''. Saturday June 23, 2007. Retrieved on January 7, 2009. (1 ).〕 in the courtyard of the Magnolia Projects.〔Nossiter, Adam and Christopher Drew. "In New Orleans, Dysfunction Fuels Cycle of Killing." ''The New York Times''. February 5, 2007. Retrieved on January 7, 2009. (3 ).〕 A grand jury indicted Harris as an adult and charged him with first-degree murder. Two years elapsed as the district attorney considered Harris's mental competency. When a key witness's testimony was ruled inadmissible, the district attorney's office dropped the charges against Harris. Less than one month later, Harris was arrested for a weapons charge. Police arrested Harris on June 19, 2005; Harris faced charges for shooting 30-year-old thrift store owner Yoshio Watson to death at a birthday party of a child at the 2600 block of Philip Street in Central City〔Bryant, Salatheia and Roma Khanna. "(New Orleans gang wars spill into area )." ''Houston Chronicle''. January 28, 2006. Retrieved on January 12, 2010.〕 on May 12, 2005.〔〔 On August 22, 2005, one week before Hurricane Katrina struck, the district attorney dropped the charges after a witness refused to cooperate. Harris remained in prison due to an aggravated battery case. After Katrina struck, Harris was placed in a prison in Shreveport, Louisiana.〔〔Hylton, Hillary. "The Gangs of New Orleans." ''TIME''. Sunday May 14, 2006. Retrieved on January 7, 2009. (5 ).〕 Two weeks before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Jim Bernazzani, the Federal Bureau of Investigation agent in charge of the New Orleans field office, and the New Orleans police composed a list of 112 people who had proportionally committed the most crime in New Orleans; the police and FBI planned to build cases against them so they would be put in prison. Harris was one of the people on the list. When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Bernazzani retrieved a disc from the remains of the FBI building before being rescued; using the disc Bernazzani sent the list to the FBI headquarters in Washington, DC.〔Hylton, Hillary. "The Gangs of New Orleans." ''TIME''. Sunday May 14, 2006. Retrieved on September 16, 2009. (3 ).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ivory Harris」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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