Tuan Evans: Sold pistols and cocaine to undercover officers.

Regis Payne: Arrested for selling PCP. Before his 2012 sentencing, prosecutors called him a “calamity waiting to happen,” undeterred by past convictions.

Roscoe Minns: Cleared for release in November, though prosecutors in 2012 highlighted prior assault and theft convictions in pursuing stiff punishment.

Willie Best: A convicted crack dealer who ran a drug-dealing organization, shot at someone he believed had stolen from him and, after fleeing as warrants were served, was found in a stolen car with an rifle and other guns.