After Two Years Evading Justice, Defendant Arrested on Charges of Murdering Two Men in Bedford-Stuyvesant
Earlier today, a four-count indictment was unsealed in charging Nicholas Washington, also known as “Nicholas Hayes” and “Face,” with the 2005 murder of Steven Negron and the 2006 murder of Andrell Napper.
Press release / DOJ: Washington was a leader of the “G’z Up” gang, which operated in and around the Marcy Houses public housing development in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. G’z Up members and associates earned money by trafficking in crack-cocaine and firearms in Brooklyn, upstate New York and Pennsylvania, and committed acts of violence to protect their enterprise.
In 2005, Washington allegedly planned the murder of a rival drug supplier and directed two G’z Up members to carry out the crime. Those G’z Up members shot at the rival gang member but instead struck and killed Negron, who was standing nearby.
In 2006, Washington allegedly planned a second murder. The intended victim was a rival gang member who Washington believed was responsible for the murder of Washington’s brother. Washington and other members and associates of G’z Up located the target, and two of Washington’s associates opened fire. Napper, who was not the intended target, was instead struck and killed.
Two days after Washington was indicted he learned of the federal charges, evaded arrest, and was a fugitive for more than two years. On May 21, 2016, New York City Police Officers arrested him in connection with a non-fatal shooting that occurred in Brooklyn on May 9, 2014. Washington is currently charged in New York Supreme Court, Kings County, with attempted murder and other crimes based on that shooting. On October 19, 2016, Washington was taken into federal custody.
