POLICE SAY FABOLOUS' CREW LINKED TO ROBBERIES: Investigators claim Street Family is behind crimes against Judah, Telfair and others

New York City police believe that a crew under rap star Fabolous is responsible for the recent robberies of several high-profile celebrities, including former New York Giants cornerback Frank Walker, NBA guard Sebastian Telfair and boxer Zab Judah.


The New York Post is reporting that members of Fabolous’ Street Family Entertainment are believed to have orchestrated the various chain-snatching incidents, according to authorities.


Police allegedly have surveillance footage showing Street Family members involved in the October 2006 mugging of Telfair outside of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ now-defunct Justin’s Restaurant in Manhattan. In that incident, the basketball player was robbed of a $50,000 chain and Fabolous was shot in the leg.

Two months prior to the shooting, Fabolous' brother Paul Cain, 25, was also wounded in violence suspected to be connected to several other instances of chain snatching.

Officials say Street Family has about 20 members who are former drug dealers that hail from the Brevoort Houses in Brooklyn, where Fabolous was raised. The gang allegedly does its business in the Chelsea and Flatiron district area in Manhattan, where Fabolous’ childhood friend Shamel McKinney was recently stabbed to death.

Police say McKinney, 25, may have tried to snatch a $10,000 dollar chain from another Brooklyn man named Anthony Taylor. Taylor, 26, was arrested in Atlanta last week and is expected to be charged with McKinney’s murder.