<P> Portee and fellow inmate Leonard "DeadEye" McKenzie established the United Blood Nation while incarcerated in prison in 1993 . Portee was released from jail in 1999 and returned to the streets to build the Bloods into a powerful street gang . </P> <P> Branches were created in different areas of the city . Such as 1 - 8 Trey (The Bronx), 9 Trey Gangsters (Manhattan), Murderous Mad Dogs (Brooklyn), Valentine Gang (Queens), Sex Money Murder (The Bronx), G - Shine (Brooklyn). He was convicted of ten various counts of criminal activity, including racketeering, murder, conspiracy, credit card fraud, and drug trafficking, on August 27, 2002 . He was sentenced to 50 years and is currently incarcerated in ADX Florence, Colorado . </P>

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