Alleged gang member uses stolen credit card info to buy dolls, gets 8 years

September 20, 2017 By Paul Frangipane Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Tyrone Sexton was sentenced to eight years in prison for buying $762 worth of American Girl dolls with stolen credit card information, among other charges. AP Photo/Kathy Willens

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An alleged Brownsville gang member who used stolen credit card information to buy American Girl dolls and concert tickets was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday on five separate indictments.

Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun spent at least three minutes reading off Tyrone Sexton’s sentences for conspiracy, identity theft and weapon possession charges in Brooklyn Supreme Court.

Sexton pleaded guilty to the charges on Aug. 14 for the promised eight-year sentence.

In December 2015 and January 2016, Sexton used stolen credit card information to buy $762 worth of online purchases from American Girl, the doll company owned by Mattel, according to statement from the DA’s Office.

A few months later, he tried to buy 16 tickets to the Summer Jam concert at MetLife Stadium for $1,960, using credit card information from a woman in Minnesota.

The transaction was canceled when he told a customer service representative his name was Carol.

Sexton occasionally smiled at visitors in the court audience, but they didn’t smile back.

He was part of a 35-person bust of the Hoodstarz Brownsville street gang and affiliated crews charged with drug dealing, financial crimes and violent crimes, announced by the Brooklyn DA on Dec. 13, 2016.

Sexton was charged in all three categories.

When Chun asked Sexton if he wanted to make a statement, he said, “No that’s about it,” and shrugged, “I’m sorry.”

Sexton also took part in a cocaine drug ring to sell around Brooklyn, primarily in Brownsville, between November 2015 and October 2016, according to the statement.

“For those from Brownsville, this is the end of Hoodstarz’s violence, identity theft, bogus rental cars and drug dealing that permeated the streets,” Police Commissioner James O’Neill said in the 2016 statement.

The eight-year sentence was given on a weapon possession charge.