A former Atlantic City anti-violence worker jailed in two stabbings is now in federal custody, BreakingAC has learned.
Allen is accused of stabbing two men during the incident. He lost his job with the city's One Neighborhood Evolution anti-violence group as a result of the charges.
His defense attorney told the judge that Allen knew of the charges but did not know he had an outstanding warrant for his arrest in the case. The 15 months he spent on the street without incurring any further charges helped in the judge's decision to release him pretrial.
But the jail never released him.
Instead, Allen was held pending pick up from U.S. marshals on a violation of federal probation.
Allen, who was known as Geez or Maly Geez, had been on federal oversight as part of a plea agreement for his role as a distributor and enforcer in the violent drug gang, Dirty Blok.
A federal investigation alleged the gang ran the drug game in Stanley Holmes Village and surrounding neighborhoods, using violence and intimidation to maintain their power.
An FBI-led raid in 2013, gutted the enterprise.
Intercepts at the time painted Allen as a violent enforcer who always carried his handgun. He had two felony convictions for weapons offenses prior to the gang's arrest.
Allen pleaded guilty in 2015, and was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison, followed by 10 years of parole.
His arrest in the stabbings violated him, records show.
His defense attorney expects Allen will be freed soon.
"We anticipate that he will be released, as he was released on the state charges," Durann Neil told BreakingAC. "Violation of probation hearings are routine in these circumstances."
