L.A. Crips leader turned gang interventionist faces new charges of soliciting hit on federal witness

Eugene “Big U” Henley, a Los Angeles Crips leader turned gang interventionist, allegedly solicited inmates to kill or harm a victim to prevent them from testifying at trial against him and his associates, according to a new indictment returned Wednesday.

The second superseding indictment against Henley, following his arrest last year on federal racketeering charges, contains additional charges of solicitation to commit a crime of violence and witness tampering, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles. Henley had already been accused of murder, kidnapping, robbery, extortion and fraud.

Federal authorities likened Henley’s “Big U Enterprise” to a “mafia-like organization” that relied on his “stature and long-standing association with the Rollin’ 60s and other street gangs to intimidate businesses and individuals” in L.A.

Henley, who has been in federal custody since March 2025, in June asked about the layout of a housing unit where he believed the victim was located and then allegedly offered to pay two inmates to kill or harm the person, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in L.A.

Henley and six other defendants charged in this case are scheduled to go to trial in February 2027. Henley has previously pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.