On December 22, 2022, Aramiya Burrell celebrated his birthday with attendees dressed in formal attire at a recreation center. Many attendees were allegedly members of a robbery crew tied to Oakland's Ghost Town Gang. Throughout 2022, the gang executed high-stakes, violent robberies, leaving victims hospitalized and accumulating significant loot. Victims included a coin store owner in San Francisco with losses of $300,000 and a jeweler in San Pablo with estimated losses of $500,000. Court records document their activities, presenting Burrell's birthday as a celebration of their ill-gotten gains.
They had gathered there on Dec. 22, 2022 for the 32nd birthday of a man named Aramiya Burrell. But he and several other partygoers were allegedly part of a prolific robbery crew comprising members of Oakland's Ghost Town Gang.
For much of 2022, the group had pulled off high-stakes, violent takeover robberies, federal prosecutors say. The Ghost Town gang has existed in a West Oakland neighborhood of the same name for decades.
The robbers had reaped the rewards - in March 2022, a coin store owner in San Francisco lost an estimated $300,000, and in November 2022, a San Pablo jeweler estimated losses of up to $500,000.
Burrell's 32nd birthday became a surprise party: a video from the event shows him being greeted with shouts as he walks with friends into the door of a recreation center.
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