MIAMI – A 23-year-old man was convicted on Wednesday in Miami federal court for his role in a 2015 fatal gang robbery in Broward County.
Collice Reid was the lookout and getaway driver when his fellow gang members shot and killed Donald “Eddie” Johnston on Nov. 4, 2015, in Lauderhill, according to federal prosecutors.
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The shooting injured Johnston and a man and a woman, but Johnston died a day later at Broward Health Medical Center. He was 29. His mother worked for the Broward Sheriff’s Office and his father for the Fort Lauderdale Police Department.
Reid was with gang member Derrick Slade, 28, who has been serving a life sentence in prison since December for a trail of violent crimes from 2015 to 2021 in Broward County, according to prosecutors.
The FBI worked with BSO, and the Lauderhill, Hollywood, Hallandale Beach, Davie, and Fort Lauderdale police departments to solve the gang’s cases.
A jury convicted Reid on Wednesday of aiding and abetting the use of a firearm during a robbery that resulted in a death. His sentencing with Senior Judge Paul C. Huck is at 2 p.m. on April 7 at the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse in Miami.