Three suspected members of the 31 Flavors have bond hearings scheduled next week.

Antonio Dennis, Perry Collins and Andre Ellis, three of the 13 defendants facing drug and racketeering charges, were scheduled to appear in court Wednesday, but at least one of the defendant's attorneys failed to appear, and the matter was reset for March 25.
Assistant District Attorney Mike Ruddick said the court could possibly set a trial date at the bond hearings, and other suspected members of the gang are in some phase of the pre-trial hearing process.
As the defendants in the case move their way through the system, court documents have illuminated the Monroe Police Department investigation into the organization. The investigation document cites several confidential informants who portrayed an organization with loose ties but dedicated members.
The gang would show up to a skating rink on U.S. 165 wearing "31 Flavor" T-shirts depicting ice cream cones and bearing the word "gunz." Informants said the members would feud with gangs from Orange Street, "AQ" or Athens Quarters and Oregon Trail, resulting in a gunbattle. The rap sheet for different members included charges of kidnapping, break-ins, battery, threats, fights at barbershops, robberies and drug dealing.
The investigation report quoted the members under questioning as claiming no strict organization, but they nonetheless gave shape and form to the group.
A prospective member had to have an existing member vouch for him, sell drugs and bring the money back to the group to join. Only members with "swagger" were considered, and while there was no hierarchy, the ones with the drug connections tended to have more influence or "stroke." Members were reticent to speak to police after a raid on Dennis' grandmother's house, because the woman took care of them.
The gang, according to investigative report, also had a code. If one member was involved in a fight, he could count on other members to come to his aid. If police found evidence of a crime, a member who was not "on paper" — probation — would step up to take the charge rather than have another member violate his parole.