with his brother. They mentioned being an accomplice to a burglary where the house caught fire and burned to the ground. Jesses' father was concerned for their safety and at odds with what to do. In an attempt to teach them a lesson and keep them away from the gang, he contacted local law enforcement and turned them in. Jesse was arrested for arson and burglary and was sent to Spofford Juvenile Detention Center in the Bronx at 14 years old. He was later sentenced to Midlands' Evaluation Center, a quasi-military facility in Columbia, SC, for adjudicated youth. After his sentence, Jesse was released on five years probation. He reunited with his mother, who had moved to South Carolina to start a new life, as the state wouldn't transfer his probation. Struggling with finances, they wound up in the Salvation Army homeless shelter for several months until they found a residence at Valley Homes, a low-income housing development in Gloverville, SC. Jesse would go on to violate his probation as a result of drug abuse and criminal activity, spending most of his remaining youth in detention centers and institutions. He continuously moved back and forth from South Carolina to New York, among family members for the next few years, until he became wanted by the Aiken County Police Department for a gun charge. In early 2000, Jesse fled from S.C. with a warrant and settled in New York with his brother, who was a member of the "Latin Kings" gang in Jamaica, Queens. He became affiliated with the gang and involved in the lifestyle. Jesse was soon arrested for a robbery and was sentenced to a year in Nassau County Detention Center after his gang clashed with MS-13, a rival gang, at a bar in Hempstead, NY.
While incarcerated, Jesse was separated from the other inmates,
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