# Donovan Bennett > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Donovan_Bennett > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Donovan_Bennett.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donovan_Bennett > Source revision: 1341819912 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Jamaican criminal and gang leader}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Use British English|date=March 2012}} {{Infobox criminal| | name = Donovan "Bulbie" Bennett | other_names = Bulbie | birth_date = c. 1964 | birth_place = King Street, Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Jamaica | death_date = {{Death date|2005|10|30}} | death_place = Tanakay district, Rock River, Clarendon, Jamaica | death_cause = Gun battle with police/military | allegiance = Klansman (or Klans Massive) gang | occupation = Gang leader, Criminal | known_for = Leader of the Klansman gang, Jamaica's most wanted criminal | criminal_charge = Murder
extortion
assault, | capture_status = Killed during apprehension attempt | wanted_by = Jamaica Constabulary Force, Operation Kingfish | weapons = .50 Desert Eagle }} '''Donovan "Bulbie" Bennett''' ({{circa|1964}} – 30 October 2005) was a Jamaican criminal{{Cite web|title=Search for Donovan Bennett Police Arrest Reports Online|url=https://www.policearrests.com/names/donovan/bennett/|access-date=2020-06-03|website=policearrests.com|language=en-us}} and gang leader{{Cite web|title=Jamaica Observer Limited|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/special-advertisement/when-the-police-took-out-infamous-klansman-gang-leader-8216-bulbie-8217-_129988|access-date=2020-06-03|website=Jamaica Observer}} of the Klansman (or Klans Massive) based in [Spanish Town](/source/Spanish_Town), [St. Catherine](/source/Saint_Catherine_Parish). He was formerly listed by the [Jamaica Constabulary Force](/source/Jamaica_Constabulary_Force) as number one of Jamaica's top ten most wanted criminals for over ten years before his death.[http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20050301/news/news1.html Jamaica's most wanted ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023214634/http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20050301/news/news1.html |date=23 October 2007 }} ==Background== Born in [King Street](/source/King_Street%2C_Spanish_Town%2C_Jamaica), [Spanish Town](/source/Spanish_Town), Bennett gradually built up a criminal empire through murder and extortion whose assets included eighty motor vehicles and heavy equipment used in construction and hauling industries throughout Jamaica. A member of the Clansmen, authorities believe he gained leadership through the murder of then leader [Derrick "Puppy String" Eccleston](/source/Derrick_Eccleston) on 12 May 1993. During the early 1990s, he led the gang against their rivals the [One Order Gang](/source/One_Order_Gang) resulting in numerous gangland shootings and other violence in Spanish Town. He later established an elaborate extortion operations targeting local business, particularly taximen, in both the central and south central regions of St. Catherine. He would later be connected to criminal activities in Old Harbour and Portmore, St. Catherine and [May Pen](/source/May_Pen). He was thought to have briefly fled from authorities in Kingston to Great Britain under a false identity in 2001.{{cite web |first=Karyl |last=Walker |publisher=Jamaica Observer|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2008/02/09/bulbies-ruthless-reign-shielded-by-politicians/ |title=Bulbie's ruthless reign shielded by politicians |date=February 9, 2008 |website=jamaicaobserver.com }} ==Death== Refusing to surrender to authorities, he and his driver were finally killed (and a man taken into custody) in a gun battle against members of a joint police/military operation part of [Operation Kingfish](/source/Operation_Kingfish) who attempted to bring him in for questioning on his alleged involvement in eighty unsolved homicides as well as charges of assault and extortion at his home in [Tanakay](/source/Tanakay) district of [Rock River](/source/Rock_River%2C_Jamaica), [Clarendon](/source/Clarendon_Parish%2C_Jamaica). At the time of his death, his wealth was estimated at $100 million (Bennett's weapon, a .50 [Desert Eagle](/source/Desert_Eagle), was found to be worth $2,000).[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/ Bulbie's ruthless reign shielded by politicians Jamaican Observer 10 Feb 2010] Later investigations under Superintendent Kenneth Wade found cooperation between Bennett and members of the [People's National Party](/source/People's_National_Party), of which he was given political support and supplied him with information while he operated in areas dominated by the party. During the days following his death, members of his gang reacted violently to his death from blocking roads to firing upon the Spanish Town Police Station and burning effigies of National Security Minister, Dr. [Peter Phillips](/source/Peter_Phillips_(Jamaican_politician)). ==References== ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070514074340/http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20051031/news/news2.html Jamaica Star - Lights out for "Bulbie"] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20071007140901/http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20051104/news/news1.html Jamaica Star - "We did not know"] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20051127024126/http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20051125/news/news3.html Police brace for "Bulbie's" funeral] {{DEFAULTSORT:Bennett, Donnovan}} Category:1960s births Category:2005 deaths Category:Fugitives wanted by Jamaica Category:Jamaican crime bosses Category:People from Saint Catherine Parish Category:People shot dead by law enforcement officers in Jamaica Category:Yardies --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Donovan Bennett](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donovan_Bennett) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donovan_Bennett?action=history)). 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