He subsequently changed his name to Hakeem Ali Abdul-Shaheed[2] to reflect the path the Nation of Islam had taken after the death of Elijah Muhammad.
In 1980, Molley was convicted for attempted murder and was sentenced to serve ten years at Bayside State Prison.
Abdul-Shaheed ran a three-member cocaine dealing operation with Victor "Shorty" Fernandez, a Dominican man, and Lucy "Luz" Bertone, a Puerto Rican woman.
Shaheed, a resident of Atlantic City and Vineland, called his group the ASO Posse and often flaunted his drug-financed wealth by wearing a gold crown valued at around $1.5 million.
[4][5] On January 1, 1989, Abdul-Shaheed walked into Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino Ballroom wearing his gold crown and surrounded by "his most trusted distributors.
[2] In February 1989 Abdul-Shaheed and 20 of his distributors were arrested after a seven-month investigation by the United States Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force.
[2][4][6] Abdul-Shaheed was suspected of two murders in Atlantic City,[4] one in Syracuse, New York, two in Washington, DC, one in Maryland, and three in Atlanta, Georgia.