He is later killed by Carl for betraying the Grove Street Families.Ī deuteragonist to the game, Sweet is the leader of the Grove Street Families and the older brother of Carl, their only sister Kendl Johnson, and Brian Johnson. Whilst Carl is away from Los Santos, he becomes the city's drug baron and hides himself in a building in Los Flores.
He also works in league with the Los Santos Vagos, Russian Mafia and the San Fierro Rifa. However, he does so in a limited way, having secretly joined forces with the Ballas, the Grove Street Families' main rival, in order to become involved in the drugs trade, which gang leader Sean "Sweet" Johnson had refused to do. He welcomes Carl's return to the gang and assists Carl in helping the Grove Street Families return to dominance. His corpse is later mutilated and stripped by the homeless.Ī secondary antagonist to the game, Smoke is a high-ranking member of the Grove Street Families who lives in Idlewood. Shortly after his acquittal sparks off a riot, Tenpenny attempts to escape in a Firetruck but is killed when he drives off a bridge and into Grove Street. He later turns on Hernandez and is put on trial. Tenpenny later leaves Los Santos and continues to have Carl perform various tasks for him. Tenpenny frames Carl for the murder of Ralph Pendelbury and later employs him to tackle the Ballas and Los Santos Vagos.
He and partner Edward "Eddie" Pulaski, who are joined by rookie Jimmy Hernandez, are involved in creating trouble for the gangs of Los Santos and in particular for Carl. Young Maylay.Ī primary antagonist to the game, Tenpenny is a police officer with the Los Santos Police Department and heads up the community policing unit C.R.A.S.H. He is voiced by Christopher "Chris" Bellard a.k.a. Carl then begins to help the Grove Street Families and weaken their rivals, whilst also establishing a business empire throughout the state of San Andreas. He misses the funeral but decides to stay and prove his loyalty to his brother Sean "Sweet" Johnson and to the brothers' gang, the Grove Street Families. After arriving at Los Santos International Airport, he is informed that his mother, Beverly Johnson, has died. Spoiler Warning: Plot and/or ending details are in the text which follows.Ĭarl Johnson, also known as CJ, is returning to Los Santos from Liberty City. Note that the order in which some of these characters appear in-game depends upon the sequence in which the player completes certain missions. This is a list of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, listed roughly in their appearance in the game.