Local: In Marin : Teen gang member slain in San Rafael: "17-year-old San Rafael male was gunned down in a Canal district walkway Wednesday night. The shooting occurred near 3411 Kerner Boulevard and the victim, who received multiple gunshot wounds, was pronounced dead at the scene. San Rafael Police say the victim was a documented gang member. A nearby apartment window was pierced by a stray bullet which lodged two feet away from an 8-year-old girl...
Sting nabs 27 foreign-born gang members :: The Courier News :: Local News: "total of 28 arrests were made in the three-day operation which wrapped up Tuesday, targeting illegal immigrants with ties to violent street gangs, according to a release from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Arrests were made in Chicago, Aurora, Elgin, Mount Prospect, Prospect Heights, West Chicago, Wheeling and Wood Dale.All but one of the men were foreign-born...
Tulare man who served as driver in pair of gang-related shootings sentenced to 25 years to life | visaliatimesdelta.com | Visalia Times-Delta and Tulare Advance-Register: "Jesus Camilo Sanchez, 20, had pleaded no contest to two counts of attempted murder with firearm discharge, having a concealed firearm and being an active participant in a criminal street gang. The first shooting occurred around 1:20 a.m. Feb. 4, 2009, after Sanchez and fellow gang...
Foreign-born gang members targeted in Chicago area - Chicago Breaking News: "Transnational street gang members were the target of a series of arrests this week in the Chicago area, federal officials announced today.Of the 28 gang members arrested, 27 were in the U.S. without documentation and face deportation, either directly or after facing charges in the United States, according to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office.Of those arrested,...
Gold-plated coffin for gangster - Newstalk ZB: "funeral is underway in Melbourne for gangland killer Carl Williams, with dozens of family and friends gathered at an Essendon church to say their farewells.Williams' ex-wife Roberta will lead the eulogies, after she and the couple's nine-year-old daughter Dakota arrived in a black stretched hummer.There is a heavy police presence, roads around the church have been blocked off and students at a nearby...
Gold-plated coffin for gangster - Newstalk ZB: "funeral is underway in Melbourne for gangland killer Carl Williams, with dozens of family and friends gathered at an Essendon church to say their farewells.Williams' ex-wife Roberta will lead the eulogies, after she and the couple's nine-year-old daughter Dakota arrived in a black stretched hummer.There is a heavy police presence, roads around the church have been blocked off and students at a nearby...
The Badger Herald: News: Gang-related shooting on East Side kills 19-year-old Madisonian: "shooting on the city’s east side Wednesday evening left one Madison man dead and has prompted an investigation coordinated between a number of enforcement agencies to find the suspects involved.At approximately 9:43 p.m. Wednesday, officers from the Madison Police Department were called to the 2100 block of Fordem Avenue to reports of a 19-year-old man who...
Federal authorities target gun sales to gangs |: "High School graduate and high-ranking Boy Scout was found innocent Thursday of illegally selling a .50-caliber rifle to a convicted killer in a deal arranged by street gang associates.The federal jury deadlocked on a second count of the same charge against Nicholas Rohrbach, prompting a retrial that was tentatively scheduled for June 14.Three other men -- including the two gang associates who negotiated...
Suspect in Millville homicide identified as 20-year-old Bridgeton man | - NJ.com: "suspect has surrendered to police in connection with the early morning shooting death of a Millville man, according to police sources.He has been identified as Robert C. Robinson, 20, of Fremont Avenue, Bridgeton.Keith Wright, 22, of South 4th Street, was shot in the head and chest when he tried to break up a domestic dispute across the street from his 300-block home...
Newark man is sentenced to 12 years in prison for cocaine, weapon charges | - NJ.com: "12-year sentence today to Stephon Johnson, who admitted he sold cocaine to an undercover detective numerous times during a 2009 investigation conducted by the Prosecutor’s Office V.I.P.E.R. Unit, according to acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino.Johnson was one of 24 defendants arrested during an investigation into a faction of the Bloods street gang between...
Convicted gang member sentenced to death | NewsChannel 36 | Charlotte News, Weather, Traffic, and Sports | WCNC.com | News for Charlotte, NC: "death sentence was announced Wednesday afternoon.Umana is a member of the MS-13 gang.He was one of 26 suspected MS-13 members indicted in...
Gang-related shooting leaves 3 injured; Search on for gunman | Phoenix News | Arizona News | azfamily.com | Arizona News: "According to police, there was a car chase involving a black car and a white car. While driving east down Roeser someone supposedly in the black car opened fire.The driver of the white car was hit twice, once in the chest and once in the arm. The driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a stop sign.There...
Jury urges death for gang member - CharlotteObserver.com: "recommended that MS-13 gang member Alejandro Umana be sentenced to death for the 2007 murders of two brothers in Greensboro.Umana, 25, was convicted of murder last week in connection with the slayings of Ruben Garcia Salinas and Manuel Garcia Salinas in a family restaurant in Greensboro.Chief U.S. District Judge Bob Conrad must follow the jurors' recommendation and impose the death sentence....
Gang member guilty in Sacramento deputy's slaying - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee: "Siackasorn, 19, was 16 years old when he murdered Nguyen on a rainy Dec. 19, 2007, afternoon in a rough neighborhood squeezed between the Campbell's Soup factory and Highway 99 on Sacramento's south side. With a warrant out on him for running away from a group home, Siackasorn stood outside a house that served as a Tiny Rascals...
BREAKING: Escaped Osceola County gang leader caught in NJ - WDBO Local News on wdbo.com: "alleged gang leader who escaped from the Osceola County jail has been captured in New Jersey, officials say.The Osceola County Sheriff's Office says it was informed just before 10 p.m. Wednesday that 21-year-old Michael Rigby was arrested in Patterson, New Jersey. He's been on the run since digging through his cell's wall at the jail in Februar...
Former FBI agent convicted of planning invasion-style robbery - latimes.com: "former FBI agent convicted of planning an invasion-style robbery of what he thought was a drug stash house containing a half-million dollars in cash was sentenced to 30 years in prison Monday by a federal judge in Santa Ana.Ex-agent Vo Duong Tran, 42, and his accomplice, Yu Sung Park, 36, were arrested in possession of bulletproof vests, a machine gun, other weapons, silencers...
Daughter screamed as mafia Don Da murdered | News from Ireland | IrishCentral: "Eamon Dunne's daughter screamed for her father as he was killed in a pub last Friday night, and Irish police believe they have found the getaway car used by 'the Don' Dunne's assassins.Dunne's 17-year-old daughter was by his side screaming for help after he was shot several times in a pub in Dublin.The car was found close to the crime scene and, unusually, it was not...
Fresno Police ramp up gang patrols after weekend shootings - 4/26/10 - Fresno News - abc30.com: "police also discovered the body of a 16-year-old boy lying next to an AK-47 rifle. They don't know how he wound up shot, but a surveillance camera police installed in the area 18-months ago, captured the teen and another man shooting into the house. Police Chief Jerry Dyer says his officers are busy investigating five shootings that happened over the...
CBC News - Manitoba - Gang brawl seriously injures 3: "Three men between the ages of 28 and 38 were rushed to hospital. Two of the men suffered serious upper-body injuries, according to Const. Jason Michalyshen.'Recovery will be fairly extensive,' Michalyshen said.Police said they believe the fight may have been part of a turf war.While police didn't name the gangs involved, the area is home to the Central street gang who have a long-standing dispute...
27 arrested in crackdown on SoCal street gang - Examiner.com: "arrested 27 members and associates of the Black Angels gang under a pair of federal indictments. Eight defendants named in the indictments are at large and 25 were already in custody.Prosecutors say the Latino gang is affiliated with the prison-based Mexican Mafi...
Mexican drug dealer who dealt cocaine in Tigard area sentenced to prison | OregonLive.com: "sentenced a Mexican cocaine dealer who had worked the Tigard area to 20 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Robert E. Jones sent up 36-year-old Javier Avila-Aguilar, who was found guilty in a jury trial last October of possession with the intent to distribute the drug. Avila-Aguilar faces a three-year term of supervised release after his prison term, must...
Ripon man fires gun to scare off gang-banger burglars - Crime & Courts - Modbee.com: "The men backed off but stayed in the area. Police responding to the possible burglary report captured two of the men about two blocks away: Lamberto Godina, 18, of Ripon and Jose Mendoza, 19, of Salida.They were booked into the San Joaquin County Jail on charges of assault, trespassing, and creating a disturbance. Officers are trying to locate the third suspect....
Gang member stabbed during fight in Watsonville - San Jose Mercury News: "33-year-old was out alone near Sunnyhills and Holly drives around 1 a.m. when he was attacked by seven or eight people, according to Watsonville police Sgt. Saul Gonzalez.The victim was taken to Watsonville Community Hospital to be treated for nonlife-threatening injuries. Gonzalez said he was not cooperative with detectives and that the investigation has stalled due to lack...
Fresno Police Increase Gang Patrols - KGPE CBS47 News, Sports & Weather for the Central Valley: "officers found a 16-year old boy dead outside of a home. Inside the home, police discovered a 48-year old woman who had been shot and killed. As well as a 45-year old man who had been struck in the shoulder. A video policing camera, which has been focused on this problem spot for the last year and a half, captured this shooting and is helping investigators.'It...
Gang member to go on trial in fatal shooting - Crime & Courts - BradentonHerald.com: "Jonathan Cabrera, 28, faces second-degree murder and aggravated battery charges in the April 2009 shooting of two men near the LaEscondida Bar, in the 5500 block of 14th Street West. One of the two men shot, 20-year-old Rodrigo Vasquez, later died from his wounds.The case is scheduled for jury selection today, followed by a trial expected to run three days beginning...
Man has been charged with one count of murder following the prison bashing death of gangland killer Carl Williams.The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at Geelong Magistrates' Court this morning, dressed in orange prison overalls via video link from Barwon Prison.When...
lawyer for gangland killer Carl Williams says major police investigations are in jeopardy after his client was bashed to death in Barwon Prison.Williams, the Melbourne underworld figure who was serving 35 years in jail for four murders, was bashed to death with part of an exercise bike inside a maximum security unit yesterday.Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Simon Overland has confirmed that a man will be charged over Williams' death later today.This...
Eleven people have been arrested in a massive investigation into alleged money laundering involving properties. Police assisted the Serious Organised Crime Agency in carrying out raids in Greater Manchester and Cheshire.Residential addresses and company premises were raided by officers. It is understood that prominent members of the financial and mortgage industry in the North West are being investigated as part of the probeOne source said: “This...
16-year-old arrested in gang shooting | OregonLive.com: "detectives arrested a 16-year-old male this afternoon in connection with a gang-related shooting last night in North Portland. The suspect was arrested on accusations of attempted murder, first-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon. Police responded to a call of a shooting about 7:45 p.m. last night in the 9400 block of North St. Louis street. They found 27-year-old Omar Edwards had been...
B.C. gangster turns 'rat' in search for redemption: "Surrey Six killings saw four known drug dealers and two bystanders shot to death in a highrise building in suburban Vancouver on Oct. 19, 2007.The latest indictment in the prosecution names Hooites-Meursing as a conspirator in the murder of one of the six victims, along with alleged co-conspirators Dennis Karbovanec, Jamie Bacon, Cody Haevischer, Matt Johnson and Mike Le.Can a man who admits a...
Neighbors relieved gang members were arrested | gang, violent, neighbors - Top Story - WPEC 12 West Palm Beach: "Buck Wild gang is linked to two dozen shootings and several murders.Six alleged members of the Buck Wild gang are under arrest, two more are being sought on charges of racketeering and conspiracy.These latest arrests are the work of a task force that was set up several years ago to wipe out gang activity in Palm Beach County.Authorities...
Gangster connected to killing of Burnaby man: "California police investigators are saying Hooites-Meursing was an associate of Burnaby native Joe Bralic, who was found shot to death in a Fullerton, California parking lot on July 5, 2001.is a person of interest but he is not a suspect in the actual murder as far as being primarily involved with doing it,' Fullerton police homicide Sgt. Mike Chlebowski told The Province Thursday. 'He is a person of...
Why wasn't toddler safe from harm? :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Mary Mitchell: "Cynia Cole, the 20-month-old girl who was shot in the head while sitting in her father's car.Police sources said Cynia's father, Jerome Hendricks, was the intended target. Hendricks is a Gangster Disciple, and the alleged shooter is a Black P Stone.I remember when newspapers wouldn't even print the names of gangs, fearing the notoriety would encourage the violence.But not...
New arrests in Adelaide's gang war between Hells Angels and New Boys | Adelaide Now: "FOUR men and a youth linked to the New Boys street gang have been arrested over two city brawls - one of them a bloody confrontation with the Hells Angels. Three of the men and the youth were apprehended in a coordinated series of early morning raids by the Crime Gang Task Force today.The raids were linked to a brawl outside Apple nightclub in Synagogue Place on...
Police seize gang house | Otago Daily Times Online News: "Police raided and seized a Dunedin gang house yesterday - one of only two seizures of its kind in the country - and are warning other gangs they could be next. Armed Offenders Squad members used stun grenades to gain entry to the Mongrel Mob Aotearoa gang headquarters at 250 Middleton Rd, Corstorphine, shortly after 7.30am yesterday, after the issuing of warrants for illegal drugs and pro...
Leading organised crime figure is shot dead in Dublin - The Irish Times - Sat, Apr 24, 2010: "Eamon Dunne was gunned down just before 10pm last night at the Fassaugh House pub in Cabra.It is believed he was shot a number of times in the head. At least two men were involved in the attack and are believed to have fled in a red LH-registered car. The killing is one of the most significant gangland murders of the last decade.The motive for the murder...
Criminal Street Gang Member Arrested | Gilroy News: "arrested Edward Lopez Friday and is facing charges that includes, shooting causing bodily injury, participation in a criminal act in association with at the direction or for the benefit of a criminal street gang.The victim in that case was in front of a residence when the suspects approached in their vehicle. Without provocation, the suspect fired several rounds striking the vict...
King City police respond to gang-related brawl at memorial for 13-year-old boy | thecalifornian.com | The Salinas Californian: "Miller said about 100 people were involved in the fight, which began after some Norteño criminal street gang members took affront to about three Sureño criminal street gang members walking by the church. “They felt disrespected,” he sa...
6 Suspected Riviera Beach Gang Members Arrested - West Palm Beach News Story - WPBF West Palm Beach: "Six suspected members of a Riviera Beach street gang have been arrested and two others have been indicted after a years-long investigation by local authoritie...
gainesvilletimes.com - Three teens indicted in March slaying: "11-count indictment against Brian Martin Rivera, 16, Daniel Vilchis-Ayala, 16, and Nelson Vaca, 17, who authorities say are members of the Sur-13 street gang in Athens.The charges include murder, aggravated battery, aggravated assault, attempted armed robbery, burglary, kidnapping with bodily injury, false imprisonment and violation of Georgia's street gang terrorism act.Ramon Hernandez,...
'Knockout' gang busts yield 37 arrests in Salinas area | thecalifornian.com | The Salinas Californian: "Diaz, 24, was one of 37 people arrested Thursday as part of 'Operation Knockout,' an eight-month coordinated effort among federal, state and Monterey County law enforcement agencies to take down some of the most powerful gang leaders in the Salinas area.Authorities said the arrestees belong to Norteño and Sureño criminal street gang...
Man tied to Hells Angels gets 10 years: "Lloyd MacDonald, 39, was handed the sentence Thursday after admitting to possessing 11 guns — including a fully automatic Ingram submachine gun and an Uzi machine gun — along with ammunition and drugs in what a federal prosecutor described as a York Street stash house.The guns and drugs were uncovered during a two-and-a-half-year undercover operation by the province’s Biker Enforcement Unit that wrapped up...
Taxi firm denied licence over links to gangster.. but keeps £2m NHS contract - The Daily Record: "Chief Inspector Stuart Neill, the force's head of licensing, alleged James Baxter - who only left the firm last week - had been involved in incidents including a nightclub shooting and witness intimidation.Mr Neill also read out his 10 past convictions, including a pub assault which saw Baxter jailed for 18 months in 1996.The committee heard how Baxter...
The Eastsider LA: East Hollywood gang suspected of Silver Lake robberies: "Members of the La Mirada Locos are believed responsible for a trio of Silver Lake street robberies, including a man who was mugged during an afternoon walk near the Silver Lake Reservoir, police said. Also, police issued a separate community alert warning residents of Silver Lake, Franklin Hills and Los Feliz of a string of 'hot prowl' burglaries in which residents were at...
NEW YORK PARALEGAL BLOG: Luis Bonilla, aka Chofre, 23, the leader of a MS-13 street gang in Jamaica, N.Y. was sentenced to life: "Luis Bonilla, aka Chofre, 23, the leader of a MS-13 street gang in Jamaica, N.Y. was sentenced to life imprisonment by U. S. District Judge Sterling Johnson, Jr., at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn today. The sentencing was announced by Benton J. Campbell, U. S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.Bonilla...
Most wanted armed robber arrested - Yahoo! News UK: "Armed robber James Muldoon, 30, of Liverpool, was held at a flat in the Amstelveen suburb of the city.The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) said he was caught after a tip-off weeks after his name appeared in a list of wanted me...
Hells Angels associate sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison - Winnipeg Free Press: "Allen Morrison, 38, was one of 18 people targeted during Project Drill, in which a secret agent was paid $625,000 plus expenses to conduct a series of drug deals which were captured by police audio and video surveillance.Morrison was caught in 2007 arranging four major cocaine deals in which he sent a lower-level 'courier' to meet with the agent at various...
Accused gangster Jackie Tran loses final legal bid to return: "Federal Court has dismissed Jackie Tran’s final avenue of appeal, making it virtually impossible for the reputed Calgary gangster to ever legally return to Canada.“For all intents and purposes, it’s the end of the road,” said Tran’s lawyer, Raj Sharma, said this afternoon.Federal authorities deported Tran to his native Vietnam last month, shortly after he exhausted all appeals against...
Criminal Justice Online: Gang Leader: "Cristobal Meza, III, 34, of Wichita Falls, Texas, was convicted at trial last week by a federal jury in U.S. District Court in Wichita Falls on two counts of an indictment charging firearms offenses, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. Meza, an armed career criminal, is a leader in the Varrio Carnales street gang that operates in Wichita Falls and a member of Barrio Azteca,...
Bulldog Gang Member Arrested After Crashing into Fresno Police Car - 4/20/10 - Fresno News - abc30.com: "bulldog gang member is facing charges after investigators say he tried to evade officers and crashed into a police car. The crash happened at First and McKinley but police say they'd been following the driver since they realized he was driving a stolen vehicle near Fresno and Oliv...
Rangers stop gang members with gun at Santa Cruz beach parking lot - San Jose Mercury News: "State Parks rangers arrested three suspected gang members who allegedly had a loaded .357 handgun in a car parked at Natural Bridges State Beach on Monday evening, authorities reported.A ranger patrolling the beach's main parking lot around 6 p.m. spotted two vehicles parked in a corner with four men loitering nearby and went over to investigate, according...
Latin Kings gang member gets life sentence for murder | Washington Examiner: "Twenty-one-year-old Jose Vasquez was one of six Latin Kings gang members who jumped Edwin Umana, 21, after Umana called out to several women who were on the front porch of a home in Wheaton.State's Attorney John J. McCarthy, who called the fatal attack a 'senseless crime,' said he was pleased with the sentence set by Circuit Court Judge Michael J. Algeo.'Jose Vasquez led...
3 arrested in possible gang-related shooting in Midvale | Deseret News: "Three people were arrested over the weekend in what police believe was a gang-related shooting. No one was injured.The evening began for police on Friday about 11:15 p.m. when rival gang members confronted each other in the parking lot of an apartment complex near 7400 S. State, said Midvale Police Sgt. Jason Norto...
OC gang member faces trial in murder-for-hire plot - San Jose Mercury News: "Thirty-two-year-old Alberto Martinez could face the death penalty if convicted in the death of David Montemayor, who was shot down on a Buena Park street in 2002 during a failed kidnapping attempt. Martinez was arrested by Buena Park police after a chase. Authorities say Montemayor's sister, Deborah Perna, hired Pacoima gang members to kidnap and kill him after learning...
Gang members fatally shoot man near Gardena | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times: "victim was leaving a party in the 11200 block of South Berendo Avenue about 12:30 a.m. when he was shot by two known gang members standing on the sidewalk, Lt. Cheryl MacWillie of the Los Angeles County coroner’s office said. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died. His identity was withheld, pending notification of next of kin. MacWillie said the man’s...
Borderland Beat: Miguel Aleman Shootout Leaves 3 Sicarios Dead: "Three gunmen were killed in a shootout with Mexican army soldiers late Saturday night.The gunmen reportedly clashed with the soldiers late Saturday night and exchanged gunfire in the Villa del Mar neighborhood in Ciudad Miguel Alemán, across the Rio Grande from Roma.No information about possible casualties among soldiers was disclose...
Carl Williams, notorious Melbourne thug and the subject of the first Underbelly series, has died in Barwon Prison.The convicted killer Williams had suffered head injuries and died soon after from cardiac arrest.He was serving a 35-year minimum sentence for the murder of three gangland rivals.Williams has one of the main characters in Melbourne’s gangland. He was a convicted drug trafficker.In 2008, the TV drama Underbelly told the story of Williams...
Gang member sentenced for threatening Overton teacher | tennessean.com | The Tennessean: "Ezzealldin Al-Mosawi, 19, reached the guilty plea agreement with prosecutors in exchange for a 12-year sentence in prison. He will have to serve almost four years of that sentence before he is eligible for parole.The teenager, a Kurdish Pride gang member, was arrested Feb. 12, 2009, after his teacher told police he pulled a gun on her in an empty classroo...
Gangsters Out Blog: Eric Sandberg spoke of plans to wipe out all the competition in Surrey: "Agent 22 helps bust the Ziz Zag Crew a Hells Angel puppet club in Winnipeg in Project Divide. Wayne Shuttleworth a former Mountie was among 24 arrested mostly for cocaine trafficking, firearm possession and proceeds of crime.But get this. Agent 22 comes to Vancouver for a meeting where Eric Sandberg from Surrey allegedly claimed he could get the agent any...
Jewish & World News: Over 100 Queens gang members arrested in massive drug, gun bust: "the 'Flocc' street gang.The gang -- a rare alliance consisting of Crips and Bloods members -- were based in Far Rockaway and making $15,000 a week from peddling guns and narcotics, police said.The two-year probe -- known as 'Operation: Under Siege' -- began when NYPD officers assigned to the Queens Gang Squad and the DA's Narcotics Investigations Bureau began...
‘Community Organizers’ Dealing Heroin | Sweetness & Light: "Todd Duncan and Ronald Scott, were key players in a heroin distribution ring, and their work as youth counselors with the nonprofit group was part of a continuing effort by a notorious gang, the Black Guerrilla Family,...
Prosecutor: Morristown cemetery shooter used jail phone to threaten witness | dailyrecord.com | Daily Record: "lieutenant in the '305' street gang and made a threatening call from the county jail to a female juvenile he believes ratted on him to police, a prosecutor said Thursday.At the request of Morris County Assistant Prosecutor David Bruno, Superior Court Judge David Ironson in Morristown maintained bail on Thursday at $500,000 cash only for...
LEX18 | Lexington, KY | News, Weather, Sports, Kentucky | Woodford Escapee Connected With Mass. Drug Gang: "Derek Capozzi, 37, kicked the door open of a Grayson County jail transport van on the Bluegrass Parkway near Rt. 33 and escaped around 10:15 a.m. Kentucky State Police joined...
3 convicted in prison drug gang - baltimoresun.com: "convicted 23-year-old Tavon Mouzone and 24-year-old Anthony Fleming of racketeering conspiracy on Thursday. Their co-defendant, 25-year-old Michelle Hebron, pleaded guilty to the same charge on the second day of their trial. Among the acts Hebron admitted to was the 2007 shooting death of David Moore in Hagerstown. Prosecutors described Hebron as a high-ranking female member of the Tree Top Piru...
La Habra gang member facing hate crime murder charges for 2006 shooting | 89.3 KPCC: "reputed La Habra gang member will face hate crime murder charges in connection with a 2006 shooting that left a Cal State Fullerton student dead.David Anthony Parga, 24, formerly of La Habra, is charged with one felony count of special circumstances hate crime murder for the benefit of a criminal street gang, one felony count of street terrorism, and sentencing...
Gang member faces death penalty in murder-for-hire plot | Street Gangs Resource Center – Los Angeles and California | The Gang Experts | Crips | Bloods | Mara Salvatrucha | 18th Street: "death penalty trial of a Pacoima gang member accused of being the getaway driver after a Buena Park businessman was kidnapped and killed nearly eight years ago.Attorneys this week agreed on a 10-woman, two-man Superior Court jury to sit in judgment of Alberto Martinez,...
Baltimore City Paper: The News Hole: DEA Raids in Prison-Gang Case Nab Another Suspect: James Bullock: "U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents were staging raids in connection with the latest federal indictment of members of the Black Guerrilla Family (BGF) prison gang, one of the places they hit yielded another defendant. James Bullock, whose name was mentioned in the BGF warrant, was at his Cedonia Park apartment when the agents came...
Vincenzo Focarelli appears in court charged with affray | Adelaide Now: "'intended target' of February's Hells Angels bombing has appeared in court charged over Monday's Hindley Street brawl. Vincenzo Focarelli, 35, fronted court charged with aggravated affray over the incident -...
Suspect held in Camden torture killings; laughs during arraignment | courierpostonline.com | Courier-Post: "Kuasheim Powell tried to kill four people.He succeeded twice -- allegedly firing five bullets into the head of one victim, a prosecutor asserted Tuesday.Powell, 24, of Camden -- whom prosecutors say has strong gang ties -- occasionally shook his head and laughed at an arraignment hearing Tuesday.He was ordered held on $1 million bail for his...
Anton Hooites-Meursing turned up in a New Westminster courtroom yesterday and pleaded guilty to first-degree murder for the strangling death of drug dealer Randy MacLeod, 22, in suburban Surrey in 2001.He also admitted being part of the hit team in the retaliatory killing of 19-year-old Gurpreet (Bobby) Singh Rehal of Abbotsford in 2003.However, the Crown stayed another first-degree murder charge and Hooites-Meursing won’t face charges for admitting...
Brawl accused released on bail - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "Vincenzo Focarelli, 35, has faced Adelaide Magistrates Court accused of involvement in two fights, one in Hindley Street early last Monday morning against members of the Hell's Angels motorcycle gang.His lawyer said Focarelli had been defending himself and suffered multiple wounds, including a broken nose.Police allege Focarelli is a member of the New Boys street gang.They...
Alleged gang leader arraigned in Camden slayings | Philadelphia Inquirer | 04/14/2010: "lanky Powell is the leader of Camden's Lueders Park Piru Bloods, named after the gang's Los Angeles roots.The day before he was slain, Hawkins was with Powell and other gang members at the 36th...
Prosecutors: Morales cold case murder committed by three brothers The Republican-American: "killing of Wilfred 'Freddy' Morales 12 years ago was a family affair carried out by three brothers who were members of the Latin Kings street gang, according to court documents.The motive for the slaying was robbery, police say, but the killing may also have involved retribution for a gang battle between factions of the Kings in the mid-1990s.Police charged...
Gangster pleads guilty to slaying in North End - Winnipeg Free Press: "Travis Arnold Personius, 23, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Monday as the Crown dropped the more serious charge of first-degree murder. Personius faces a minimum penalty of life in prison with no parole for at least 10 years. He will be sentenced later this spring.Two co-accused remain before the courts on the first-degree charge, which indicates the killing was planned....
Man to be tried in cousin's death - Omaha.com: "Michael L. Ross Jr. to stand trial in the February shooting death of a pregnant woman.Ross, 26, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of his cousin, Tiffany Ross.Prosecutors said Tiffany Ross was shot in the head while sitting in a car Feb. 10 near 33rd Avenue and Erskine Street. Prosecutor Shelly Stratman alleged that the woman was caught in a shootout between Michael Ross and members of...
Prosecutors: Prison Gang Dealt Heroin In Baltimore - wjz.com: "Black Guerrilla Family prison gang tried to take over the heroin trade in Baltimore while its leader worked in a federally funded program aimed at preventing violence, authorities said Monday as federal prosecutors announced charges against 13 alleged gang members.Todd A. Duncan, 36, is accused in a search warrant affidavit unsealed Monday of running the gang's Baltimore operations. At...
N.J. corrections officer pleads guilty to providing cell phones to Latin Kings inmate | - NJ.com: "Woodbridge pleaded guilty today in New Brunswick to supplying two cell phones to an inmate who is a member of the Latin Kings street gang.Glenn Adams, 49, of Union, who was suspended from his job when he was arrested in August, admitted to Superior Court Judge Frederick De Vesa that he brought the phones into the prison and gave them to the inmate on...
NorthJersey.com: Four Paterson gang members indicted in kidnapping of rival gang member: "Four Paterson-based members of the Bloods street gang have been indicted for the April 2005 kidnapping of a rival Paterson gang member, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said Monday.Torien Brooks, 29, Haleek State, 25, John Benning, 27, and Larry Mayo, 27, all of Paterson, were each charged with kidnapping and conspiracy to commit murder, as well as federal weapons...
Criminal Justice Online: Gang Leaders Indicted: "indicted James Alexander Mack, 25; Jamel Spaights, 28; James Martin Harris, 22; Arous John Phillips, 22; Eric Drandell Ward, 28; Craig Steven Foster, 23, all of Portsmouth, Va.; and Danyell Jamar White, 21, and Cameron Mychal Evans, 21, both of Suffolk, Va. on various racketeering, murder, firearm, and drug charges. The majority of the defendants will face life sentences if convicted.Neil H. MacBride,...
No suspects named as number of victims of Canal St. shooting jumps to 8 | New Orleans News, Local News, Breaking News, Weather | wwltv.com | Crime News: "New Orleans Police now say eight people were shot on Canal Street on Saturday night when someone opened fire to settle a score.A 17-year-old who was shot in the torso was the man police said the shooter intended to hit, but seven bystanders got in the way.It's an example of brazen violence that...
Drug-fueled triangle of death engulfs Rio Grande region | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "killers came for police chief Oliver Garcia as he was readying for bed in this quiet village an hour's drive from the south Texas border, dragging him into the night in his red boxer shorts.His assassins had already snatched two of Garcia's officers; they drove the three 10 miles away to a dirt road near a natural gas well and shot...
Victim's Family: We Aren't A Gang|NewsChannel 8: "48 hours after chaos erupted in Arrowhead Mall, authorities swooped in on two of their prime suspects.The teenagers, Anton Nelson and Michael Mayberry, were found in a Muskogee home thanks to a tip left on the Crimestoppers line. Within hours, district attorney Larry Moore was relaying possible charges to a room full of cameras and reporters. 'We are considering murder first degree,' Moore said.What...
college face book: Why has Britain become a battle ground for foreign gangs?: "500 suspected Jamaican criminals operating in Britain, running a drug trade that brings about 200 pounds of cocaine from Jamaica into Britain each week with a street value of more than £4.5m.The flow has accelerated sharply in the past 18 months, largely as a result of tougher immigration controls by the United States. Yardie gangsters find it not only easier to enter...
» Prosecutors: Black Guerrilla Family gang dealt heroin in Baltimore: "charged 13 people with being part of a prison gang they say was trying to take over the heroin trade in Baltimore.Two dozen people associated with the Black Guerrilla Family gang were indicted last year, but those indictments mostly centered on the gang’s prison activities. Court documents show that the gang was also active outside prison and was trying to control the heroin trade...
Arrests in Muskogee mall death don’t allay gang fears | NewsOK.com: "Police believe Saturday’s killing of 17-year-old Jarrod Reed and wounding of five others in the downtown Arrowhead Mall was gang-related. Reed’s family rejects that idea, and Muskogee schools spokeswoman Melony Carey refused to label the shooting as gang-related.'People keep blaming it on gangs,” she said. 'There is an enmity between a couple of groups; it’s in the community.”Arrested...
Plea-bargain for reputed street-gang leader: "Ducarme Joseph, the reputed street-gang leader who escaped a 50-bullet fusillade at his high-fashion boutique in Old Montreal one afternoon last month, agreed yesterday from a prisoner's box in Quebec Court not to carry any weapons for the rest of his life.He was also sentenced to 10 months of jail time on two charges unrelated to the March 18 gangland-style attack at his FlawNego clothing store on St....
Arrests over bikie gangs street brawl - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "violent street brawl between rival bikie gang members has led to the arrests of six men in Adelaide.Police say Hells Angels members fought with members of the New Boys outside the Ink Central tattoo parlour in Hindley Street in the city, at about 1:45am ACST.Police allege the Hells Angels used metal poles and chains and that chairs were thrown.After the fighting,...
Rival 'Mara' gang members battle over drug turf in Honduras; 9 killed in gunfire overnight | San Francisco Examiner: "shootout between rival street gangs battling for control of the drug trade killed nine people in Honduras overnight, an official said Sunday.Gang members wearing police uniforms and ski masks burst into a house in a crime-plagued area on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa and began shooting, Deputy Security Minister Armando Calidonio said....
Man slain, 3 wounded in S.F. shooting: "26-year-old San Francisco man was killed and three others suffered life-threatening injuries in a shooting early Sunday morning just south of the city's Financial District, police said. Blair Henderson was shot as he and several of his friends went to retrieve their car from a parking lot near Second and Minna streets, according to accounts that Henderson's mother, Regina Mikell, heard from witnesses. Mikell...
Sacto 9-1-1: Two gang members suspected of drive-by shooting: "booked into jail two Sacramento gang members suspected of a drive-by shooting, firing a semi-automatic rifle at a CHP officer and injuring a 4-year-old child in a nearby vehicle.They face multiple felony charges, including attempted murder, according to sheriff's spokesman, Sgt. Tim Curran.The suspects fired at the California Highway Patrol officers on Highway 99 during a pursuit early...
Police probe double shooting and stabbing in Glasgow - Herald Scotland | News | Crime & Courts: "Two men are being treated in hospital after they were shot in Pollok, in the South Side of the city, in what police say was a deliberate attack.The men, aged 35 and 47, were injured as they stood outside a house shortly after midnight on Friday.They suffered leg injuries and were taken to the city’s Southern General Hospital where their condition...
Drug gangs kill nine in Honduras as violence grows: "drug hitmen killed nine people in Tegucigalpa in one of the deadliest attacks in Honduras since Mexican drug kingpins escalated their war over smuggling routes, police said on Sunday. Masked men with automatic weapons opened fire in the street in a poor area of the Honduran capital on Saturday night and then burst into two houses, killing seven men and two women, police said. Several bodies lay...
BBC News - Four injured in gang attack in County Durham pub: "Four men have been injured - one seriously - after armed men entered a busy pub and carried out an attack with what was thought to be baseball bats.Police believe the 'large-scale disturbance' in a County Durham village was linked to a previous arson attack at one of the victims' homes. About six men entered the Oddfellows Arms, Haswell, at 2145 BST on Saturday, carrying heavy, blunt instruments....
The Associated Press: 'Mara' gangs battle in northern Honduras; 9 killed: "shootout between rival street gangs battling for control of the drug trade killed nine people in northern Honduras overnight, an official said Sunday.Gang members wearing police uniforms and ski masks burst into a house in a crime-plagued city near San Pedro Sula and began shooting, Deputy Security Minister Armando Calidonio said. People inside returned fire, and seven men...
Circuit Judge Karen Miller said Thursday he took issue with the wording of the agreement in which 29-year-old Futo Charles refused to acknowledge Top 6 was a gang and denied being a member of the organization.The plea deal had Charles serving 15 years in prison and required him to testify in trials against other alleged gang members.Members of Top 6 say the organization is a music group. Authorities contend that Top 6 has about 350 members who control...
Four men jailed in 'Old West' shootout: "Shaun Roberts, 26, and Daniel Landry, 24, each got six years; Chantha Kim, 32, was handed a five-year sentence and Marcel Landry, 27, received 41/2 years -- less credit for time already spent behind bars.'The significant penitentiary time reflects what can colloquially be called a shootout on the streets of Calgary, reminiscent of the Old West,' Crown prosecutor Shane Parker told a judge in presenting a joint-sentencing...
Six more sentences announced in Cut Throat gang case - Columbia Missourian: "sentenced in federal court in Jefferson City on Thursday include:Brandon James Isom, 20, of Columbia, sentenced to 20 years and two months in federal prison without parole;Robert Lee Jones, 20, of Kansas City, 10 years and one month without parole;Michael Lee Stapleton, 24, of Fayette, 10 years without parole;Donna C. Coats, 40, of Columbia, eight years without parole;Diondre...
Suspect in Valley Village massacre is named - latimes.com: "Nerses Arthur Galstyan is considered to be armed and very dangerous and is still at large somewhere in the city, possibly hiding with the aid of friends or relatives, said LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, speaking at news conference downtown.Investigators said they believe anger was behind the attack April 3 against six acquaintances at the Hot Spot Mediterranean Restaurant on Riverside Drive in...
Trial begins for man suspected of ordering Rosemead murder from prison - Whittier Daily News: "murder trial of a reputed Mexican Mafia 'shot caller' accused of ordering the slaying of a Rosemead man in 1998. Eulalio 'Lalo' Martinez, 48, is suspected of ordering the slaying of Donald 'Pato' Schubert from his prison cell at Pelican Bay, where Martinez has been locked up for more than 15 years. Testimony in the case may show a link between the Mexican...
Keenan "Buddy" Wideman, 17, a member of the Bloods street gang, appeared Wednesday in juvenile court in Camden, where a judge ruled he would be tried as an adult for his alleged part in the February slayings of Michael "Doc Money" Hawkins, 23, and his girlfriend, Muriah Ashley Huff, 18.Wideman could face life in prison as an adult, rather than 20 years as a juvenile.He is among 10 people, including three other juveniles, charged with murder after...
Twenty-two alleged members and associates of the violent Nine Trey Hillside Beehive set of the Bloods street gang, including its two top leaders, have been indicted on charges that include first-degree gang criminality as a result of a joint investigation targeting the Paterson-based...
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