Teen shot after suspects yell gang slogans :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chicago Crime: "teen was shot in the leg early Sunday in the South Side Chicago Lawn neighborhood after suspects shouted gang slogans. About 1:50 p.m., a 17-year-old boy was riding with a friend in a vehicle in the 7900 block of South Western Avenue when a gray Chevrolet Cavalier pulled alongside them in traffic, shouted gang slogans and fired a handgun into their vehicle, according...
Teens arrested after gang-related shooting at Palm Desert home | mydesert.com | The Desert Sun: "The 16- and 17-year-olds were arrested Thursday and booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and negligent discharge of a firearm, Riverside County Sheriff's Sgt. Adam Elders said. The shooting occurred about 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the 77-000 block of Indiana Avenu...
Christopher Coke Reportedly Negotiating Surrender To US Authorities – IndyPosted: "Christopher Coke is negotiating with American authorities to surrender in New York and may well be in custody by the end of the Memorial Day weekend. It is reported that coke managed to escape the besieged Tivoli Gardens section of Kingston, Jamaica and to flee the Carribean island nation.Coke has a reputation that ranges from that of a bloodthirsty killer and ruthless...
Charlotte ICE gang operation yields 12 arrests: "one Asian Boyz gang member, two MS-13 gang members and one MS-13 affiliate. All four are foreign-born nationals from Vietnam, Uruguay and Honduras. One is a naturalized U. S. citizen, one has lawful residency status and the other two are illegally present in the country. Two face state charges and two face immigration charges.The additional eight individuals arrested face various charges ranging from...
Canadian Immigration Report: Black Dodge van linked to Ducarme Joseph case: "Two slain in clothing boutique. Police scour Pointe aux Trembles for leads on possible getaway vehicleThe investigation into a double slaying carried out inside a clothing boutique in Old Montreal in March brought homicide investigators to a condominium building in Pointe aux Trembles yesterday as police released new information in the case.About 20 members of the Montreal...
Manuel Falcon-Lopez charged with attempted murder | State | NewJerseyNewsroom.com -- Your State. Your News.: "Manuel A. Falcon-Lopez, 22, a suspected member of the Dominicans Don't Play street gang, was arrested Thursday night at a Clifton Home Depot store where he worked as a stock room clerk, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office.Falcon-Lopez was among a group of people who fired three shots at another group outside a Campbell Avenue...
N.J. wiretaps detail alliance of mobsters and Bloods | Philadelphia Inquirer | 05/30/2010: "one end of the line was a reputed soldier with the Lucchese crime family.On the other was a ranking member of a North Jersey faction of the Bloods, one of the country's most violent street gangs.The two men were talking business.And state investigators were listening.The wiretapped conversation from July 2007 is one of hundreds that are part of a racketeering...
Neighborhood in Fresno stunned by shooting - Central Valley - MercedSun-Star.com: "mother of a man gunned down in Old Fig Garden late Wednesday afternoon wept at the shooting scene Thursday morning and a woman who lives in the quiet, upscale neighborhood said she was shaken by the violence.Phelan Evans, 27, of Fresno was identified by the Fresno County Coroner's Office as the man shot near where Wishon Avenue crosses an irrigation canal.It's a neighborhood...
Gang-related feuds driving murder rate higher in Minneapolis | ScrippsNews: "Derrick Martin became more than the latest Minneapolis homicide victim.His killing May 24 was a chilling chapter in what police and other sources say has become a dangerous feud among gangs, one that has caused an uptick in the city's murder rate after several years of decline.It also has everyone from beat cops to pastors to the mayor fearful of what lies ahead this summer...
Suspected gang leader nabbed in Tampa ICE raid: "While Mario Rangel slept, a team of federal agents planned how they were going to take him down.Rangel, who has twice been deported, is in the country illegally from Mexico. Authorities say he's a leader in the Sur 13 street gang, with a long record of criminal convictions, including burglary, domestic violence and grand theft.'This guy's not a member of al-Qaida, but he is definitely a member of a...
West End shootings linked, suspect arrested - Winnipeg Free Press: "Police have arrested a 19-year-old gang associate they say was involved with two West End shootings this week in which innocent bystanders and vehicles were struck by bullets.Winnipeg Police Service Chief Keith McCaskill said the accused — whose name has not yet been released — was involved in shooting up a Victor Street home Wednesday evening. Two girls, aged 10 and 8, were injured....
Suspected Gang Member Killed by LAPD Officers | Street Gangs Resource Center – Los Angeles and California | The Gang Experts | Crips | Bloods | Mara Salvatrucha | 18th Street: "Angeles police shot and killed a suspected gang member they say pointed a gun at them while patrolling gang hot spots in the Rampart area.Officer April Harding says two gang enforcement officers tried to stop a man shortly after 7:30 p.m. Thursday near MacArthur Park but he...
Acquitted on Thursday, arraigned on Friday -- Page 1 -- Times Union - Albany NY: "Mustafa Graham has a new legal case. The 21-year-old Albany man was arraigned today on a felony weapon possession charge that carries a possible sentence of up to 15 years in state prison.Graham, who authorities allege belongs to the South End-based Original Gangsta Killas street gang, known as 'OGK,' is accused of carrying a loaded .32 caliber revolver on Sheridan...
New gang rivalry behind Moss Side shooting - Manchester Evening News: "drive-by shooting in Moss Side, in which an innocent teenage girl was hit, is being linked to a gang from outside Greater Manchester. The 17-year-old girl was hit in the elbow while a second victim, a 20-year-old man, was shot in the lower back and buttock.Detectives are connecting the Great Western Street shootings with a feud between the Moss Side Bloods – linked to the Doddington...
Montreal Mafia figure, Moreno Gallo to appeal deportation: "Moreno Gallo, 64, who is out on day parole, showed up for a hearing before the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) at Complexe Guy Favreau Thursday morning for what essentially turned out to be a formality.Because of a series of admissions agreed to in the case, IRB member Dianne Tordorf ruled that Gallo can be deported, as Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has been seeking to do since...
He survives war, but is shot in his front yard | gang, escobar, arroyo - News - The Orange County Register: "He never saw the gunman. He never heard the gun. He and his family were innocent bystanders, completely unaware that there was a gang retaliation shooting under way.“But I knew what that sound was because I’ve heard it before,” Escobar testified last week. “Everyone went down to the ground.”He said at first, he thought they had all escaped...
Lake Calhoun shooting was gang-related, police say | Street Gangs Resource Center – Los Angeles and California | The Gang Experts | Crips | Bloods | Mara Salvatrucha | 18th Street: "Minneapolis police say a gang feud led to the killing of a man near Lake Calhoun earlier this week. And they say an uptick in gang activity has led to more shootings and killings in the city than last year.Derrick Gregory Martin, 20, of Brooklyn Park, was shot to death...
The Associated Press: Argentina: Colombian model arrested on drug charge: "Colombian model accused of leading a drug-trafficking gang that persuaded pretty young women to smuggle cocaine to Mexico was arrested Wednesday after evading Argentine police for five months.Angie Sanclemente...
Experts: Gang "associates" just as dangerous as initiated members | WSLS 10: "Court papers show Lynchburg police investigators believe a deadly shooting last week might have been the result of a beef between “associates” of the Crips and Bloods street gangs.A search warrant on file in Roanoke City Circuit Court seeking DNA evidence from a police “person of interest” in the shooting revealed Derrick Payne died of a gunshot wound to the head.The shooting...
Suspect Charged in Gang Beating Death | MyFox Memphis | Fox 13 News: "Memphis Police have arrested a suspect in the deadly beating of a University of Arkansas Pine Bluff student during an apparent gang initiation.22-year old Keith Saulsberry was brought by a private vehicle to Methodist Hospital South just after midnight on May 22, suffering injuries from a severe beating. Saulsberry died a short time later.The individuals that brought Saulsberry...
Lake Calhoun shooting was gang-related, police say | Minnesota Public Radio NewsQ: "Minneapolis police say a gang feud led to the killing of a man near Lake Calhoun earlier this week. And they say an uptick in gang activity has led to more shootings and killings in the city than last year. Derrick Gregory Martin, 20, of Brooklyn Park, was shot to death Monday night on the walking bath around the lake. Inspector Mike Martin, commander of the 4th Precinct...
Teen killed in West End shooting - Winnipeg Free Press: "Two teen boys were gunned down Tuesday in a brazen daylight shooting that left residents reeling after watching bullets fly on two West End streets.One of the teens has died, according to justice sources.As police hunt for the shooter, some justice officials fear the shocking afternoon attack could be the beginning of a major clash between Winnipeg’s street gangs, an outbreak of violence police...
Police ID body of gangster in oil drum: "Thornhill gangster known by the street name 'The Black Ghost,' a reported millionaire loan shark who disappeared more than two years ago, has been identified as the person found encased in a barrel of concrete at the bottom of Toronto's harbour.Toronto Police said yesterday the well-preserved body of Quang Lu, a 47-year-old divorced father of one with ties to Asian organized crime, was identified following...
The Santa Barbara Independent Four Stand Trial for Carachure Murder: "On trial for murder are four defendants—Ruben Mize, Bryan Medinilla, Ricardo Nava, and Raul Diaz—none of whom are older than 21, and all of whom were juveniles at the time of the crime. They all are facing similar, adult charges: murder with a gang enhancement, two counts of attempted murder with a gang enhancement, and one count of being an active participant in a criminal street...
British 'gangsters' arrested in Costa Del Sol swoop | Metro.co.uk: "British 'gangsters' arrested in Costa Del Sol swoop More than two dozen gangsters said to be supplying UK inner cities with guns and drugs have been arrested in the biggest operation the Serious Organised Crime Agency has ever taken part i...
2 arrested in gang shooting that killed bystander | Bakersfield Now - News, Weather and Sports | Local & Regional News: "Santos Balleza, 35, of McFarland, was caught in the middle of the gunfire May 13 at A&M Market, 398 Sherwood Ave. He suffered gunshots to his head and shoulder and died days later at Kern Medical Center.The target of the shooting, 33-year-old Michael Ramirez, of Wasco, was hit three times in the upper torso but survived.The...
Investigation into Lynchburg shooting comes to Roanoke - WDBJ7 Roanoke News and Weather NRV Lynchburg Danville |: "search for answers in a deadly shooting led Lynchburg investigators to Roanoke. In a search warrant filed Monday in Roanoke, investigators asked to seize DNA and fingerprint evidence from a man who staying at the Tinker Creek Manor Apartments. Lynchburg police say Cory Brown is a person of interest in the case.In the warrant, police...
Rodolfo Godinez Is Convicted in Newark Schoolyard Murders - NYTimes.com: "convicted Rodolfo Godinez, a 26-year-old gang member and native of Nicaragua, of all the charges facing him, including multiple counts of robbery, weapons charges and conspiracy. Each murder count carries a minimum penalty of 30 years to life in prison, and the sentences can be given consecutively. “This man will never see the light of day,” the acting Essex County prosecutor,...
Third suspect in alleged gang shooting nabbed - Fall River, MA - The Herald News: "Phin, 18, of Pine Street, was arrested Saturday outside the Foxy Lady, New Bedford, after he attracted the attention of a New Bedford police officer by getting into a loud argument at the door to the club.A computer check resulted in Phin’s arrest. Police have charged him with being part of the group of young men who shot and seriously injured a 14-year-old on Fountain...
Five charged in San Juan stabbing | juan, san, charged - News - TheMonitor.com: "arrested the suspects — members of the Locos 13 and Poboys street gangs — moments after the attack that police believed was fueled by road rage, according to San Juan Police Sgt. Rolando Garcia.Police frantically scoured the city late Monday night amid rumors of a retaliation shooting — apparently set to take place before midnight — although no such incident had occurred...
Drug battle triggers state of emergency: "Mr. Coke is the leader -- or 'don' -- of the Shower Posse, so called for its alleged practice of showering its enemies with bullets. The gang, which he allegedly inherited from his father in 1992, was blamed for more than 1,400 murders across the United States and Jamaica in the 1980s and is said to have cocaine trafficking interests in Britain, the U.S. and CanadaThe Shower Posse is the same group Toronto...
UK Wired News - Fourteen arrested in gang crime crackdown in Manchester: "Fourteen people have been arrested and guns seized in police raids targeting gang-related crime in Manchester.The raids in Longsight and Moss Side follow a violent incident in Selworthy Road, Moss Side, in April, police said. A group of men threatened each other with machetes and baseball bats in front of residents on 10 April. The people being held are aged 17 to 31. Eleven...
London Fields Gun Battle – Man Shot During Festival | Hackney Hive: "Police have confirmed the man shot, is in stable condition. His injuries are no longer life threatening. Reports via Twitter are coming in, about a shooting in London Fields involving a 27 year old white man with injuries the Met Police are describing as gun shot wounds to the stomach, which appear to be “potentially life-threatening”. The shooting took place at about 3:30pm today,...
Glasgow police investigate the attempted murders of James Boyce and John Rennie | The Sun |Home Scotland|Scottish News: "James Boyce, 24, was blasted outside the Ranza Bar in Glasgow's East End on Saturday. He was hit twice at point-blank range amid fears of a war involving the feared city crime clan. Wounded Boyce was with pal John Rennie, 29, who was run over by a car in the horror afternoon attack. And yesterday locals claimed shots were fired...
Glasgow police investigate the attempted murders of James Boyce and John Rennie | The Sun |Home Scotland|Scottish News: "James Boyce, 24, was blasted outside the Ranza Bar in Glasgow's East End on Saturday. He was hit twice at point-blank range amid fears of a war involving the feared city crime clan. Wounded Boyce was with pal John Rennie, 29, who was run over by a car in the horror afternoon attack. And yesterday locals claimed shots were fired...
France24 - Kingston under state of emergency amid gang warfare: "Jamaican authorities clamped Kingston under a state of emergency and urged people to leave the city's roughest neighborhoods, as police clashed with armed gangs over the possible extradition of a drug suspect to the United States.A police officer and a civilian were wounded by gunfire in street clashes and three police stations came under attack in the city, police said. One police...
News - Crime & Courts: Gang boss dies in shootout at soccer game: "A Hanover Park gang leader was mowed down in a shootout between police and gangsters after two gangsters were shot in what police fear could be the beginning of a new cycle of violence in the area.A man believed to be a senior member of the Laughing Boys was shot dead by police, and two members of the Americans were wounded. Police were called after the rival gangs started shooting...
Britain's girl gangsters are getting ready to fight their way to the top | UK news | The Observer: "highly sophisticated gang, based in Preston, imported guns, drugs and ammunition and had direct links to underworld organisations in Poland, the Netherlands and Scotland.Four of those convicted were women. But unlike other cases where the females in the gangs play only a small, supporting role, two of the Preston gang – sisters Nyome Hue and Stella...
Suspected Newburgh Latin Kings gang leader caught in Pa. | recordonline.com: "Osman 'King Ozzy' Nunez, the reputed warlord of the Latin Kings street gang in Newburgh, N.Y., was arrested Friday in Wilkes-Barre by members of the Hudson Valley Safe Streets task force, said FBI Supervisory Senior Resident Agent James Gagliano.Nunez was one of two suspected Latin Kings who had remained free in the week following a massive raid on gangs in Newburgh. He...
Prosecutor: N.J. Schoolyard Slayings Were Gang Tests | The Afro-American Newspapers | Your Community. Your History. Your News.: "Gang members killed three young adults and attempted to murder a fourth in an attempt to find out whether one gang member “had heart,” according to a New Jersey prosecutor.Jury deliberations began May 20 in the case of Rodolfo Godinez, the first of six defendants charged with killing the youths in the playground of the...
Gangs have amassed weapons and erected street barricades in the Jamaican capital to protest the extradition of a reputed gang leader, police said, as the United States warned travelers of possible civil unrest.Kingston police Friday called on residents of Tivoli Gardens and Denham Town to dismantle the barricades they erected during a massive demonstration Thursday in support of Christopher "Dudus" Coke.They also said that criminal gangs have stockpiled...
MySpace gang portrayal figures in jail sentence : Police Blotter : The Buffalo News: "MySpace page that portrayed Eddie A. Robinson II as a member of a Niagara Falls street gang helped earn him a year in the Niagara County Jail Friday. Robinson, 18, of Seventh Street, had pleaded guilty in March to attempted second-degree criminal possession of a weapon for throwing a handgun away as police were chasing him Dec. 15 at Eighth Street and Ferry Avenue...
Gang feud rivals banned from crossing M60 bridge - Manchester Evening News: "TWO 'feuding' gang members have been slapped with Asbos to stop them crossing a bridge into each other's territory.The dispute between Paul Galimore and Paul Johnson has turned parts of the Brinnington area in Stockport into a 'no-go area' for council and NHS staff, a court heard.Police have been called to a string of incidents and told a district judge that both men are...
King Ratt drug mules get 10 years for €3.2m haul - National News, Frontpage - Herald.ie: "THREE men who acted as 'mules' for the King Ratt drug gang have been jailed for 10 years each at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.The three have been jailed after a €3.2m drug seizure, which exposed links between the Crumlin gang and criminals in Sligo.Judge Katherine Delahunt said that anyone caught with that amount of drugs was well above the lowest level and...
Fourth reluctant witness jailed in Sacramento gang shooting trial - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee: "Judge Michael A. Savage upped the number on Friday on a request from a defense lawyer who has now obtained three such holding orders. A fourth jailed witness was locked up on the request of the prosecution. None of the witnesses, two of whom are juveniles, has any other charges pending. All are being held in...
11 arrested in Loveland, Colo., during ICE and Loveland PD gang operation « Business & Finance News and Press Releases: "The multi-agency operation, which ended April 30, targeted gang members and associates engaged in organized criminal activity. Those arrested during this operation are known gang members or associates from the Sureños or Bloods criminal street gangs. Of those arrested, seven are from Mexico, and four are U.S. citizens. The...
The Sonoma Index-Tribune: News - 4 jailed after loaded pistol found in vehicle: "Arrested were Tony Arevalos-Lopez, 19, of Sonoma; Jonathan Castorena, 18, of Sonoma; Manolo Iniguez, 18, of Sonoma; and Javier Trejo, 19, of Sonoma.Arevalos-Lopez was charged with felony active gang participant carrying a loaded firearm, felony participating in a criminal street gang, misdemeanor possession of a firearm with an altered serial number and misdemeanor driver...
Reyes Rios, 32, the alleged leader of the East Side LReyes Rios, 32, the alleged leader of the East Side Longos gang, was arrested at his home and faces charges in two attempted murders. He is being held on $500,000 bail.Ruhani Bustamante, 28, of Long Beach, was arrested in connection with 11 shootings, two of which resulted in murders. Bustamante was arrested at a local business and is being held without bail.Also arrested on the following charges...
Rap mogul Marion 'Suge' Knight charged for gun crime | www.bullfax.com: "Notorious rap mogul Marion 'Suge' Knight was arrested in Los Angeles Thursday on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, police said.Knight, 45, was detained after allegedly waving a gun at another motorist while driving his white Cadillac Escalade sports utility vehicle in the early hours, police said. He was also booked for driving while suspended.Knight was released Thursday...
26 arrested in West Oakland anti-gang sweep: "'We have had a huge impact on the Ghost Town gang, in effect turning Ghost Town into a ghost town,' Israel said. 'We're not leaving this area. We're never again going to let these Ghost Town gang members take this area back.'Members of the gang are responsible for numerous crimes, including murder, assault, robbery, carjacking and narcotics and weapons offenses, police said. Although the gang's turf is...
Texas Mexican Mafia members convicted in killings | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "Prosecutors pinned six murders on Jose “Bam Bam” Martinez and two on Mike Garcia.Federal prosecutors say they were hit men who killed others for cooperating with police or undermining the gang.All three face life in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for Augu...
Nine gang members arrested in Long Beach sting | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times: "Reyes Rios, 32, of Long Beach, the reputed leader of the East Side Longo Street gang, was booked on suspicion of attempted murder.Also among the arrested was Ruhani Bustamante, 28, of Long Beach, who was booked on suspicion of murder and attempted murder in connection with two slayings, police said.Both were being held at the Long Beach city jail. The others arrested...
Street Gang Target Of Police Sweep - KCBS: "“Ghost Town Gang” popped onto the Oakland police’s radar when there was a spike in violent crime in West Oakland.Authorities said gang members were pushing drugs.”So we starting doing our focus, we started having our under officers going and buying drugs from gang members,” said Oakland Police spokesman Jeff Thomason. “Today, we’re serving arrest warrants on this particular gang.”Thomason tells CBS5 that...
Salinas gang unit arrests three men - MontereyHerald.com :: "Members of Salinas' Violence Suppression Unit arrested three men Wednesday after a vehicle search turned up a loaded .32-caliber handgun.The officers were driving through a parking lot of 60 Stephanie Drive about 6 p.m. when they spotted a man who tried to walk away from a parked vehicle when he saw the patrol car.Police said the man, Raul Alvarado, 25, is a Sureno gang member and a parolee.Two...
Renter of Surrey Six killing location pleads guilty to cocaine trafficking: "associate of the gangster who rented the Surrey Six death suite has pleaded guilty to cocaine trafficking in Surrey Provincial Court.Jaspreet (Justin) Chahil arrived at court Tuesday morning with his mother. His lawyer Neil Cobb told Judge Paul Dohm that he would plead to one of several drug charges he was facing.And Cobb said he expected the other counts would be stayed...
Gang-related shooting victim dies in car crash | Washington Examiner: "Police are investigating what they're terming now as a gang-relating shooting after a 30-year-old Modesto man died after being shot and crashing his car into a tree.Modesto police Sgt. Rick Armendariz says officers found Enrique Garcia Jr. suffering from a gunshot wound moments after his car crashed into the tree less than two blocks from a reported shooting around 8 p.m. Tuesday.Garcia...
Five arrested at Main Street Festival: "Five individuals whom Laurel police said identified themselves as members of the Bloods street gang were arrested during Saturday's Main Street Festival after an altercation that involved six city police officers and two or three other festival attendee...
Three men found dead in car had drug convictions, records show - chicagotribune.com: "Three men found dead Tuesday inside a car abandoned on the city's Southwest Side were members of the Insane Dragons street gang and had previous drug convictions, according to police sources and court records.One victim, Andres Butron, 37, was charged with drug conspiracy after federal agents found $192,413 in cash in a bedroom closet during a 2004 raid, records...
Bystanders caught in middle of Plainfield gang feud | State | NewJerseyNewsroom.com -- Your State. Your News.: "man and two women suffered injuries in the West End neighborhood of Plainfield in what police are calling a gang related feud between rival gangs that has been seething for months.The 45-year-old male victim in the shooting that occurred around 8:40 p.m. Sunday, drove himself to the former Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center after sustaining...
'Depressed' mafia mobster released from prison - Telegraph: "decision to let Sicilian mafia godfather Salvatore 'Vito' Vitale, 64, out of jail has outraged the victims of organised crime.Vitale was a member of a gang which kidnapped 11-year-old Giuseppe Di Matteo in November 1993, in order to gag his father, a gangster who had become a 'pentito' or turncoa...
Fontana Herald News > Archives > News > Bloomington resident is shot to death at party; suspect is arrested: "18-year-old Bloomington resident was shot to death while attending a party, and a 27-year-old Moreno Valley man has been arrested in connection with the case, authorities said.Christopher Daniel Valdez was shot on May 16 at 12:32 a.m. in the 18400 block of 14th Street in Bloomington, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's...
Gang activity cited in stabbings: "The Kilby Street gang is terrorizing people through stabbings, shootings and attacks, according to police statements filed in Central District Court against Daniel Grajales, a Kilby Street member charged with stabbing two people in Millbury earlier this month. In a lengthy statement of facts by Millbury Detective Kimberly Brothers, she said Worcester police know the gang well and the May 8 stabbings at the Blackstone...
Former Marine acquitted of murder in killing of Valinda gang member - SGVTribune.com: "Carlos Chavira of La Puente not guilty of murder in the Feb. 10, 2009, shooting death of Walter Zomoza. Chavira, a 24-year-old former Marine and Iraq War veteran, also was acquitted of two counts of attempted murder. About two dozen of Chavira's relatives gasped and sobbed for joy as the verdict was read in Pomona Superior Court. 'I thank God justice has been served....
Two juveniles charged with stabbing man in gang attack: cops :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chicago Crime: "Two 16-year-old boys have been charged with stabbing a man with a switchblade after the man allegedly fired a BB gun at them Monday night in a gang-related incident in the Archer Heights neighborhood on the Southwest Side, police said. Both boys were charged as juveniles with aggravated battery and their case has been turned over to juvenile authorities,...
Daily Star: Simply The Best 7 Days A Week :: News :: Girl gun gangs of Murder Mile: "BRITAIN’S streets are under attack from a new crime wave – girl gangs. The nation was shocked when pictures emerged of teenager Chloe Goodman revelling in her gangster girl reputation. She posed proudly with a machine gun and boasted about dating the lead member of a notorious inner-city gang, and “looking after some heat” – a gun – for him. But that tough-girl...
Guilty Verdict in “49th Street Massacre” Triple Murder | Street Gangs Resource Center – Los Angeles and California | The Gang Experts | Crips | Bloods | Mara Salvatrucha | 18th Street: "Jurors found Charles Ray Smith, 41, guilty of the 2006 triple murder on 49th Street and Central Avenue. The victims, included David Marcial, 10, a fourth-grader at Hooper Elementary School and his uncle, Larry Marcial, 22. The third victim was Luis Cervantes, 17,...
The gathering of the crime clans | The Sun |Home Scotland|Scottish News: "feared Adams crew - implicated in several murders - have ruled their patch in London's Islington for decades. In 2007, crime clan kingpin Terry Adams was caged for seven years for a £1million money laundering scam. The family have vowed to pay their respects to Carroll after hooking up with one of his closest pals, who won't be able to attend the ceremony today. Members of...
40 Glocc On Trial To Face Civil Gang Injunction | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales | HipHopDX: "reports that California-based rapper 40 Glocc will go on trial today, May 17 to face prosecutors who argue that 40 Glocc raps about being a Crip in his music. 40 Glocc and about 60 others are targeted in a preliminary civil gang injunction dating back to 2008 against a particular group of Crips.Prosecutors are hoping to keep...
8 Arrested In Santa Cruz Gang Sweep - Central Coast News Story - KSBW The Central Coast: "gang-suppression operation by law enforcement officers in Santa Cruz netted eight arrests on Friday.Gang investigators from the Santa Cruz Police Department, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, Watsonville police, Capitola police and the Santa Cruz County Anti Crime Team participated in the special operation.The operation was in response to a recent spike...
Suspect jailed in weekend Bloomington slaying | San Bernardino County | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern California: "Abraham Juarez is being held without bail for investigation of murder and involvement in a street gang, records show. He is suspected of killing 18-year-old Christopher Daniel Valdez of Bloomington at 12:32 a.m. Sunday along the 18400 block of Fourteenth Street.At the time the shots were fired, two parties...
Accused Mexican Mafia member on trial for 2006 shooting | Pro 8 News.com - News, Weather, Sports - Laredo, Texas | Local: "Jaime Tomas Hernandez Rocha is facing one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for an incident that happened back in July of 2009.Rocha is accused of shooting a man twice at the intersection of Palo Blanco and South New York.Rocha was on parole at the time on a federal firearm possession charge.He is being held at...
Three injured in Plainfield shootings as gang feud escalates | mycentraljersey.com | MyCentralJersey.com: "feud between rival gang sets that has been simmering for months is approaching a boiling point, police said Monday, the day after three people were injured during two separate shootings in the West End.Two women and a man suffered injuries in the shootings although none were life-threatening, according to city Public Safety Director Martin Hellwig,...
Gang Crackdown Continues in Fresno - KGPE CBS47 News, Sports & Weather for the Central Valley: "Police seized guns and drugs and arrested several members of the 5th street bulldog gang in the area of Butler and Orange Avenue Sunday night.Undercover officers stopped to talk to some people in front of a house and then noticed a loaded gun on the front seat of a car in the driveway.An hour long standoff ensued and the group refused to come out of...
Sheriff: Crime spree ends for gang member : News : KGBT 4: "alleged gang member is behind bars under $3.5 million dollars in bonds following a crime spree that included five robberies, a kidnapping and a burglary.Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office depruties reported the arrest of Genaro Perez III on Monday.Deputies told Action 4 News that Perez is believed to a be the suspect in a crime spree going back to March 18t...
LAPD Blog: Gang Member Arrested For Brutal Stabbing Downtown: "Los Angeles police officers arrested a 17-year-old gang member for the brutal stabbing of a homeless man last Saturday on Los Angeles Street.“Turns out this was a random act of violence,” said Lt. Paul Vernon, who heads up detective operations for downtown. “This 17-year-old was working overtime to establish himself as an enforcer with his gang.”Last Saturday afternoon, the sidewalk...
LA gang member convicted in assault rifle killings - San Jose Mercury News: "Los Angeles gang member has been convicted of an assault-rifle attack that killed a 10-year-old boy and two others. Forty-one-year-old Charles Ray Smith was convicted Monday of first-degree murder and could face the death penalty. He also was found guilty of a previous murder. A mistrial was declared for 36-year-old co-defendant Kevin Moore. Prosecutors haven't decide whether...
Trial Begins For Man Accused Of Killing High School Student - News Story - KTVU San Francisco: "Ricardo Garcia, now 19, fatally shot 17-year-old Solomone Zarate on Sept. 13, 2008, Garcia's defense attorney Charles Smith said, but whether the killing was murder or voluntary manslaughter remains up to jurors.Prosecutors allege that Zarate and Garcia were members of rival street gangs and got involved in a fight at a party on Columbia Avenue near El...
Hugo man charged with marking girls with gang tattoos, police say - TwinCities.com: "accused of tattooing teenage girls with gang markings as a way of branding them as his 'home girls.' Police began investigating Jimmy Carter Lee, 29, in the fall, after a runaway teen was found at his home, according to an application for a search warrant filed in Washington County District Court in January. A Harding High School resource officer and a St. Paul vice...
Crip pleads, prosecutors take aim at gangs | Waynesboro News Virginian: "James Edward Breckenridge, 24, of Stuarts Draft, pleaded guilty Friday in Augusta County Circuit Court to attempted first-degree murder, gang participation and firearms charges in drive-by shootings that left two homes riddled with bullet holes. Jesse James Purcell, 19, of Sherando, allegedly a Crip accomplice, also shot an AK-47 into homes, authorities said.Prosecutors refused...
Texas Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation Gang Members Sentenced to Life - 7thSpace Interactive: "Jose Robledo Nava, aka “Chino,” 31, of Lubbock, Texas, and James Johnathan Cole, aka “Blitz,” 19, of Lamesa, Texas, were each found guilty by a federal jury in Lubbock on two counts of using a firearm to commit murder during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, and one count of a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute...
PD looking for suspect after possible gang-related shooting - Phoenix Arizona news, breaking news, local news, weather radar, traffic from ABC15 News | ABC15.com: "Police are on the hunt for a suspect after an apparent gang-related shooting in west Phoenix Sunday.Phoenix police tell ABC15 the victim was walking in an area near Indian School Road and 59th Avenue around 12:30 p.m. when he noticed a black Hummer following him.The victim and the people...
The Weekend Post Online: "arrested three men in connection with the murder last Wednesday of Gelvandale gangster Freddie “Fritos” Valentine, 52.Police Captain Johann Rheeder said Valentine had died in hospital last week after suffering numerous gunshot wounds.He was not willing to disclose details of the case, but said the men had been arrested on Saturday night.This follows a week of gang violence in Gelvandale in which three separate shooting incidents...
Gang link to guard's death - crime - national | Stuff.co.nz: "Palmer was punched in the head about 1pm on Saturday while unlocking a prisoner's cell door and died yesterday in Middlemore Hospital. The US-born father of two was with two other prison officers who went to let the prisoner out of his single cell in the north Waikato prison. Corrections Association president Beven Hanlon said Mr Palmer wanted out of Spring Hill. 'Jason was looking for...
Mexican Mafia attacks taking place in Valley towns | mexican, early, valley - Local - Brownsville Herald: "Harlingen police keep a close eye on Mexican Mafia activity in and around the city, both cases last month were alarming because they broke through the surface, the violent nature of each attracting the attention of local law enforcement, Harlingen police Sgt. Stephen Mayer said.Mayer, the head of the Harlingen Police Department’s Gang Eradication...
Another suspect from gang raid in custody | recordonline.com: "Seth “Stokes” Toomer, 22, of Lander Street turned himself in on Saturday night, FBI Supervisory Senior Resident Agent James Gagliano said. Toomer was listed among 60 defendants accused of selling cocaine as part of the Bloods street gang in Newburgh. Another 18 suspected members of the Latin Kings were named in a second indictment unsealed the same day. Nearly 600 federal, state and local...
Gang Injunction Names Names, and Suit Follows - NYTimes.com: "Lucio Gonzalez, a 33-year-old unemployed truck driver from a tough part of Fairfield, said he was scared to look out the door at night, but not because of the area’s gangs. He thinks he will be a casualty of police efforts...
Feds raid Hudson Valley town in massive gang bust: "charged dozens of reputed members of the Blood and Latin Kings street gangs in a massive takedown north of New York City.More than 300 heavily armed federal agents and local police raided homes at dawn on Thursday in Newburgh, N.Y. — a town that has been plagued by drug-related violence.Authorities say so far 78 suspects — 60 alleged Bloods and 18 reputed Latin Kings — are facing various drug c...
Michael Rigby: After escape from Osceola County Jail, Bloods gang leader Michael Rigby fights extradition to Florida - OrlandoSentinel.com: "Bloods gang leader Michael Rigby refused on Thursday to return to Florida without a court fight, so the Osceola County Sheriff's Office is seeking his extradition from New Jersey to face escape charges, spokeswoman Twis Lizasuain said Friday.Rigby, who escaped from the Osceola County Jail in February, has been...
Bloods member from North Brunswick gets 15 years in gang slaying | mycentraljersey.com | MyCentralJersey.com: "admitted member of the Bloods street gang drew a 15-year prison term Friday for killing the reputed member of a rival faction following a fight that stemmed from an encounter at a New Brunswick High School football game.Jorge L. Pellot III, 21, of North Brunswick pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in March in the slaying of Tony Forde...
Gang motives explored in North Richmond triple-homicide - San Jose Mercury News: "Gang motives may have fueled a drive-by shooting that left three men dead and wounded another in what the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office is calling this unincorporated community's deadliest day in more than a decade.Investigators also are exploring whether the triple-homicide, which occurred about 9 p.m. Thursday in the 1700 block of Truman Street, is related...
Documented gang members arrested at Basin apartments - The Park Record: "Four of the suspects belong to the notorious Sureños street gang. Two of the other suspects are 'documented gang affiliates' and some of those arrested have connections to Brown Side 13, a gang in the Park City area, the authorities said.The nine people were taken into custody Wednesday evening at Canyon Creek Club, 900 Bitner Road.'Deputies discovered several documented Sureños...
Documented gang members arrested at Basin apartments - The Park Record: "Four of the suspects belong to the notorious Sureños street gang. Two of the other suspects are 'documented gang affiliates' and some of those arrested have connections to Brown Side 13, a gang in the Park City area, the authorities said.The nine people were taken into custody Wednesday evening at Canyon Creek Club, 900 Bitner Road.'Deputies discovered several documented Sureños...
Alleged gang member busted in Kingston drug sting - The Daily Freeman Blotter: Serving the Hudson Valley since 1871(DailyFreeman.com): "'known member' of the Latin Kings street gang faces felony drug charges after leading officers on a foot chase through Midtown Friday following a buy-and-bust operation in the area of Broadway and Henry Street, authorities said.Fernando P. Parris, 24, who authorities said was staying in Room 100 of the Superlodge...
Witness to Valinda shootout says gang members shot first - SGVTribune.com: "witness to the Valinda shootout that left a gang member dead and a former Marine charged with his murder testified Friday the gang members shot first. Cinthia Cisneros testified she was standing about 10 feet away when three gang members opened fire on Carlos Chavira. Chavira, a former Marine and Iraq war veteran, is charged with murder and two counts of attempted murder...
Salinas police: Three Sureno gang members arrested after pursuit | thecalifornian.com | The Salinas Californian: "two victims, the pointed out a blue Honda that had been following the Yukon passing the residence again. Police attempted to pull it over, but they said driver Francisco Ruiz, a 25-year-old Sureno criminal street gang member, led officers on a four-minute pursuit that ended on the 1000 block of Garner Avenue. Police said Ruiz attempted...
Witness: Former Marine accused of murder did not belong to rival gang - SGVTribune.com: "gang member and witness for the prosecution in the murder trial of a former Marine said the 24-year-old war veteran was not a member of a rival gang. Judge Tia Fisher on Thursday admitted into evidence a statement from Eliezer Reyes saying that Carlos Chavira was not a member a gang called the Townsmen. Chavira, a former Marine and Iraq war veteran, has been...
Tongan Crip Gang Members, Associates Charged in Utah with RICO, Other Violations: "Seventeen members and associates of the Tongan Crip Gang, also known as TCG, have been charged in a 29-count federal indictment that alleges the gang is a criminal organization engaged in acts of violence to enhance the gang’s prestige and to protect and expand the gang’s operations. The indictment includes one count charging nine defendants with conspiracy to conduct...
Gonzales homicide suspect to face arraignment today | thecalifornian.com | The Salinas Californian: "Alfredo Sarabia Gonzales, 19, is facing charges of accessory to murder after the fact, participation in a criminal street gang and two counts of dissuading a witness by force or fear, said Terry Spitz, Monterey County chief assistant district attorney.Gonzales is expected to plead not guilty at his arraignment today.He was arrested at 1:30 a.m. after...
South San Francisco man convicted of violent attacks - San Jose Mercury News: "David Dorsagno, 23, guilty Wednesday of three counts each of felony assault and felony battery, said Chief Deputy District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.But the panel acquitted Dorsagno of felony robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and terrorist threats charges. When Dorsagno is sentenced June 22, he will face a maximum of 14 years and four months in prison, Wagstaffe said.In...
Mexican Mafia killings detailed: "Three former Texas Mexican Mafia hit men engaged in a matter-of-fact, businesslike tone Thursday as they methodically described for federal jurors their participation in five San Antonio slayings. Onetime mafia sergeant Ricardo Saenz said he agreed to testify against three high-ranking members who once were his bosses because he's seen too many people die.He also has nothing to lose, he added, explaining the organization...
Live Oak man gets 58 years in prison for 2008 gang slaying - San Jose Mercury News: "Oscar Jaquez of Live Oak was 16 when he was arrested and charged with shooting Servando Silonsochilt Jr., 27, three times with a .38-caliber revolver on 17th Avenue near Harper Street around dusk on Jan. 29, 2008.Silonsochilt, a parolee with gang ties, was riding a bicycle south on 17th Avenue when Jaquez approached him and the two exchanged words. Then Jaquez pulled...
Prosecutor says murder fit suspect’s ‘business plan’ | San Francisco Examiner: "Heard, who goes by the street name “Cheese,” is believed by gang investigators to be a member of the Central Divis Players, based in The City’s Western Addition neighborhood.Heard and another man, his “business partner,” Swart said, would stake out nightclubs looking for men wearing gaudy jewelry, and then try to isolate and rob them.Barrett, a local drug dealer according...
CTV British Columbia - One Bacon brother convicted, other acquitted - CTV News: "James Bacon, 22, was convicted of 10 weapons charges and an additional drug charge. James, known as Jamie, and his elder brother Jarrod, 25, were arrested outside their family's home in April 2007 after what the Crown termed an attempted 'gang-style execution' by rival gangsters. The court heard Jamie Bacon returned fire on his rivals and was actually struck by a bullet...
Street gang members arrested in downtown hotel: "Police arrested 10 people, some of them street-gang members, in a downtown hotel room late Wednesday night following complaints about gun-toting hotel guests.Just before the officers entered the hotel on René Lévesque Blvd., near de Bullion St., a couple of guns were thrown out of a hotel window to the street belo...
Expert testifies MS-13 gang known to have machetes like one used in Newark schoolyard killings | - NJ.com: "MS-13 detailed connections between the gang’s behavior and evidence uncovered in the August 2007 triple killings.Hector Alicea, an investigator with the New York State Police, said the machete allegedly used in the attack behind Mount Vernon School that night held particular significance among MS-13 member...
Latin Kings sentenced to life in prison | AVALANCHE-JOURNAL: "Jose Robledo Nava and James Johnathan Cole responsible for the murders of Valerie Garcia and Michael Cardona in 2008 in Big Spring.They were also convicted on drug conspiracy charges. Nava was convicted of additional firearms charges.Both men were members of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation, a sometimes-violent, Chicago-based street gang responsible for running drugs from Mexico...
17 suspects in gang activity named in federal indictment | Deseret News: "17 men alleged to be members of the Tongan Crip Gang — accusing them of forming a criminal outfit that commits acts of crime and violence to build its reputation — are meant to send a message.Investigators say the 29-count indictment, which was unsealed Wednesday, is meant to show others involved in gangs that criminal activity will not be tolerated.'This indictment sends a...
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