YourNabe.com > Archives > Queens > Hells Angel murdered in Astoria: "reputed member of the Hells Angels was gunned down on the streets of Astoria early Saturday morning, creating fear among the residents who said their neighborhood has been seeing a surge in violent crime.John Giampetruzzi, 41, of Glen Cove, L.I., was found dead on 28th Street between Ditmars Boulevard and 21st Avenue around 5 a.m. from multiple gunshots to his head, police...
Man held over Kevin ‘Gerbil’ Carroll slaying | The Sun |Home Scotland|Scottish News: "Ross Monaghan, 28, is expected to appear in court next week after Strathclyde officers nicked him in the 4am swoop in Ralston, near Glasgow. It is understood a warrant has also been issued for the arrest of 30-year-old William Paterson - believed to be living in Marbella, Spain. It comes just two months after Carroll, 29 - a henchman of the notorious Daniel crime...
Feds Peel Back Chrome On Motorcycle Gangs : NPR: "federal agents spanned out over seven states to arrest more than two dozen members of the Outlaws motorcycle club and charged them with weapons and racketeering offenses.The case lifted a curtain on the violent lifestyle of one of the nation's largest outlaw motorcycle gangs. Club members gathered for a memorial service for Thomas Mayne, a club leader who was killed during a shootout with federal...
Grand jury to hear case of suspects in gang fight - Utica, NY - The Observer-Dispatch: "six defendants - whom police previously said were members of the Asian Boyz - were charged following a large fight in East Utica on July 13 that left a young female with scratches on her arms and a head injury. The fight was against LES, or the Lower East Side, police said.The defendants in the case - Saw Pa, 16; Hto Htoo, 18; Ruby Sein, 19; Lwi Pee, 17; San Lin,...
Two charged in shooting death of Minneapolis teen: Sixteen-year-old was walking down the street on July 4th when he was shot in the back.: "Ryan E. Loyd, 20, and Kenneth Lee Johnson, 16, were out riding Fourth of July night, both of them alleged Young 'N Thuggin' street gang members, when they spotted a group of people walking up Fremont Avenue N. in Minneapolis. At least one male in that group was an associate of the rival T-Block street gang, authorities...
Suspected gang member held in stabbing; others sought » Ventura County Star: "Geovanny Gonzalez was being held without bail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and street terrorism.He was arrested Friday in the jail, where he was being held for violating conditions of probation for a 2008 armed robbery he committed, the Sheriff’s Department said.Friday’s arrest came after a three-month investigation into the April 18 gang-related stabbing...
www.wzzm13.com : Grand Rapids : 1 killed during '100 person gang fight' in Norton Shores: "Police believe the fight began after a 23-year-old man from Muskegon Heights was assaulted. He was later taken to Spectrum Health with head injuries.During the assault an unknown suspect approached a 25-year-old Muskegon man and shot him in the neck with a handgun. The man later died. Witnesses say the assault and shooting were related to a dispute between...
Man gunned down in car in Bayview: "alleged San Francisco gang member was killed early Saturday when his car was riddled with more than a dozen bullets in the Bayview area in what investigators suspect was a gang-related shooting, police said. Someone opened fire on Kerry Dawson, 24, with at least two types of guns about 1:15 a.m. as he sat in his Ford Fusion at the intersection of Hawes Street and Revere Avenue, police said. After being shot multiple...
Bronx Heroin ring known as “La Perla Organization” has had its lucrative trade stopped dead in its tracks.Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced the seizure of more than $1.5 million in cash and an undisclosed amount of heroin today. The money and illegal drugs were taken during the execution of 15 search warrants in the Fordham area of the Bronx.The warrants also lead to the arrests of 31 alleged members with authorities expecting more...
John Giampetruzzi, 41, was found dead on the sidewalk on 28th St. near Ditmars Blvd. around 5 a.m. Police sources described him as an ex-con and a member of the Hells Angels."I came outside and saw a man dead on the sidewalk," Phillip Graham, 56, said. "You couldn't even see what the poor man looked like because of the bullets."Neighbors said the gunman - who is still on the lam - approached the heavily tattooed biker, pumped his face full of lead...
two armed men opened fire on four men they thought were rival gang members on May 27, 2009 but missed their targets. One of the gunmen allegedly stepped in front of his friend and got shot instead.Javier Gonzalez, 22, of Whittier died at a local hospital."That's our theory. That it's essentially friendly fire," said Deputy District Attorney Hector Gutierrez.Now Gonzalez's friend and his girlfriend await trial for the 10:52 p.m. shooting on Norwalk...
Two gangland figures are sitting in a Lexus car in a suburban street on a summer evening. Their automobile is rammed from behind by a stolen Audi 6. Two masked men jump out and open fire on the Lexus with semi-automatic handguns, killing the men instantly.The assassins drive to a deserted street a mile away, douse the car with gas, set it alight and escape. This professional hit — the killers are said to have received 40,000 euros ($50,000) each...
indictment of 18 members of the Latin Kings street gang’s “Borough Park Homicide Squad” gang, or “set” – including the sets entire leadership structure – on charges they set fire to two Borough Park apartments, in an attempt to kill a former gang member.The target of the arsons, Juan Kuang, 19, had been “stripped” of his Latin King status, over disagreements with the Borough Park Homicide Squad’s leaders. In retaliation, Kuang stabbed gang member...
Suspected gang member arrested in stabbing | Washington Examiner: "suspected gang member has been arrested on suspicion of stabbing a 70-year-old woman several times while she was standing outside her Anaheim home.Police Sgt. Rick Martinez says 18-year-old Alfredo Gonzalez was arrested Sunday after a relative told police he was hiding in the restroom of a fast food restaurant.Martinez says he'll face attempted murder charges.Gonzalez, a neighbor...
News Essentials: Gang members who served in Afghanistan and Iraq are coming home with military training: "Being in a street gang is now forbidden for members of the U.S. armed forces. But you might not guess that if you were to visit U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to soldiers who have recently served there.Jeffrey Stoleson, a Wisconsin corrections official, returned from Iraq in January with photos of gang graffiti on armored...
Gang member arrested in Anaheim stabbing | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times: "Alfredo Gonzalez, whom police described as a “documented” gang member, was arrested without incident about 11:38 a.m in the restroom at a Carl’s Jr. restaurant in the 1200 block of North Harbor Boulevard, said Anaheim Police Sgt. Rick Martinez. He was to be booked on a charge of attempted murder, Martinez added.Police had been looking for Gonzalez since Saturday morning, when...
Gang leader who escaped from jail back in Osceola - Florida AP - MiamiHerald.com: "Michael Rigby arrived at the sheriff's office Friday morning. He met with detectives, but wouldn't answer any questions about his escape. He's being held in jail without bond.The U.S. Marshals Service was tracking Rigby around the country since he escaped on Feb. 19. He was wanted on five counts of attempted murder and escape charges. He was arrested months later by...
Street gang: Daytona Beach police still looking for four members of the 819 Boyz - OrlandoSentinel.com: "Four men, all facing federal charges, remain at large after a 20-month investigation in Daytona Beach that targeted a street gang known as the '819 Boyz.'Daytona Beach police Chief Mike Chitwood called one of those four, Antonio W. Jones Jr., 20, the 'most violent' of the 42 suspects identified in 'Operation 819,' which was conducted jointly by...
Two Gang "Shot Callers" Arrested in King City - KION - Monterey, Salinas, Santa Cruz - News Weather: "Ricardo Ramirez a high ranking shot caller in the Sureño gang. He's a deported felon, in the U.S illegally. An officer pulled Ramirez over in a routine traffic stop and recognized him.'He is set for a second deportation which carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. This is after he faces the current charges in the state,' said Baldiviez.Ruben...
Police arrest hundreds in Mafia raids - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "arrests in the United States, followed an extended investigation against a clan specialising in crimes linked to business and the financial sector, police said.They said the investigation, with extensive use of wire taps, had given them new insights into the organisation of the 'Ndrangheta, the Calabrian mafia which is far less well understood than its Sicilian...
Teen dead after gangster's car vandalized: "20-year-old Surrey man who police say is a known gangster has been charged in the slaying this week of 17-year-old Adem Aliu, apparently after the youth had vandalized the gangster's car.Steven Brandon Mulligan-Brum appeared in Surrey provincial court on Friday to face a charge of second-degree murder, police said.Aliu was among a group of youths who had been drinking and vandalizing nearby parked cars.Police...
Mysterious fire at house bought with drug money :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chicago Crime: "High-ranking Gangster Disciples member John Brown bought the home at 6209 S. Wolcott with cash -- $100, $50 and $20 bills -- that he earned from drug deals, authorities say.On Jan. 7, a suspicious fire destroyed the home, whose value was estimated at $130,000, said Supervisory Special Agent Todd Reichert of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.'Nothing's...
King City Police Make Arrest in July Shooting - KCBA - Monterey, Salinas, Santa Cruz - News Weather-: "King City officers believe Mendez is one of two suspects responsible for the shooting of a 20 year old rival gang member who remains in stable condition at a bay area hospital.King City Police say Mendez is a documented Sureno street gang member and a danger to the community. King City Police are continuing their investigation and attempting to...
The Mt Wellington building, once home to the gang's million-dollar-per-year cannabis operation, was confiscated under the Proceeds of Crime Act last year.Black Power president Mark Pitman, who had owned the pad for 15 years, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for masterminding the operation.The house, which had a rateable value of $540,000, was sold by tender in January for $245,000 despite attempts by Pitman to purchase the property...
Police say the five suspects threatened witnesses and their families in the case of Jason Trejo and Eric Benites, who are being tried in Long Beach Superior Court for the 2008 murder of Florentino Rivera.Detectives from the gang and violent crimes division served search warrants at three locations in Long Beach and Thursday arrested Jose Garcia, 19; Jesus Perez, 21; Bernardo Villareal, 19; Jorge Gomez, 32; and Efren Flores, 19.“Witnesses coming forward...
Stephon Whethers, 27, of Hempstead was riding a bicycle at 4:26 p.m. inside Centennial Park when he allegedly fired multiple rounds from a handgun at two men. According to detectives, he hit one victim once in the stomach, then continued to follow them and shot the victim again in the upper arm and mouth, and the other victim in the foot. He also pointed his handgun at a mother and her 11-year-old daughter while ordering them to get out of his way,...
GARDAÍ INVESTIGATING the shooting dead of Dublin criminal Stephen Byrne have arrested a boy aged 16. His arrest follows the questioning of two other people, one of whom is a 15-year-old boy.The 16-year-old was arrested at 2pm yesterday in Dublin’s north inner-city. He was detained under section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act and is being questioned at Store Street Garda station. He can be held for 72 hours without charge.Gardaí believe...
The people v. Broderick Boys is the second attempt by the District Attorney's Office to secure a permanent injunction against the alleged gang, which establishes a 3 1/2-mile "safety zone" in the West Sacramento neighborhoods of Broderick and Bryte.The injunction prohibits "validated members" from organizing or even communicating with one another and enforces a 10 p.m. curfew, among other restrictions.Validated members are also put into state and...
Three Utahns involved with Aryan prison gangs made their first court appearance today after a DEA bust last week.Six people were arrested during the raid in West Valley City, including Sarah Dee Ann Biswell, George Darryl Liner, and Bradley David Colcord.Today, the three appeared in court for drug trafficking charges.DEA officials tell ABC 4 that the gang members were arrested after a long-term investigation Three Utahns involved with Aryan prison...
Maori and Pacific Island gangs are classed as the second most serious crime problem in Sydney, second only to violent Lebanese gangs. Police regard them as a crime scourge because of their widespread involvement in house and car burglaries, with offenders starting as young as 14. Their crime profile is worsening with Australia's bikie gangs recruiting Pacific Islanders to shore up numbers as Sydney's gang wars spew into suburban and city streets...
Bilek, who took office in January, dusted off the list and modernized it after a 70-plus year hibernation to address a "critical" situation."We're going to help hunt down the most serious drug, gang and murderous offenders in the Chicagoland area," he said."We think it's time these scum and vermin are brought to justice," said Bilek. "Some of them are probably still living right here in the Chicago area, anonymously."Citizens can anonymously call...
rise in the use of heavy firearms in the EU, such as assault rifles (e.g. AK-47s) and explosive devices, calls for an integrated approach to further enhance intelligence and restrict the flow of illegally-trafficked weapons into and out of Euro...
word "murder" tattooed across his neck. Or trying to convince a jury that the suspect is really a good guy even though his best friend knows him only as "Bloody Batman."With gangs gaining strength in Baltimore, nicknames are gaining popularity on the street, and more often than not it's a nickname rather than a real name by which many are known. And law enforcement authorities, especially the feds, don't hesitate to use the monikers.Here's a sample...
Maryland prison guard among 15 accused of helping Black Guerilla Family gang: "Alicia Simmons, 34, of Pikesville, a correctional officer at the maximum security Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center in Baltimore, was among those charged. Prosecutors said she was arrested Tuesday morning at the prison. In recent years, federal officials in Maryland have cracked down on the Black Guerilla Family, or BGF, which they say first gained a foothold in...
www.WHEC.com - Former gang member speaks out: "3,000 gang members in the Rochester-Finger Lakes area.Rochester's police chief says ending gang-related crimes is his number one issue.So why do teens join gangs, and what can the community do to prevent it?On Tuesday, a former gang member shared his story with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand as she held a press conference in Rochester on her new anti-gang initiative. Twenty-year-old Lawrence Richardson wants...
Latin King gang member from West New York dies two days before sentencing | NJ.com: "Jose R. Alvarez, 55, of West New York, apparently died of natural causes, said Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Aaron Silverstein. Alvarez, whose Latin King nickname was 'King Sinbad,' was taken from the Hudson County jail in Kearny to the JCMC on Thursday, Alvarez's brother, Richard Alvarez, said. He was lifeless when he arrived at the hospital, Richard said,...
NZ Four hospitalised in gang violence from NZCity: "Two gang members are in the cells and four in hospital as a result of gang violence in the Gisborne and Wairoa areas in the past few days.Two mongrel mob members are appearing in the Gisborne District Court this morning charged with wounding with intent to injure, over the shooting of a Black Power member in Wairoa last Thursday night. The victim has since been discharged from hospital.Meanwhile,...
Gangsters have a new drug of choice: "Dennis Karbovanec walked into a Surrey high-rise in October 2007 and shot three people in the head, he was addicted to the powerful prescription painkiller OxyContin.And when his former Red Scorpion gang-mate Anton Hooites-Meursing played a role in the same Surrey Six murder plot, he was also struggling with an addiction to the pill police say is akin to 'prescription heroin.'Jamie Bacon, the purported Red Scorpion...
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle: News - Mexican street gang members arrested in Bozeman, West Yellowstone: "two-week federal investigation in Gallatin County ended Friday with the arrest of 10 Mexican-born men, seven of whom are associated with a dangerous street gang known as the Sureños, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.Nine of the men are awaiting deportation, ICE spokesperson Carl Rusnok said Friday.The tenth man will face federal...
Gang's 'Christopher Columbus' deported: "Ecuadorian man who brought a large and dangerous global street gang to Canada — described as the gang’s Christopher Columbus for opening up a New World to the organization — has been deported, along with three of his henchmen. The heavily tattooed Flavio Mauricio Reyes-Criollo, 23, went by the nickname “King Fido” within the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation in Toronto but liked when gang members called...
Alleged gang member convicted of 2008 North Beach murder | San Francisco Examiner: "jury Thursday found an alleged San Francisco gang member guilty of first-degree murder for the fatal shooting of another man while trying to steal his jeweled pendant depicting the Flintstones character Bamm-Bamm.The San Francisco Superior Court jury deliberated for about eight days before reaching this morning's verdict, which found Charles 'Cheese' Heard guilty...
Gang arrests: Four more arrests brings to 37 the number of arrests in Daytona Beach - OrlandoSentinel.com: "arrrest this afternoon of a New Smyrna Beach man, 37 members of the street gang '819 Boyz' have been arrested as part of Operation 819, a 20-month investigation into violent gun- and drug-related crimes in Daytona Beach.Most of the arrests occurred Tuesday as part of the joint operation between Daytona Beach police and the federal Bureau of...
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