Two members of the New Boys street gang have been acquitted of charges over a brawl outside a Hindley Street tattoo parlour in Adelaide.Vincenzo Focarelli and Michael Jim Syfris were charged with affray over a fight with members of rival Hells Angels members in April last year.During their trial in Adelaide Magistrates Court, prosecutors produced security vision they said showed Syfris using a chair to hit a man and Focarelli swinging a metal pole...
25-year-old Nakeem Stratton became the 12th Original Gangster Killers, or "Downtown" gang, gang member to be sentenced, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office on Monday.Stratton, known as "Bayshawn" and "Little Bay" was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe to 57 months in prison. Stratton originally faced 120 months, but received 63 months credit for time served. He will also have five years of supervised release after...
South End gang member who opened fire on rivals in West Hill, wounding four victims including three bystanders, on Monday received nearly six years in federal prison.Nakeem Stratton, 25, of Albany, known as "Little Bay," a member of the notorious Original Gangsta Killas street gang, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in December to a racketeering conspiracy that included the shooting and conspiring to sell more than 50 grams of crack cocaine.Judge...
Police say Mercanti, who is due for release from Casuarina Prison on August 2, is a target in the feud between his club, the Finks, and former gang the Coffin Cheaters.Assistant Commissioner for specialist crime Nick Anticich would only confirm that police considered the bikie a...
Police put several suspected gang members behind bars on Friday during an early-morning raid that took SWAT teams to seven homes in the Kearns area.The raid stems from a shootout between two gangs at a Kearns park on July 12.Police say the shootout was prompted by an ongoing feud between the two gangs.Salt Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder told ABC 4 News he hopes the arrests send a powerful message to gang members. Winder hopes gang members will consider...
Two men were arrested and another two were wanted by police in connection with a gang-related, one-day crime spree in Grand Junction that included a man’s murder, the armed robberies of two businesses and a residential burglary, Grand Junction Police Chief John Camper said Friday.And while Camper said the threat from the four suspects was “mitigated,” an investigation that involved up to 25 detectives or officers from inside and outside the agency...
The wife of a former Flats gangster says her husband was shot for no reason.Warren Godfrey ,27, an ex-member of the Yakkies gang, was killed in a suspected revenge attack by Americans gangsters on Sunday just after he and two friends left their Mitchell’s Plain home.His grieving widow Valencia Godfrey, 27, says: “My husband was a member of (the Yakkies) gang many years ago but for the last seven years since we’ve been married, he turned his life...
Abbotsford Police officers and members of the emergency response team arrested two brothers with ties to the UN Gang following a raid at a house in the 31000 block of Wagner Drive on Wednesday.Officers seized one kilogram of heroin worth an estimated street value of $170,000 inside the house, as well as another two kilograms of heroin following a search of a fully armoured 2001 Ford Expedition on Thursday, said APD Const. Ian MacDonald.The overall...
man considered to be the influential leader of one of the city’s more notorious street gangs was granted a release from a penitentiary Thursday despite having violated a conditional release by meeting with a fellow convict on the outside.Dany (Lou) Cadet-Sprinces, 40, appeared before the National Parole Board Thursday at the Leclerc penitentiary to answer questions about why he met with another gang member, who was out on parole, in April. Cadet-Sprinces...
leader in the Jersey City Fruit Town and Brick City Brims set of the Bloods street gang admitted today to conspiring to murder a rival gang member and to distribute narcotics as part of a racketeering conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.Saleen Neal, 31, pleaded guilty to one count of the second superseding indictment filed against him in January 2011, which charged him with conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt...
suspected gang-related shooting at a party in North Hollywood left a young man dead and another critically injured, police said today.Francisco Martinez, 24, died of wounds suffered in a shooting in the 7800 block of Lemp Avenue about 11:20 p.m. Saturday, Los Angeles police spokeswoman Karen Rayner said.A group of people came up to Martinez, who was with a few other people, and someone started shooting, Rayner said. Another person shot, whose name...
Even though police are still tight-lipped about the murders of twins William and James Beck, their mother, Lori Astley, is grateful every effort is being exhausted to solve the crime.The 17-year-old identical twins, who spent some time in Newfoundland as children, were stabbed June 26 after they returned to a Fort McMurray, Alta., park where they had been hanging out to get their hats."I know as much as what has been in the news," Astley told The...
Two people were killed and two more were critically hurt early Sunday in a drive-by shooting in Little Haiti, hours after a similar incident in Liberty City.For a second day in a row, Miami police found themselves investigating a drive-by shooting with at least one teenage victim.Early...
Gardai want to quiz psycho killer Eric 'Lucky' Wilson over a spate of unsolved murders here, which they believe he carried out as a 'freelance' assassin.Wilson was convicted of blasting 24-year-old British criminal Daniel Smith to death in a packed Spanish bar and now faces a potential 25-year jail term, the Herald can reveal.The victim was shot a number of times in a row over a woman.Wilson (27), who has been on the run from gardai since 2006, could...
Detectives are expecting to find a second corpse after sifting through the soil-filled vehicle found on farmland.
The find came after semi-professional boxer Brett Flournoy, 31, and pal David Griffiths, 35, disappeared a month ago.
Police are probing whether there is a drugs background...
Nanaimo RCMP continue to battle with organized crime as violent street gangs infiltrate Vancouver Island, looking to take control of illegal drug markets.Police confirmed the presence of the First Nations street gang Redd Alert after the Nanaimo drug squad arrested Kevin Eric John, 32, regarded by police as a full-fledged member of the gang, last week.Redd Alert joins the Red Scorpions and other gangs that have surfaced in the city in recent years,...
Nearly a year after gunfire Downtown tarnished the ending of the Black Expo Summer Celebration, the youth accused of the shootings has agreed to plead guilty to charges that could land him 10 years in prison.Gang member Shamus Patton, 18, is expected to plead Aug. 3 to two counts of felony battery and one count of felony criminal recklessness. He'll also plead to a felony count of criminal gang activity and a misdemeanor count of carrying a handgun...
Emmanuel Jones, a set leader in the Fruit Town and Brick City Brims set of the Bloods street gang, admitted today to murdering an innocent teenager in a case of mistaken identity in July 2004 and conspiring to murder a rival gang member in October 2006 as part of a racketeering conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.Jones, 27, a/k/a “Killer E,” a/k/a “Killer,” a/k/a “Emo,” of Jersey City, N.J., pleaded guilty to one count of a second...
A suspect has been arrested in the stabbing death of an 18-year-old man in San Jose, police said Friday.Juan Carlos Reyes Cortez, 24, of San Jose was arrested June 30 in the May slaying of Vincent Tran Le of San Jose, said police Sgt. Jason Dwyer. Santa Clara County prosecutors charged him Thursday with murder.Le was found stabbed in the 1700 block of Shulte Drive, between Highway 101 and Interstate 680, about 4 a.m. May 28. Le was taken to Regional...
member of the Simon City Royals street gang has pleaded guilty to federal charges of possession of a firearm after a felony conviction and possession with the intent to distribute three grams of methamphetamine, U.S. District Court records show.Daniel Vashon Cantino, 28, of D’Iberville, was arrested shortly after a Feb. 23 traffic-stop attempt on Intestate 10. Cantino led police on a vehicle pursuit until he stopped and attempted to escape on foot....
Black Gangster Disciple gang member wanted in connection with the June 2009 murder of Reginald Richardson was arrested Friday, according to Albany Police Department reports.Sherman DeJaun Northern, 35, was arrested for murder, aggravated assault and concealing a death for his part in Richardson’s beating death on the 700 block of Mobile Avenue, the report added.“This is part of a continuing investigation,” said Phyllis Banks, police spokeswoman....
The local members, two of whom are juveniles, are also accused of assaults and robberies.A six-month, grand jury investigation found that a 23-year-old Brooklyn man, Augustus Anthony Simmons, of the 700 block of East 23rd Street, allegedly ordered all of the arsons. He is charged with attempted murder, multiple counts of arson and robbery, aggravated assault, causing or risking a catastophe, retaliation against a witness or victim, and related charges....
31 year old "Pipolin" is head of the street gang "La Quiebra" and has been apprehended in the western Comuna 13. The group is wanted in connection with numerous murders and forced displacements within the city. According to a Police report, Pipolin is responsible for contract killings and extortion, amongst other crimes.La Quiebra, which operates in various barrios within Comuna 13, are currently engaged in a conflict with rival group "La Pradera,"...
Inmate Clayton Hill says he knows who killed rapper. He says he knows because he was an accessory after the fact. In an interview with HipHopDx.com, Hill even produced the name of the man he said killed the famed rapper -- Dawoud Muhammad.Hill said it was Muhammad that he met at...
19-year-old alleged gang member has been charged with opening fire on a group of teens at a Venice park, killing two and wounding a third.Michael Mariscal of Culver City was charged Thursday with two counts of capital murder with the special circumstances of multiple murders and to benefit a gang.Prosecutors say five teenage boys were sitting on the bleachers waiting to play basketball in Penmar Park on June 22 when Mariscal walked up and made gang...
A 17-year-old man was shot in the chest with a shotgun in an "altercation" with Black Power members outside the headquarters in October.Detective inspector Ross Pinkham said of the nine arrested, several were senior mob members. They will be charged with offences including participating in a criminal group and offering to supply methamphetamine.Two men have been jointly charged with the 17-year-old's shooting. Both face a charge of being a party...
Genson Courtney, 23, was ambushed as he got into his car outside his girlfriend's home.A gunman blasted him in the head and shoulder before escaping on foot.Genson was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead at 3.43am.Cops suspect a major drug baron owed thousands of pounds...
SWAT teams armed with arrest warrants raided 11 locations in the San Fernando Valley and Palmdale, the suspects' faces were crossed out, one by one.By the time "Operation Double Header" was over, 10 alleged key players associated with the violent Pacoima Project Boys were in custody on suspicion of illegally selling guns and operating a sophisticated methamphetamine trafficking ring.Four additional suspects were previously arrested as part of the...
reputed gang member accused of fatally shooting two men at a Venice park was charged today with capital murder and other crimes. Michael Anthony Mariscal, 19, of Culver City, pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder and one count each of street terrorism and possession of a firearm by a felon. The murder charges include the special circumstance allegations of multiple murders and murder carried out to further the...
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