federal jury has convicted three Vice Lord gang members for their various roles in the murder of two individuals, and attempted murders of additional victims, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and United States Attorney Jerry E. Martin for the Middle District of Tennessee. Roger Wayne Battle, 30, aka “T-Wayne,” of Nashville, Tenn.; Jessie Lobbins, 26, aka “Jessie Oliver” and “Trap,”...
federal appellate court has issued a decisive and sweeping rebuke of appeals filed by 13 former Aurora gang members convicted on racketeering charges.The rulings by the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals uphold the foundation of the case against the Aurora Insane Deuces: Members of a suburban street gang can be part of a criminal conspiracy to commit murder and deal drugs. The decisions were issued last week.The opinions relate to the 2005 arrest...
Reputed drug-gang enforcer Malik Collins - all of 23 and already serving two life terms for murders - racked up a third Wednesday when a Philadelphia jury found him and his cousin guilty of the 2006 executions of two people in a truck in Brewerytown.The Common Pleas Court jury of six men and six women had deliberated since Monday before returning guilty verdicts against Collins and Anthony Collins, 27, in the March 18, 2006, killings of rival drug...
Camden gang leader who sanctioned the grisly killings of a Burlington County couple last year pleaded guilty to the double murder Wednesday in exchange for a 30-year prison term without parole.Kuasheim "Presto" Powell, 25, told a Superior Court judge he shot Michael Hawkins in the head six times after other gang members had severely beaten and bound the 23-year-old inside a Berkley Street rowhome, and then ordered the killing of Hawkins' girlfriend,...
The detectives, from the Garda's Organised Crime Unit (OCU), were described by a senior colleague last night as being "lucky to escape with their lives" after jumping out of the path of the speeding vehicle.The OCU had been targeting suspected members of a crime gang based in west and north Dublin thought to have been involved in holding a number of people hostage for ransom over the past few years.As part of an intelligence-led operation, several...
United Nations gang associate Amir Eghtesad, 29, was charged with one count of conspiracy to kill the Bacon brothers and other members of the Red Scorpion gang on Monday afternoon.Eghstesad appeared in court on Monday after he was arrested on Sunday evening. United Nations...
Robert Tate took the identity of his killer to the grave.After he was shot on the West Side in April 2010, officers asked the dying 17-year-old to name the gunman.Police said he responded: “I know. But I ain’t telling you s---.” He died as paramedics tried to save him.Tate’s decision not to snitch on his shooter dealt a blow to the detectives trying to solve the murder. Even so, Tate will get justice, police said.On Monday, John Jones, 38, was ordered...
One of Scotland's most violent gangs have been smashed by a major initiative - and it is to be copied in London in the aftermath of the English riots.The Calton Tongs, who caused mayhem for more than 60 years in the east end of Glasgow, have virtually ceased to exist thanks to Strathclyde's Community Initiative to reduce Violence (CIRV).The policy, which combines strong enforcement with pathways out of gangs, has seen murder rates in the east end...
Riverside police say they've now arrested 38 people in connection with a sweep targeting the 1200 Bloc Crips street gang, a move they hope will help quiet the city's Eastside after 20 years of violence.The sweep so far seems to be having its intended effect, said Lt. Guy Toussaint, a spokesman for Riverside police. There have been no police responses to calls of activity by 1200 Bloc Crips gang members in the 10 days since the operation.In the year...
Asian, Arabic, Islander, African and southern European gangs are all active in the city and often target each other in turf wars.One of the most sophisticated and feared is the highly organised Southern Cross Soldiers, a white Australia gang with four "chapters'' across Melbourne.SCS members have been linked to race hate crimes.Police shooting victim Tyler Cassidy, 15, was a SCS member. He was shot in 2008 after arming himself with knives and confronting...
Prime Minister David Cameron holds gangs like these partially responsible for the four nights of mayhem and looting that rocked London and several other English cities earlier this month after suspected gangster Mark Duggan was shot dead by police on Aug. 4.Mr. Cameron’s now vowing a “concerted all-out war on gangs and gang culture.”“This isn’t some side issue,” Cameron said days after the riots. “It is a major criminal disease that has infected...
Following eight hours of deliberations over two days, a Lackawanna County jury convicted Christian Kenyon, a former West Scranton High School football player, on Wednesday of first-degree murder in a gang execution slaying on Snake Road in 2009.Mr. Kenyon, 19, rested his chin in his hand, looking like a bored student, when the verdict carrying a life-in-prison sentence was read. His parents sat stoically in the back of the courtroom.Besides the gang...
Police will be out in full force for the funeral of slain gang member Jonathan Bacon to prevent any further violence, according to the spokesman for the police gang task force."There will be a significant police presence," said Sgt. Shinder Kirk of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit."It may not be overt but there certainly will be uniformed officers on the periphery as well as plain clothes officers in attendance. That's to allow the family...
Hours after RCMP confirmed Red Scorpions leader Jonathan Bacon was the man slain outside a Kelowna hotel and said retaliation was a possibility, shots rang out in Surrey in what police called a targeted attack against a man with gang connections.Mounties said they had not come across any evidence the two events were connected. But the Surrey incident highlighted the heightened tension in a province that was plagued by a bloody turf war and near-daily...
Two days after Jonathan Bacon was brazenly gunned down outside a Kelowna casino, a case proceeded in Vancouver courts with links to his brother.Former self described leader of the United Nations gang, Doug Vanelstine appeared via video link in a hearing in Vancouver court today. A judge in the case made some key decisions in a disclosure hearing but a publication ban prevents those from being revealed. Vanelstine is facing charges of conspiracy...
Teens London Eley and Timothy Bynum insist they were just blowing off steam when they posted a Facebook exchange about a plot to kill the father of Eley's baby.But target Corey White's family saw the posts this spring and called police. A Philadelphia judge on Monday upheld felony charges against the pair, who have been detained since their June arrest.Hours later, the 22-year-old White was gunned down on a southwest Philadelphia street."I...
Firearms from the ATF's Fast and Furious weapons-trafficking investigation turned up at the scenes of at least 11 violent crimes in the U.S. as well as at a U.S. Border Patrol agent's slaying in southern Arizona last year, the Justice Department has acknowledged to Congress.Justice...
member of the Fruit Town and Brick City Brims set of the Bloods street gang admitted today to conspiring to murder a rival gang member in April 2009 and illegally possessing firearms, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.Thomas Haskins, 26, of Jersey City, N.J., pleaded guilty to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering and one count of possession of two firearms while a convicted felon....
THE fiancée of gangster suspect Mark Duggan has been arrested and quizzed over drug dealing after a large stash of cocaine was allegedly found at her home.Since he was shot dead by cops almost two weeks ago, Semone Wilson, 29, has insisted her partner had no links to violent gun and drugs gangs.But she is at the centre of a police investigation after officers from Scotland Yard's Operation Trident team - the same unit trailing Duggan before he died...
As many as three individuals came under what appears to be a targetted attack in Guildford, police say.“Based on [the targets’] background, it seems there is a level of gang affiliation,” said RCMP spokesman Sgt. Peter Thiessen early Tuesday morning.He said the attack happened at...
A settling of scores could be on the way between gangs in British Columbia after a notorious leader of the Red Scorpions was gunned down and a full-patch member of the Hells Angels was wounded in a very public daylight attack, police say.The brazen slaying of 30-year-old Jonathan Bacon outside a glamorous waterfront hotel in Kelowna Sunday has the potential to ignite violent reprisals, RCMP Supt. Bill McKinnon acknowledged Monday, a day after the...
Members of at least three different gangs were in the vehicle targeted in a brazen public shooting outside a Kelowna hotel Sunday afternoon, The Vancouver Sun has learned. Red Scorpion gangster Jon Bacon was killed in the targeted attack and Hells Angel Larry Amero was wounded.But...
Jonathan Bacon, one of British Columbia's most notorious gangsters, was shot dead Sunday in a brazen daylight attack outside an upscale Kelowna hotel.Six people, including Bacon, were taken to Kelowna General Hospital around 3 p.m. after at least one masked gunman opened fire on a vehicle in the parking lot of the Delta Grand Hotel, which houses the Lake City Casino.One of the injured men is Larry Amero, a full-patch Hells Angels member from White...
A mural on the wall of a westside convenience store is causing some controversy.The painting which went up with the permission of the store owner reads "In Loving Memory of Marty Robles."Martin Robles was executed by the State of Texas on Wednesday night for the murders of two rival...
25-year-old mom who clerked at a check cashing store. A former head cheerleader at Booker T. Washington Senior High. A middle-aged man who worked mowing lawns with his friend. A distraught U.S. Air Force veteran.These are the latest victims in a particularly bloody week in South Florida where gunshots have left at least eight people dead and more wounded.The mom, Clairemathe Geffrard, was shot execution-style in an armed robbery near Fort Lauderdale....
For six years, Jonathan Reader’s family has wondered who took the young man’s life. Now they’re publicly pointing the finger at a violent Halifax street gang."We found ourselves in a little bit of a better place this year, if I can put it that way, (because) we now believe we know . . . the group of people that is responsible for Jon’s murder," said David Reader, Jon’s father."Over time, the community has persistently and consistently come with the...
Ruben Sanchez, 34, and Angel Rodriguez, 30, died after being shot on the 500 block of I Street near Club Azul.Cmdr. Ray Reyna Jr. said police have determined the two homicide victims are from the same gang. Authorities, however, declined to reveal whether motorcycle gangs were involved. Double homicide reported in Los Banos Police have not named a suspect and are continuing to talk to witnesses.Police responded to the scene after reports of a large...
Authorities Tuesday announced the unsealing of five separate indictments against 65 people charging them with federal crimes including murder, narcotics distribution and firearms possession in Yonkers. Fifty-nine are members or associates of either the Elm Street Wolves or the Cliff Street Gangsters – two street gangs based in that city.A 21-count indictment charges 47 members and associates of the Elm Street Wolves with several counts related...
A man shot by police - sparking the riots which have hit London for several nights - died of a single gunshot wound to the chest, an inquest has heard.Mark Duggan, 29, was killed by armed officers last Thursday in Ferry Lane, Tottenham, north London, after they stopped the minicab he was in to carry out an arrest as part of a pre-planned operation.An inquest, opened at North London Coroner's Court in High Barnet, heard that the father of four died...
Los Banos police were called to a club at the 500 block of "I" street just before 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning. Upon arrival, officers heard several gunshots and found two men, ages 30 and 34-years-old, fatally shot. The two murders are the city's first and second homicide for the year. The shooting is under investigation but police believe the incident was gang relate.&nb...
thrill-seeking Florida stripper and her AK-47-toting siblings on a multistate crime spree yesterday ignored their heartsick mother's plea to give themselves up, authorities said.The mom's appeal came as the FBI launched a nationwide manhunt for alleged "Dougherty Gang" bank robbers Lee Grace Dougherty, a 26-year-old exotic dancer; her brother Ryan Dougherty, 21; and their half-brother, Dylan Dougherty Stanley, 26."The only safe thing, the only right...
A prosecutor told a federal jury in San Francisco today that the most important rule of the MS-13 street gang is to "attack and kill rival gang members.""They waged war against rival gang members ... and they ended up spilling a lot of blood on the streets of San Francisco," prosecutor Wilson Leung told the jury in the court of U.S. District Judge William Alsup."This was what MS-13 was all about: violence and bloodletting," the prosecutor said. Leung...
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