Eight purported Cape Verde gang members were among those arrested in a sweep by federal immigration officials and local authorities, including one man who tried to escape through a window, a Plymouth County sheriff official said on Wednesday. Authorities arrested 78 of a possible 80 targets in a sweep of what U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officials deemed “criminal aliens,” said John Birtwell, a spokesman for the Plymouth County sheriff....
21-year-old local man gunned down as he walked down a North Long Beach Street may be the victim of gang violence, police said Thursday. Police were called to the 5600 block of Elm Avenue after shots were heard at about 8:40 p.m. Wednesday and found the body of the victim laying on the sidewalk, said Nancy Pratt, a Long Beach Police Department spokeswoman. He was identified as Wilson Edwards of Long Beach, she said. The preliminary investigation revealed...
1,400 marijuana plants with an estimated street value of $3 million were seized from a home in Rosemead Wednesday, according to police.The marijuana was discovered when deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department entered the home of 18-year-old Fernando Lam, who was suspect in an October 18 assault with a deadly weapon.During that incident, nine male Chinese-American suspects assaulted three victims using what the victims described...
11 people have been arrested following a series of searches as part of an investigation into organised criminality and drug trafficking in Dublin's north inner city.18 residential and two business premises, along with cars and prison cells in Mountjoy Prison have been searched.Eight men and three women, ranging in ages from 20s to 50s, have been arrested so far.This operation, which is being led by gardaí in Store Street, began early this morning.A...
Jonathan Williamson, also known as "Rue," was arrested during a joint law enforcement investigation of traffickers who operated out of Bridgeport, Springfield, Mass., and Puerto Rico.Federal prosecutors say Williamson was also sentenced Wednesday in New Haven to four years of supervised release after serving his prison sentence.Authorities said the 33-year-old Williamson was affiliated with the Marina Village Bloods gang in Bridgeport and sold cocaine...
Mara Salvatrucha closely translates to “watch out for boys from El Salvador.” MS-13 originated in Los Angeles in early 1980s by youths from El Salvador who banded together in order to protect themselves from other gangs.-Many from gang members who come from El Salvador also have military experience. The gang which is known for extreme violence and merciless revenge has become a serious problem in Plainfield.-MS-13 identifies with the colors blue...
Sworn enemies of the Crips, the Bloods are the largest criminal street gang in New Jersey and are prevalent throughout Union County, especially in Elizabeth, Linden and Plainfield.-The Bloods began in Los Angeles and emerged on the east coast in 1993 through inmate connections on Rikers Island.-Red is the gang’s signature color, but they are also known to wear pink, green, and brown.-Sullivan noted that each gang has a structure and a hierarchy....
The Crips are outnumbered in New Jersey by the Bloods, but are rapidly growing, especially in Elizabeth and Roselle. The gang originated in Los Angeles in the late 1960s. There primary colors are blue and purple. The Crips are also known for violent crimes within the gang itself-The Crips are also organized by sets. The rank structure from bottom to top is as follows: LOC (foot soldier), B.G. (baby gangsta), Y.G. (young gangsta), G (gangsta now you’ve...
-The Latin Kings started in Chicago and came to the east coast via the NY state prison system and are active throughout New Jersey with large populations in Elizabeth and Plainfield.-Sullivan, who spent months wiretapping the gang and communicating with informants stated that “these guys are everywhere.” Sullivan warns that in order to strike fear and intimidation in their neighborhoods, gang members will often try to portray themselves as a religious...
She's a one-woman crime spree. Fairfax County Police say 26 year old Stephanie Schwab robbed another bank: The B B and T at 8432 Old Keene Mill today, November 22, at 12:55. Prince William County Police say she also robbed the Virginia Commerce Bank on Balls Ford Road in Manassas on Friday morning, and committed an armed carjacking Saturday afternoon. In both bank robberies, police say Schwab implied she had a handgun or weapon. Police...
Four men have been arrested in the gang-related shooting deaths of two men earlier this year in Earlimart, the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department said.The suspects face murder charges in shooting of Ignacio Gonzalez and Victor Almaguer in the 500 block of East Washington Avenue on Jan. 14.Angel Gutierrez, 20, was arrested Wednesday. Julio Macias, 18, Anthony Alcaraz, 18, and Juan Perez, 19, were taken into custody Monday.Sheriff's are also looking...
The mother of one teenager from Leeds, who attempted suicide after a gang rape, said her daughter was the victim of a 'broken system.''Everyone failed her,' she told The Times. 'There was no sharing of information. 'They (police) had the names and knew where they (abusers) worked...
A 23-year-old Buffalo man was hospitalized in critical condition after he was beaten by a gang early Sunday in a Riverside neighborhood, Buffalo police reported. Roderick J. Geiger, of Leroy Avenue, was found unconscious at the scene on South Lane shortly before 2:30 a. m., Northwest District officers reported. Geiger, who suffered serious head injuries, had been stabilized by Sunday night in Erie County Medical Center. According to police...
Dispatcher: 911. Do you need fire or medical?Victim's girlfriend: Yeah, can I get an ambulance?Dispatcher: Is this about the shooting? Victim's girlfriend: Somebody shot my boyfriend!Transcripts of a 911 call between an emergency dispatcher and Alaijo Shaune Johnson's girlfriend recall the night 17-year-old Johnson was murdered in northeast Portland.Portland police cold case investigators said it was Aug. 31, 1996 about 11:30 p.m. Johnson and his...
long-time and self-admitted member of the Bloods gang in Plainfield was found guilty of first degree robbery and second degree aggravated assault by a jury in Superior Court in Union County, Thursday, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said.Garret Mattox, 46, was accused of assaulting and robbing a victim outside of the Richmond Beer Garden in Plainfield on January 13, 2010, prosecutors said.Two hours after the incident, Plainfield officer Lawanna...
Kyle J. White, 19, of Newark; Clyde J. Cox, 21, of New Brunswick; and Daquan C. Wallace, 20, of East Strousberg, Penn., were all charged with robbery, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes, and possession of a defaced firearm. At 3:30 a.m. Friday morning, the suspects pulled into the Valero gas station, located at 3817 Route 1. The suspects allegedly pulled their Nissan Murano up to a gas pump, before asking...
It is believed the victims were leaving the Alibaba Karaoke bar, in Railway Pde, Glen Waverley, about 3am yesterday when they were approached by up to 10 armed men, their faces covered.Acting Sergeant Alex Goodman said a brawl erupted in front of patrons and security staff.Six men were taken to hospital with head injuries, ranging from minor to serious.A Scoresby man, 23, was treated for cuts to the head at The Alfred hospital; a Wheelers Hill man,...
20-year-old alleged member of a Western Addition gang in San Francisco has been sentenced in federal court to nine years in prison for being a felon in possession of ammunition during a gunfire exchange in the city last year.Gregory Walker, an alleged member of the Central Divis Playas gang, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Samuel Conti on Monday.He was found guilty by a jury in Conti's court in June of one count of being a felon in possession...
21-year-old man suspected of shooting at two rival gang members and allegedly attempting to shoot a third in Half Moon Bay's Arleta Park neighborhood in August pleaded not guilty to all charges during his arraignment in San Mateo County Superior Court on Tuesday.According to county District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe, DeLeon faces three counts of attempted murder with a criminal street gang enhancement, three counts of felony assault with a firearm,...
This is the latest development for the Gilroy Hells Angel since he was booked Sept. 24 into the Washoe County Sheriff's Office in Nevada on three felony counts, which included assault with a deadly weapon, carrying a concealed weapon and possession of a stolen firearm. Villagrana's offenses also included charges of carrying a concealed weapon and aiming a firearm at another person. Both of these charges are gross misdemeanors. Police say Villagrana...
Vagos motorcycle gang member arrested in the slaying of a rival at a Sparks casino was transferred Monday to Reno from California to await a court appearance on a murder charge, authorities said. Ernesto Manuel Gonzalez, 53, arrived at Washoe County jail for proceedings related to the Sept. 23 shooting of Jeffrey "Jethro" Pettigrew of the Hells Angels inside a hotel-casino, Sparks police said. Pettigrew was president of the Hells Angels chapter...
A drunken argument between two men on their way to an after-hours bash at a Hells Angels clubhouse led to the fatal stabbing of one and a four-year sentence for the other. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Ronald McKinnon handed Coquitlam's Andrew Leach the jail term Monday after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter for killing James William Ball on Sept. 25, 2009. Leach has already been in jail for more than two years, so McKinnon credited him with...
Crack police forces were Sunday in full control of Rio's largest favela after launching a dawn assault to eject narco-traffickers who had been ruling the area for 30 years. "I have the pleasure to inform you that Rocinha and Vidigal (a neighbouring favela) are under our control. There were no incidents and no shots were fired. We don't have any information on arrests or weapons seized," Alberto Pinheiro Neto, chief of the military police,...
Gang banger was sentenced Wednesday in Norfolk federal court to 21 years in prison for participating in a pattern of racketeering activity, including a home invasion and conspiring to distribute controlled substances, and possession of a firearm in a crime of violence. According to court documents, in the summer of 2006, Darren Antoine Pollard, 35, and other members of the Bounty Hunter Bloods/Nine Tech Gangsters executed a home invasion in...
A WILD gang fight involving at least a dozen thugs in a Bronx hospital emergency room ended in bloodshed when one gang member pulled a gun and began firing - wounding two hospital employees, police sources told the New York Post. Bullets ricocheted in the packed ER waiting room - with many children nearby - at Bronx Lebanon Hospital about 7:00pm local time. A 42-year-old security guard took a bullet in the groin and a 37-year-old male nurse...
New OrleansAt half-past midnight, as Halloween stretched into All Saints Day, a thick crowd of revelers was milling around the corner of Bourbon and St. Louis streets in New Orleans' famed French Quarter when a series of gun shots erupted. On security footage later released by police,...
42-year-old Rebels motorcycle gang member is one of three people being questioned by police after a search of his home in Calista, south of Perth. Police say they found a 22 calibre, self-loading handgun, cash, cannabis and a trafficable quantity of what they believe to be methamphetamine during this morning's search of the Edmund Road house. No charges have been laid at this stage. Gang Crime Squad detectives have also raided a home linked...
One of Birmingham’s ‘Most Wanted’ crooks is facing justice over a battle between rival bikers at the airport in which one man nearly died.Joseph Patrick John Lagrue handed himself in at Solihull police station in September after the brawl between members of the Hell’s Angels and...
62 people were arrested near Copenhagen on Tuesday following a clash between two rival gangs outside a courthouse where a gang member was on trial for the 2008 murder of a young Turk, police said. The people arrested in the Copenhagen suburb of Glostrup had "ties to gangs and bikers," a police statement said. Rival gangs have been battling for years over control of Copenhagen's illegal drug market. According to various media, close to 100...
62 people were arrested near Copenhagen on Tuesday following a clash between two rival gangs outside a courthouse where a gang member was on trial for the 2008 murder of a young Turk, police said. The people arrested in the Copenhagen suburb of Glostrup had "ties to gangs and bikers," a police statement said. Rival gangs have been battling for years over control of Copenhagen's illegal drug market. According to various media, close to 100...
federal grand jury has indicted 12 suspected gang members with being involved with the killings of nine people over five years in northwestern Indiana. The racketeering indictment unsealed Monday charges the men with being members of the Almighty Imperial Gangsters and carrying out murder, attempted murder and drug trafficking in East Chicago. Topics Murder Gang Activity Crimes Investigators believe the gang members used "kill on sight"...
Colombian authorities estimate that approximately 15,000 men are currently members of the illegal armed groups that are active throughout the country. In an interview with Caracol Radio, Army General Sergio Mantilla confirmed that these 15,000 were active in the major illegal armed groups of the FARC, ELN and BACRIM. According to the military officials, the FARC is made up of about 9,000 men while the ELN has about 2,000 active men. Mantilla...
These are the three brothers from hell -- two killers and one a suspected hitman. Two of the men, Eric and Keith Wilson from Ballyfermot in Dublin, are now suspected of being involved in over ten gun murders between them. Keith Wilson (23) was today beginning a life term in jail for the gangland execution of hitman-for-hire Daniel Gaynor in August, 2010. His brother Eric 'Lucky' Wilson (27) is serving 23 years in a Spanish prison for the...
Memorial services for Tara Romero, the 14-year-old who died in a drive-by shooting in Morgan Hill last week, are set for Sunday and Monday, and her friends and family are trying to raise money for related expenses. A vigil Sunday is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. at Johnson Funeral Home, 17720 Monterey Road. A Mass and funeral service for Romero will take place at 10 a.m. at St. Catherine Church, 17400 Peak Ave. Following the mass, a reception...
AT A guess you could probably assume that none of the High Court judges live in Merrylands, where the Nomads and Hells Angels are engaged in what the police reassuringly describe not as a bikie gang war but merely "tit for tat violence". It is also unlikely that any of these eminent jurists live in Northmead, where an innocent woman had her house strafed with bullets while she was sleeping last week in a zany address mix-up by a bikie who...
legal community is raising questions after a criminal lawyer known for defending members of biker gangs was assaulted outside his home. The victim has been identified as Gilles Doré, who was involved in the criminal proceedings linked to arrests in the wake of Operation SharQc. He is also known as a prominent defence lawyer in the first Hells Angels' mega-trial in 2002, which ended in the murder conviction of Hells leader Maurice "Mom" Boucher....
long-term investigation lead to arrest of 19 gang members in central Harlem on weapons possession, conspiracy, attempted murder, and firearms trafficking charges. Arrests follow recent conviction of nearby 137th Street Crew Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, and Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) Janice...
29-year-old man linked to the United Nations gang was gunned down in a brazen morning shooting in a busy Vancouver residential neighbourhood Sunday. The Vancouver Sun has learned the shooting victim is Axel Curtis, who has several convictions for drug trafficking, fraud and possession of a firearm. Curtis is considered a low-level member of the UN gang. He was shot dead at about 9:30 a.m. while walking his French bulldog at the corner of...
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