Jamie “Iceman” Stevenson is back on the streets – less than halfway through his prison sentence for laundering £1million of drugs cash. Scotland’s most powerful mobster has been enjoying meals at expensive restaurants and socialising with pals after being allowed home for a week each month. Stevenson – who was also accused of shooting dead his best friend in an underworld hit – was put behind bars in September 2006 when he was arrested after a four-year...
Police in Alice are investigating a shooting that occurred near Reynolds Street. According to investigators, it all started on South Nayer Street where police say Isaac Vela was standing on the side of the road waiting for a ride. A vehicle -- with four people inside passed by. One of the passengers, police say, shot Vela in the face. The vehicle fled the scene, but the driver only made it a few blocks before he lost control of the vehicle. It smashed...
Reece James, 21, a close friend of Tulisa Contostavlos has been shot dead in a reported gangland attack. The 21-year-old, who appeared with Tulisa in a video for rapper Nines, was shot in the head in a "pre-planned and targeted" hit, 100 miles from his home in London, reports the UK's Sun newspaper. Police found James' body in Boscombe, Bournemouth, at around 2.30am near where Somali drug gangs are said operate. A 22-year-old man was arrested. Reece...
investigation into Holland’s Latin Kings gang included interviews with current and former members, surreptitious recordings of gang meetings, undercover surveillance and seizure of evidence, including firearms and a ledger of gang participants, a federal agent testified on Monday. The agent testified that the local Latin Kings, started in the early to mid-1990s with help from Chicago Latin Kings, have split into separate groups – an east side, and...
Seattle police say a man was wounded and two houses were struck by gunfire in the Beacon Hill neighborhood last night. Patrol officers and gang-unit detectives were called to the area of 23rd Avenue South and South Lucile Street around 10:30 p.m. for a report of a shooting. According to police: Two cars were heading south on Beacon Avenue South when a passenger in one vehicle stood up and pointed a gun through the sunroof toward the other car....
WHAT threatened to become a bloody gangland clash between two rival secret societies early today, ended in a whimper when the police threw a spanner in its works. The police rounded up 93 people, including teenagers, who tried to incite a fight in Gurney Drive, over a battle for 'territorial rights'. The suspects, aged between 16 and 42, and armed with samurai swords, machetes, baseball bats and knuckle-dusters, among others, belonged to the 'Gang...
POLICE have identified suspects in three gangland killings, warning underworld hitmen they're not "home free". Contract killers who murdered Mario Condello, Graham Kinniburgh and Willy Thompson will be pursued to the nth deg...
One of three gang members charged in last year's stabbing death of a Sutter man pleaded no contest on Tuesday to reduced charges. Carlos Alvarez Flores, Jr., pleaded to a felony count of criminal street gang participation. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dropped a homicide charge. Deputy Sutter County District Attorney Cameron King said video evidence made it clear that Flores was not a primary participant in the July 24, 2011, death of Isais...
Three members of the Pueblo Bishops Bloods, a long-entrenched criminal street gang that used violence and intimidation in an attempt to control the Pueblo del Rio housing projects in South Los Angeles, have been found guilty of federal racketeering charges. Following a five-week trial in United States District Court, a jury late yesterday convicted the three defendants of being members of a criminal enterprise that engaged in narcotics and firearms...
A mysterious rift among members of a notorious Winnipeg street gang has led to the birth of a new splinter group inside provincial jails and on city streets, the Winnipeg Sun has learned. A handful of MOB (Most Organized Brothers) members have split off and recently formed a new gang faction dubbed the “334” — a numerical nod to the tattoos worn by some MOB members, a Manitoba Justice gang prosecutor told court Tuesday. Within the gang,...
Police arrested four men who they say assaulted two men in separate incidents on borough streets, stabbing one repeatedly and stealing the other victim’s car and setting it on fire. Police said they believe the four men are affiliated with the Bloods street gang. They also arrested a woman who they say is not believed to be affiliated with the gang but was present during the attack on the second victim. Police made the arrests Thursday and Friday....
two years since the death of Decari Antonio Starr, an 18-year-old from St. Paul who was shot in the chest in north Minneapolis and then dumped at North Memorial Medical Center. There's almost nothing publicly known about his unsolved killing, but tucked away on the pages of Facebook, Starr, who was also known as "Pudda" or "Pudda Loc," has attained the higher profile of someone revered on the street because he was violently taken away. There,...
Thursday and Friday, with one injury and property damage reported. A man was injured in Northeast Portland just after midnight Friday when a bullet grazed his head, according to Lt. Robert King of the Portland Police Bureau. The suspected gang member was driving near NE 125th Avenue and NE Sandy Boulevard when he was shot by someone in the car behind him. That shooting took place about eight hours after North Portland’s Peninsula Park was cleared...
Four alleged gang members were arrested in Napa late Saturday night after police spotted them fleeing the scene of a reported fight and found a dangerous weapon in their car, according to Napa police. Officers responded around 11:45 p.m. Saturday to a report of a fight in the 800 block of Laguna Street and spotted a car fleeing the area with its lights off, police said. Police said an officer stopped the car near the intersection of Jacob Court and...
A gang leader convicted of attempted murder walked out of a Danish prison and fled in a taxi after convincing a guard he had permission to leave, officials and media said Sunday. The prisoner, Mohammed Figuigui -- nicknamed "The Painter" -- went to the prison gate Friday afternoon and told the guard he had a permit to spend the weekend outside. After being let out he disappeared in a taxi, Danish media reported. The guard realised his mistake 20...
But Tien Ngoc Ho’s lawyer argued at Monday’s immigration hearing there isn’t enough evidence to warrant keeping him in custody. “In the past when detainees have been detained citing a danger to society, they have had violent records,” Bjorn Harsanyi said. “There has no single act of violence alleged against Mr. Ho — there has been speculation and innuendo, but we have to be careful to separate innuendo and proof.” Stephanie Mathyk-Pinto,...
A trove of gangland documents detailing numerous facets of life of Columbia’s Bloods street gang was found during last week’s FBI-led raids that netted 38 indictments, a federal agent testified in federal court Monday.The keeper of the documents was Jarius Octavis “Buck” Jones, who...
Out of dozens suspected to have connections with the Bloods street gang, only three went for a chance at bond on Monday. The rest waived their hearings. The locals are suspected of crimes ranging from kidnapping to tax crimes to murder. Most of them quickly walked in and out of the federal courthouse. Family, friends, and even a pastor to one of the suspects were also on hand to try and learn more about the case. One suspect was described as a...
A man with violent gang ties will stay behind bars awaiting removal to Vietnam because he poses a danger to the public being caught in crossfire, officials say. Tien Ngoc Ho has been shot twice by a rival gang and his affiliation with FOB Killers is enough to warrant keeping him in custody until he is deported, an immigration hearing ruled today. “Your friendship or association with the FOB Killers puts you or anyone in proximity to you of being...
Felipe Lugo de Leon, one of the Federal Police officers wanted in connection with the shooting at the Mexico City airport last month that left three fellow officers dead, was arrested on Sunday, the Public Safety Secretariat said. De Leon, known as "El Bogard," was arrested outside an apartment building in southern Mexico City thanks to an anonymous tip, the secretariat said. The Federal Police is still looking for officers Daniel Cruz Garcia and...
three-week operation to crackdown on Atlantic City's recent violence resulted in 58 arrests, thousands of dollars in drugs and 11 guns. At least one gun was recovered during nine of the 12 outings that combined the departments Vice, Intelligence and tactical teams along with the Atlantic City Task Force, Lt. James Sarkos said. "One statistic that can't be captured is the crimes that were deterred and did not occur as a result of this targeted enforcement...
Police on Saturday arrested six people and seized more than $2,000 worth of heroin during a sweep of a drug market controlled by the Black P Stones street gang on the South Side. The move comes after police arrested 23 people earlier this week in connection to a North Side drug market. The Chicago Police Department’s Narcotics Division began an investigation into the South Side market in April, according to a news release from the department. The...
Ammunition and gun parts found in a garage linked to convicted gangster Boby Sanghera were inadmissible at his trial because there was no proof the items were his, a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled. On Friday, Justice Heather Holmes released her reasons for disallowing the evidence at the trial of Sanghera, two of his cousins and two associates earlier this year. Despite the disallowed evidence, Sanghera was convicted on four firearms' charges and...
Police Chief Jamie Sullivan was asked Thursday if residents should be fearful or concerned in light of allegations against a documented Latin Kings gang member suspected of making threats in the community. "We believe we are staying on top of the (gang) issue," Sullivan said. "We take every action to ensure public safety, but if an individual or individuals have concerns, they can bring it to our attention." Five Seacoast residents arrested...
The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office arrested two MS-13 gang members Monday, one of whom is wanted in connection with three San Francisco murders. On Sunday, a federal immigration agent notified the sheriff’s office that Wilfredo Reyes, 31, also known as “Flaco,” was wanted for the murders and was possibly living in Salisbury, according to a release from the sheriff’s office. In 2008, Tony Bologna, 48, and his two sons, Michael, 20, and Matthew, 16,...
FBISurveillance photos of the gang of armed bank robbers in ConnecticutBank officials and FBI in Connecticut released surveillance photos Tuesday of a group of armed bank robbers who have struck at least five banks and stolen almost $500,000 since September 2010. Authorities...
San Francisco, CA – Authorities in North Carolina arrested a second suspect Monday in the 2008 killings of a father and his two sons in San Francisco.After four years as a fugitive, Wilfredo Reyes, 31, was arrested at a home in Salisbury, N.C., after trying to escape...
If a purported member of a notorious Calgary street gang had only attended a citizenship meeting, he wouldn’t see himself in the cross-hairs of immigration officials. Tien Ngoc Ho didn’t make the citizenship meeting several years ago and now the 25-year-old, stripped of permanent resident status by immigration officials last year, is facing deportation for serious criminality, something which couldn’t happen if had become a Canadian. Set...
Mexican Mafia-related hoodlum is facing a lengthy prison sentence after admitting his role in the Costa Mesa criminal street gang Forming Kaos. Arrested in a massive, 2011 law enforcement sweep designed to wreck the gang's operations, Kirk Ray Butterfas had originally pleaded not guilty to a federal indictment accusing him of participating in a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Conspiracy. Butterfas, already a convicted felon, faces...
Federal authorities have arrested several dozen people as part of a multi-year investigation into a gang in South Carolina. U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles and FBI Special Agent in Charge David Thomas said Wednesday the arrests are part of a two-year probe into the Bloods street gang. Prosecutors said the defendants face more than 100 total charges including racketeering, prostitution and drug and weapons crimes. Nettles says ringleader David Andrea Jenkins...
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A jury found 40-year Rolando Terrell guilty Wednesday of four counts each of murder and felony murder in the September 2008 slayings. Prosecutors said Terrell and another man robbed and shot the victims, then set their house on fire.Terrell faces a possible...
The bullet that killed 5-year-old Nizzel George last month in the home where he was staying came through the wall in an instant, but the events that led to his murder began at least 10 months earlier, according to an internal police report obtained by the Star Tribune. A summer 2011 street fight that spiraled out of control sparked an ongoing, violent feud between two North Side gangs -- the Skitz Squad and Y.N.T. -- that over the winter and spring...
Three juveniles and an adult were arrested Tuesday after what Yuba County sheriff's officials described as a gang-related fight in Olivehurst.Deputies were called to a residence in the 1800 block of Baugh Street about 6 a.m. regarding several people fighting outside the home. Several people fled the area in a silver sedan before deputies arrived, but a deputy en route to the scene spotted a vehicle matching that description on Olivehurst Avenue....
File PhotoLeon Gills was arraigned on charges of racketeering, attempted murder in aid of racketeering and using a firearm during a violent crime.Gills stood mute on the charges and not-guilty pleas were entered on his behalf.The judge also approved the prosecutor's motion to have...
Following their pleas of guilty earlier this year, four members of the 4th Street Bloods criminal street gang have been sentenced to federal prison, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. United States District Judge David Hittner sentenced Thomas Tyler Black, 26; Jamie Lynn Finley, 30; Cameron Lee Sanford, 20; and William Hunter Sanford, 21, all of Bacliff, Texas, at a hearing in federal court in Houston this morning. In handing...
The seizure of a loaded shotgun in the hands of young adults with gang connections makes the community safer, a senior Waterloo Regional Police officer said Tuesday. “This is a very significant seizure,” said Supt. Gary Askin. Acting on a tip, officers with the force’s guns and gangs unit on Monday night raided a house at 12 Louisa St., near King Street West. Inside they found a loaded shotgun, two replica guns, a flick knife, cattle prod, and...
Three members of one of the largest street gangs in the country, the Latin Kings, have been convicted for their part in a violent assault. A jury found Marshall Chandler guilty of kidnapping, aggravated assault and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault for an attack on Zachariah Henley in October of 2011 in Madison. Chandler will be sentenced in August. Corey Wilson pled to aggravated assault and received a 20-year sentence with seven...
Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Michael Guest announced today three members of the Latin Kings street gang were convicted for their involvement in the kidnapping and aggravated assault of Zachariah Henley. The Latin Kings are one of the largest and most organized street gangs in the United States and have just recently begun to organize and recruit members in Mississippi. The convictions include Marshall Brian Chandler...
31-year-old Wifredo “Flaco” Reyes was arrested Monday following a tip from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, according to 1st Lt. Chad Moose with the Rowan County, NC Sheriff’s Office.
San Francisco Police homicide investigators and Rowan County sheriff’s deputies teamed...
Leonard Earl Williams, 23, surrendered to police about 2 p.m. Thursday and was charged with the shooting death of 21-year-old Dontae Montrel Haddock of Ayden, according to a news release issued by the Greenville Police Department. Williams is charged with one open count of murder, attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury with intent to kill. Earlier in the day, Greenville Interim Police Chief Joe Bartlett said...
gang unit is investigating after four people were shot and injured outside a Las Vegas apartment complex. Las Vegas police Lt. Bruce Miyama says the three women and one man who were struck just after 4 a.m. Thursday were taken to Sunrise Hospital. He said their injuries don't appear to be life-threatening, and three had been released by Thursday afternoon. Miyama says the four people were walking near the Siegel Suites on Twain Avenue...
27-year-old Haverhill man told police he was standing at the corner of Moulton Way and Wingate Street early yesterday morning when he heard the sound of gun shots, then realized that he'd been shot in the groin. Police officers who had just parked their cruiser on Washington Street and were on foot patrol as the bars were letting out at the time also heard the sound of gunfire. Police Deputy Donald Thompson said the officers ran towards the Railroad...
16-year-old boy died after a shooting early Saturday in Kansas City, police said. Officers called to the 3000 block of Oakley at 3 a.m. found the boy and a 17-year-old female on the front porch of a home. Both had been shot by someone driving past in a red car, police said. The boy was pronounced dead at a local hospital. The girl is expected to live. Police did not release names, pending notification of relativ...
Crunchy Black -- a former member of the rap group Three 6 Mafia -- is recovering after being shot in the face and the leg in Las Vegas earlier this month ... TMZ has learned.
According to the Las Vegas Metro Police Department, Black -- real name Darnell Carlton --...
Investigators with the Chattanooga Police Department’s Homicide Unit have identified three gang members in connection with the homicide of 39-year-old Steve Mosley on Monday afternoon at 1108 N. Hawthorne St. Charged are Ronald Cosper, 18; Devante Kearell "White Chalk" Stoudemire, 20, and Dustin Hayes, 18. Stoudemire, of 4610 Sunflower Lane, was out on bond for another murder - the slaying of JerMichael Richardson. Criminal Court Judge Barry...
Chicago Police said Saturday they shut down three open air-drug markets during a Friday night bust targeting Gangster Disciples, where they arrested 49 dealers. Following a six-month investigation, undercover narcotics officers busted up a market on 47th Street between Michigan and Calumet Avenues, which was home to the Gangster Disciples street gang, Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said Saturday, backed by community members and clergy at the...
Jimmy Levering, an infamous leader of the 29th Street Bloods street gang, had just been gunned down outside a northeast Omaha bar and pronounced dead at Creighton University Medical Center.Between 30 and 50 family members, friends and gang associates filled the lobby of Creighton's...
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