Archive for August 2023
Hartford Gang Member Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl Distribution and Gun Possession Offenses
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE TIRADO, also known as “Joselito” and “Leet,” 42, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for fentanyl distribution and firearm possession offenses.…
Read MoreMember of Violent Bridgeport Gang Pleads Guilty
AMIRE NEWSOME, also known as “Mire,” 20, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to a racketeering offense stemming from his involvement in a violent Bridgeport street gang. Today’s announcement was made by Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; Joseph T. Corradino, State’s…
Read MoreMaryland Man Pleads Guilty to Issuing Threats of Violence to an LGBTQI+ Advocacy Group
A Maryland man pleaded guilty in a U.S. District Court in Baltimore to a federal crime for using a telephone to threaten a group that advocates for LGBTQI+ people. According to court documents, on the evening of March 28, the victim organization received a threatening voicemail from Adam Michael Nettina, 34, of West Friendship. The…
Read MoreBrooklyn Homes mass shooting: 173-page report details Baltimore’s response to block party violence
The 173-page report detailing Baltimore City’s response to the Brooklyn Homes mass shooting, the largest in the city’s history, reveals acts of heroism by officers who saved lives. That includes newly-released police body-worn camera video. But it also documents failures to properly respond to the large, unpermitted event until it was too late, including warnings…
Read MorePolice say the teenage suspect in German knife attack may have intended to set fire to a school
A former student who wounded an eight-year-old boy with a knife at a school in eastern Germany may have intended to set the building on fire, police said Thursday. The 16-year-old suspect set himself alight after the knife attack in Bischofswerda, east of Dresden, on Wednesday. The flames were extinguished and he was arrested. The…
Read MoreFBI announces it has dismantled global network of hacked computers used in major fraud scheme
The FBI and European law enforcement agencies dismantled a massive network of hacked computers that had been used to defraud victims of hundreds of millions of dollars, agencies announced Tuesday. The Justice Department seized over $8 million in cryptocurrency from the hackers and removed their malicious code from an unspecified number of infected computers in…
Read MoreAt least 13 killed in attack at Congo gold quarry
Unidentified militiamen killed at least 13 people in an overnight attack on a gold quarry in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, an army spokesperson and a civil society leader said. The attack took place late on Monday at the privately owned Shaba mining quarry in Aru territory, near the Ugandan border in Ituri province, said…
Read MoreFighting in Ethiopia’s Amhara kills at least 183, UN says
Fighting between Ethiopia’s military and militiamen in the Amhara region has killed at least 183 people, the UN human rights office said on Tuesday, providing the most comprehensive independent death toll to date of the month-long conflict. More than 1,000 people have been arrested nationwide, many of them reported to be young people of ethnic…
Read MoreCovid fraud: Street gang in Milwaukee allegedly stole millions to pay for murder, guns and drugs
A street gang in Milwaukee, Wisc., allegedly stole millions of dollars in pandemic relief money that was then used to carry out a murder and purchase guns and drugs, among other items, according to a federal indictment. The 43-count indictment charges 30 members of the “Wild 100s,” also known as the “Shark Gang,” with a…
Read MoreSmuggler with ties to ISIS helped migrants enter US from Mexico, raising alarm bells across government
The FBI is investigating more than a dozen Uzbek nationals allowed into the US after they sought asylum at the southern border with Mexico earlier this year, a scramble set off when US intelligence officials found that the migrants traveled with the help of a smuggler with ties to ISIS, according to multiple US officials.…
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