Archive for August 2023
Local Leader Of Bloods Street Gang Sentenced To Over 16 Years In Federal Prison For Drug And Firearm Offenses
Ocala, Florida – Senior U.S. District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Antonio Eugene Brutton (36, Ocklawaha) to 16 years and 8 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl, heroin, and marijuana. Brutton had pleaded guilty on February 23, 2023. According…
Read MoreMS-13 and Mexican Mafia Leader Sentenced to More than 17 Years for an International Drug Conspiracy
SAN DIEGO – Nelson Alexander Flores of Tijuana was sentenced in federal court to 210 months in prison for trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine into the United States from Mexico on behalf of MS-13 street gang and the Mexican Mafia prison gang. According to information presented in court, between 2018 and May 2020, Flores coordinated…
Read MoreGang Member Gets 10 Years In Prison Following Firearms Plea
A Tampa gang member has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison for possessing a loaded firearm as a convicted felon. The court also ordered defendant Demetrius Lamar Rahmings, 28, Tampa, to forfeit a Taurus G2C 9mm Pistol and 19 rounds of 9mm ammunition traceable to the offense. Rahmings had been found guilty on…
Read MoreFugitive Crips Gang Member Wanted for Attempted Murder Arrested.
A fugitive member of the Crips who was wanted for attempted murder in New York City was nabbed by Mahwah police on Route 17, authorities said.Hakeem “Flow Cash” Jamison, 28, was a passenger in a 2005 Mercedes E500 driven by a Vermont woman who committed several motor vehicle violations before Officer John Lange stopped her…
Read MoreMS-13 gang member convicted in 2021 murder of 15-year-old Takoma Park boy
SILVER SPRING, Md. — A fifth person was convicted in the 2021 murder of a 15-year-old boy in Silver Spring, the Maryland State Attorney’s Office announced Monday. Mario Clarios-Arias, 23, of Hyattsville, was found guilty Friday of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, attempted first degree murder and first-degree assault. “It was heartbreaking to hear both…
Read MoreUS Again Urges Americans to Leave Haiti as Gang Violence Worsens.
he US Embassy in Haiti on Wednesday called on American citizens in Haiti to leave the country “as soon as possible” as growing gang violence has sparked a security crisis for the small island nation. “Given the current security situation and infrastructure challenges, U.S. citizens in Haiti should depart Haiti as soon as possible via…
Read More5 Pagan Bikers arrested after alleged assault at Hotel.
Five Pagan bikers are behind bars after they allegedly assaulted a Beaver County resident over the weekend. According to the Beaver County District Attorney’s Office, Beaver Falls police and Pennsylvania state police were called to the Big Beaver Ramada Inn for a reported fight and assault. Officials said several Pagan gang members allegedly beat a…
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…
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