Archive for September 2023

A Maryland man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges, including assaulting law enforcement, related to his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to…

Jury selection has begun for the upcoming trial of Richard Hirth for his alleged role in a death dating back to 2015. Hirth, 42, is accused playing a role in the fatal stabbing of Jessica Rehfeld eight years ago. Hirth faces another accusation of being hired by Jonathan Klientobe, Rehfeld’s former partner, to commit the…

The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced the indictments of ten Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members and associates. The ten were charged with a RICO conspiracy and murder in aid of racketeering U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. “When reports surfaced that MS-13 had established a presence in the City of Mendota in the Central Valley, a…

Tulare County jury found 25-year-old gang member Jermon Jackson guilty of murder and multiple violent crimes from 2017 to 2019. Police said Jackson and other gang members were responsible for a drive-by shooting at an apartment complex in Ivanhoe on April 19, 2017. They say they fired shots at rival gang members in the parking…

A Columbus man who was part of a hybrid criminal street gang was recently convicted for firing at an FBI agent. Joshuia Johnathon Luke Brown, 25, was found guilty of one count of forcible assault on a federal officer with a deadly weapon, according to a press release from the justice department. TOP VIDEOS Brown…

wo Kansas City men who led 246, a violent street gang, were sentenced in federal court Monday, Sept. 18 for their roles in a drug-trafficking conspiracy and other violent criminal behavior that included illegal firearms and a drive-by shooting outside a daycare center where children were present. Ladele D. Smith, also known as “Dellio” and…

Attorney General Chris Carr announced Wednesday that a Morrow man has been indicted in Clayton County on charges of Trafficking of Persons for Sexual Servitude, Violation of the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, False Imprisonment, Aggravated Assault, Armed Robbery, and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony. Gerome McGriff Jr. (aka…

A longtime member of the Sonoma Hells Angels was sentenced to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to involvement in a racketeering conspiracy and an assault, court records show. Russel Lyles Jr. pleaded guilty to a racketeering offense last November, but that doesn’t mean he agrees with the prosecution’s assessment of exactly what…