Archive for September 2023
Bronx Gang Member Sentenced To 40 Years In Prison For Double Murder And Shooting Of 16-Year-Old.
Kai Johnson Murdered Price Tunstall and Malik Tunstall in August 2021 and Committed the Shooting of a 16-Year-Old in April 2021Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that KAI JOHNSON was sentenced today to 40 years in prison in connection with his participation in the murders of Price…
Read MoreFeuding Street Gang Member Sentenced For Fatal Courtyard Shooting In Southeast DC.
A 22-year-old District man who was involved in a criminal street gang will spend decades behind bars for a “brazen shooting” in Washington, DC. Saquan Williams was sentenced by a judge to 35 years in prison for shooting into a courtyard in the Potomac Gardens area of Southeast DC in 2017 and killing Carl Hardy,…
Read More22-year-old man sentenced to 35 years for 2017 DC murder, alleged gang involvement.
WASHINGTON — A 22-year-old man was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Thursday for his role in a 2017 D.C. murder and participation in a criminal street gang. On September 10, 2017, Saquon Williams, who was 16 years old at the time, was with a small group of people who opened fire on a…
Read MoreGang Members Admit to Racketeering Charge and Related Crimes
Two members of the Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips gang admitted their roles in a racketeering conspiracy, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) New Jersey Division Cheryl Ortiz and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Tyheim Terry, aka “Ty,” aka “Rollin’ Ty,” 25, and Amir Edmonds, aka “G Baby,” 22, each pleaded…
Read MoreMotorcycle Gang Member Indicted on Sex Trafficking Charges.
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…
Read MoreMaryland MS-13 Gang Leader Sentenced to 28 Years in Federal Prison for Participating in a Racketeering Conspiracy, Including Murder.
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Brayan Alexander Torres, a/k/a “Spooky,” age 29, of Adelphi, Maryland, yesterday to 28 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for a racketeering conspiracy, including murder, related to his participation in the Weedams Locos Salvatrucha (“WLS”) clique of the MS-13 gang, which…
Read MoreSalisbury is in the middle of a gang war: State’s attorney addresses juvenile crime.
As Maryland battles juvenile crime, Wicomico County State’s Attorney Jamie Dykes joined her counterparts from around the state to voice their concerns in Annapolis. “Salisbury is in the middle of a gang war,” said Dykes in her testimony. “You have charged law enforcement with keeping the peace and protecting the community – all while their…
Read MoreGunmen kill a member of Iran’s paramilitary force and wound 3 others on protest anniversary
Gunmen opened fire on a group of paramilitary forces in southern Iran, killing one of them and wounding another three, state media reported Sunday. Local media did not give a motive for Saturday’s attack, which occurred on the anniversary of the death while in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini and the outbreak of nationwide…
Read MoreSudan conflict: Landmark skyscraper in Khartoum engulfed in flames
Videos posted online on Sunday showed the iconic Greater Nile Petroleum Oil Company Tower engulfed in flames. “This is truly painful,” said Tagreed Abdin, an architect of the building, in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. Air strikes and ground battles have continued in Khartoum and other towns and cities since fighting broke…
Read MoreDHS Continues to See High Risk of Foreign and Domestic Terrorism in 2024
Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the 2024 Homeland Threat Assessment (HTA), which continues to identify a high risk of foreign and domestic terrorism in 2024. The HTA provides the public and the Department’s partners with a detailed report on the most pressing threats to the United States as part of the Biden…
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