Gangs mix another potent sedative into U.S. street drugs causing ‘mass overdoses’.

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/31/nx-s1-4974959/medetomidine-overdose-fentanyl-sedative Preliminary data also suggested another mass overdose event linked to medetomidine in Pittsburgh, but those initial findings proved false, according to Krotulski. A deadly new street drug caught the U.S. off guard. Experts say it’ll happen againNATIONALXylazine, a deadly new street drug, caught the U.S. off guard. Experts say it’ll happen againExperts say the…

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‘We can win our girls back’: Officials react to ‘surge of girl-on-girl gang violence’ in Wilmington.

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/officials-react-surge-girl-on-girl-gang-violence-wilmington-delaware/3872153 As the City of Wilmington, Delaware experiences, what community leaders called, a “recent surge of girl-on-girl gang violence,” they have gathered to call for solutions to address the “escalating issue.” On Thursday, city officials and community leaders gathered for an event to discuss how they are hoping to address the problem. “We are standing…

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Twenty-Four Members and Associates of Jersey City Street Gang Charged with Gang-Related Offenses, Including Drug Distribution, Armed Robbery, and Financial Fraud.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/twenty-four-members-and-associates-jersey-city-street-gang-charged-gang-related-offenses Twenty-four people have been charged for their respective roles in gang-related offenses, including conspiracy to commit bank fraud; conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine; Hobbs Act robbery; and use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. The defendants are scheduled to appear this afternoon…

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Attorney General Bonta, Law Enforcement Partners An­nounce 41 Arrests, Over 60 Pounds of Narcotics Seized and 27 Guns Confiscated in Operation Red Rooster.

https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-law-enforcement-partners-announce-41-arrests-over-60 California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, alongside law enforcement partners, announced the results of “Operation Red Rooster” which was focused on the Norteño criminal street gang activity in Merced County. After 18 months, the operation concluded this morning with 41 arrests, over 60 pounds of narcotics seized, and 27 guns confiscated. The suspects are…

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Young Brooklyn street gang members indicted for dozen shootings across community, including two murders.

amny.com/news/young-Brooklyn-street-gang-member-shootings/ Eighteen reputed gang members in Brooklyn, some of whom are only teenagers, face a slew of serious criminal charges connected to 12 shootings that left two people dead and 10 others injured. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and the NYPD announced Wednesday against members of the H-Block/Billy’s Gang and Gates Fam Street, whom they…

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15 gang members indicted for drug trafficking and firearms possession.

https://highlandcountypress.com/headlines/15-gang-members-indicted-drug-trafficking-and-firearms-possession-northern-ohio#gsc.tab=0 Federal, state and local law enforcement officials recently announced the unsealing of a superseding indictment charging 15 members of the Fully Blooded Felons, a criminal street gang that was active in Northeast Ohio and in the Ohio prison system. The gang members were charged for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving their…

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Four Men Indicted on Federal Racketeering Charge for Al­legedly Murdering Man To Increase Position in Chicago Street Gang.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/four-men-indicted-federal-racketeering-charge-allegedly-murdering-man-increase CHICAGO — Four men have been indicted on a federal racketeering charge for allegedly murdering a man to maintain and increase their positions in a violent Chicago street gang. JOSHUA BROUGHTON, 34, of Chicago, CHRISTOPHER SINGLETON, 24, of Chicago, JARON DAVIS, 22, of Lansing, Ill., and GRIEG MACON, 27, of Chicago, are charged with…

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Two rival D.C. drug crews targeted in federal indictments.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/05/23/dc-drug-gang-arrests-violence Two dozen people have been arrested on drug and gun-related charges as part of a crackdown on two rival criminal groups operating in Northeast Washington, authorities said Thursday. The arrests targeted members of a crew operating in the Carver Langston neighborhood, near 21st Street and Maryland Avenue, along with members of a rival crew…

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German Authorities See Islamic Extremist Motive In Mannheim Knife Attack

German authorities say they have uncovered evidence of an Islamic extremist motive in last week’s knife attack in the southwestern city of Mannheim in which a police officer was fatally injured. Justice Minister Marco Buschmann wrote on the social media platform X late Monday that “there are now clear indications of an Islamist motive” for…

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