Gang News

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/plymouth-gang-member-sentenced-10-years-federal-prison-connection-july-2021-shooting NEW BERN, N.C. – A Plymouth man was sentenced to 120 months in prison for possessing a firearm as a felon that he allegedly used to shoot a rival gang member on the afternoon of Sunday, July 25, 2021. On March 12, 2024, Melvin Donnell Gilliam, age 35, pled guilty to the charges. “We’re…

https://dayton247now.com/news/local/daytons-thug-riders-gang-members-arrested-under-complex-rico-charges DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) — Fourteen members of a dangerous and violent motorcycle gang at the center of a federal investigation are behind bars. U.S. District Attorney Kenneth Parker said they’re connected to numerous crimes here in the state and out. One of the charges the group faces is violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt…

https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/gang-related-violence-in-downtown-santa-rosa-surges-police-say (KRON) — Groups of young teenaged gang members preyed on victims around downtown Santa Rosa for the past two months, police said. Several boys, ranging in ages from 13-15, were arrested by the Santa Rosa Police Department’s gang crimes unit in connection to robberies and assaults. Most of the gang-related crimes happened where juveniles…

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/gang-leader-and-two-gang-members-sentenced-life-prison The leader and two members of a violent criminal gang in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) were sentenced yesterday to life in prison for their roles in a racketeer influenced and corrupt organization (RICO) According to court documents and evidence produced at trial, Paul Girard, also known as Bogus, 36, of St. Croix, USVI,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…