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Eleven member of a Jersey City gang associated with the Marion Gardens Housing Complex are facing maximum sentences of life in prison for their roles in a violent racketeering and drug trafficking conspiracy. According to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger, the conspiracy resulted in the murders of three rival gang members and hundreds of drug…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge set bail Tuesday at $750,000 for a former Los Angeles-area gang leader charged with orchestrating the killing of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur in 1996 and said he can serve house arrest with electronic monitoring ahead of his trial in June. Court-appointed attorneys for Duane “Keffe D” Davis told The…

The leader of the MS-13 20th Street clique, Elmer Rodriguez, known on the streets as “Gordo,” was sentenced to life behind bars. In a case that sheds light on the ruthless acts of gang violence plaguing communities, Rodriguez has been convicted of racketeering conspiracy, the murders, and attempted murder that terrorized residents for years. In…

Melvi Amador-Rios, a.k.a. “Letal” and “Pinky,” Also Sentenced for Ordering a Non-Fatal Shooting That Left Victim Paralyzed and Participating in Multiple Armed RobberiesEarlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Melvi Amador-Rios, a leader of the Centrales Locos Salvatruchas (CLS) clique of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, a transnational criminal organization, was sentenced by…

The deaths of two men just hours apart in Silver Spring, Maryland, in November are both gang related, prosecutors say. Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy said a planned gang execution took place about 6 p.m. Nov. 9 in a ravine behind an apartment complex on Piney Branch Road. “The reason that we are now…

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Hundreds of MS-13 gang members are currently active in Maryland. The gang is known for its brutality; using machetes to behead vulnerable, young victims. While they’ve been mostly active in D.C. suburbs, MS-13 is increasingly spreading into the Baltimore area. Last July, MS-13 gang members stalked a man in Towson. Ten people…

Co-Defendant Sentenced to Six Years for His Participation in the GangGreenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Hernan Yanes-Rivera, a/k/a “Recio,” age 22, of Adelphi, Maryland, on July 28, 2023, to 22 years in federal prison, and sentenced Agustino Eugenio Rivas Rodriguez, a/k/a “Terrible,” age 26, of Silver Spring, Maryland, today to 16…

John Turscak is a former Mexican Mafia gang leader and FBI informant who is accused of stabbing former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin 22 times in a Tucson, Arizona, prison law library. Chauvin is incarcerated in the death of George Floyd. On December 1, 2023, the United States Attorney’s Office “filed a criminal complaint charging…

A San Diego area criminal street gang member has been sentenced to a 55 years to life, plus an additional 26 years in the slammer for the 2019 deadly shooting of an Alpha Project security guard, according to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office. The defendant, Johnny Hill, has faced justice for his role…

HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Johnny Jenkins-Armstrong, age 26, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced on December 4, 2023, to life imprisonment for his role in the June 25, 2016 murders of three individuals in Mercersburg, Franklin County, one of whom was cooperating with state and…