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Los Angeles-to-Baltimore drug pipeline behind triple homicide in Porter Ranch, prosecutors say
Three suspects have been arrested on murder charges in a shooting which left three men dead at a home in a gated Porter Ranch community back in February. Travis Reid and Chaquetta Cook were arrested Wednesday in the Baltimore, Md., area, Los Angeles police disclosed at a news conference Thursday. A third suspect, Kenneth Peterson,…
Read MoreNew gang statute used to build indictment for alleged gang.
BATON ROUGE – Members of a Baton Rouge street gang were formally charged Friday. Bradley Payne, Jermonte Clark, Tawayne Bridgewater, and three juveniles were accused of being apart of the “Never Broke Again North Side Ranger” street gang. For more than a year, Baton Rouge police have targeted gang violence in the city. Friday a…
Read MoreMaryland MS-13 Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Participating in a Racketeering Conspiracy, Including a Murder.
Baltimore, Maryland – Oscar Efrain Zavala Urrea, age 23, an El Salvadoran national residing in Silver Spring, Maryland, pleaded guilty to his participation in a racketeering conspiracy, including a murder, related to his activities as part of the MS-13 gang. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek…
Read MoreInmate charged with stabbing Derek Chauvin is ex-Mexican Mafia L.A. gang leader, prosecutors say.
Derek Chauvin was stabbed in prison 22 times by a former gang leader and onetime FBI informant who told investigators he targeted the ex-Minneapolis police officer because of his notoriety for murdering George Floyd, according to federal prosecutors. John Turscak is charged with attempted murder after the Nov. 24 attack at the Federal Correctional Institution…
Read MoreGang Member Sentenced to 81 Years for Murder of San Diego Security Guard.
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…
Read More5 gang members busted in West New York with $20k worth of cocaine.
Five gang members of the Trinitarios Dominican street gang were arrested were arrested in a West New York drug bust where roughly $20,000 in cocaine was recovered following a four-month probe, authorities said. From left to right: Wanderson Ceballo-Ramos, Ingri Cruz-Villatoro, Wellington Cruz, Angel Diaz, and Christian Gomez. Photos courtesy of the West New York…
Read MoreBaltimore arrests Guatemalan MS-13 gang member convicted of attempted voluntary manslaughter in Maryland.
BALTIMORE — Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Baltimore apprehended an undocumented noncitizen and self-admitted member of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) street gang convicted of attempted voluntary manslaughter Nov. 20. Deportation officers from ERO Baltimore’s Fugitive Operations Team arrested the 21-year-old Guatemalan national near his residence in Hyattsville. “This Guatemalan noncitizen has proven to be…
Read MoreFBI raids Belair-Edison Safe Streets location over possible gang affiliation: sources
everal Federal Bureau of Investigation agents executed a search warrant at the Belair Edison Safe Streets location Thursday morning, along with the homes of two Safe Streets employees. The raid, which took place in the morning sometime before 10 a.m. according to neighbors who saw the FBI agents at the location. While the FBI is…
Read MoreBlack Guerrilla Family has long been tied to Baltimore Safe Streets program, documents show
An October 2010 federal search warrant obtained by FOX45 News reveals the Black Guerrilla Family gang has long been tied to violence prevention efforts in Baltimore, including the embattled Safe Streets program. Described as part of the Black Guerrilla Family’s then-attempt to “make [BGF] look like a legitimate organization,” law enforcement officials filed a 164-page…
Read MoreTwo Highest-Ranking Leaders Of Gorilla Stone Bloods Gang Convicted At Trial Of Racketeering And Narcotics Offenses
With the Trial Convictions of the Gang’s Founder and Prison Leader, Dwight Reid, and the Gang’s Street Leader, Christopher Erskine, All 21 Defendants, Including Numerous Godfathers and Godmothers, Have Been ConvictedDamian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DWIGHT REID, a/k/a “Dick Wolf,” and CHRISTOPHER ERSKINE, a/k/a “Beagle,”…
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