Gang News

Nine young men were brought into a crowded church auditorium and given a choice: Pledge to stop perpetuating violence and take advantage of available support, or continue on your path and face the consequences. The choice was laid out for the nine by city of Columbus, Franklin County, and federal officials and community members at…

Multiple Northwest Arkansas residents have been arrested in connection to recruiting minors to a gang. A Washington County Sheriff’s Office incident report says that around May 31, a detective with the sheriff’s office was contacted in reference to a request for help from Springdale police with investigating the Savage Locos street gang. An investigation was…

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Daniell Mykall Williams went to Valley Plaza mall on a May evening last year. He minded his own business, didn’t bother anyone. East Side Crips gang members spotted him driving through a parking lot and, erroneously believing he was a rival gang member, followed him in another vehicle from the mall…

Four MS-13 members took an 18-year-old Olney woman to a wooded area and killed her with a machete in an “unauthorized” gang murder in May, Montgomery County Police and prosecutors allege in charging documents. The body of Rosa Sanchez Merino was not recovered until late last month when one of the suspects led authorities to…

The former president of the Fresno chapter of the Hells Angels biker gang has been sentenced for disposing of the body of a murdered biker from Sonoma County, Joel Silva. Merl Hefferman was sentenced to four years in federal prison on Thursday. Prosecutors say he cremated the man’s body at a funeral home in Fresno…

BALTIMORE — Investigators say the suspect wanted in the Morgan State University mass shooting is a member of a notorious DC gang known as the Kennedy Street Crew or KDY. Jovan Williams, 18, is wanted for several charges of attempted murder. Investigators say it was Williams and a 17-year-old male who opened fire on MSU’s…

The 37th and final defendant charged as part of the case against members and associates of the Simon City Royals gang – a gang aligned with the Gangster Disciples – pleaded guilty today to racketeering (RICO) conspiracy. “The Simon City Royals terrorized Mississippi prisons and communities for far too long,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General…

Baltimore’s top prosecutor on Friday blamed the District’s crime for this month’s shooting at Morgan State University after a teenage boy was arrested in connection to the incident. Baltimore police said Thursday they arrested and charged a 17-year-old boy from the District with multiple counts of attempted murder for the Oct. 3 shooting that injured…

NASSAU COUNTY, Long Island (WABC) — Nassau County police have arrested an MS-13 gang member was arrested in connection to two homicides including the murder of a 19-year-old at McDonald’s last year. 20-year-old Gerson Hernandez was charged with gang assault in connection with the fatal shooting of Hector Manuel Valencia Gomez, who was shot multiple…