Gang News

Today, in federal court in Central Islip, Enrique Portillo, also known as “Oso” and “Turkey,” a member of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, pleaded guilty to racketeering and firearms charges in connection with his participation in four murders, namely, the September 13, 2016 murders of teenagers Kayla Cuevas and Nisa Mickens, in…

NEWARK, N.J. – Two members of the Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips gang admitted their roles in a racketeering conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Tyheim Terry, aka “Ty,” aka “Rollin’ Ty,” 25, and Amir Edmonds, aka “G Baby,” 22, each pleaded guilty on Sept. 13, 2023, before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton…

Kai Johnson Murdered Price Tunstall and Malik Tunstall in August 2021 and Committed the Shooting of a 16-Year-Old in April 2021Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that KAI JOHNSON was sentenced today to 40 years in prison in connection with his participation in the murders of Price…

A 22-year-old District man who was involved in a criminal street gang will spend decades behind bars for a “brazen shooting” in Washington, DC. Saquan Williams was sentenced by a judge to 35 years in prison for shooting into a courtyard in the Potomac Gardens area of Southeast DC in 2017 and killing Carl Hardy,…

WASHINGTON — A 22-year-old man was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Thursday for his role in a 2017 D.C. murder and participation in a criminal street gang. On September 10, 2017, Saquon Williams, who was 16 years old at the time, was with a small group of people who opened fire on a…

Two members of the Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips gang admitted their roles in a racketeering conspiracy, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) New Jersey Division Cheryl Ortiz and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Tyheim Terry, aka “Ty,” aka “Rollin’ Ty,” 25, and Amir Edmonds, aka “G Baby,” 22, each pleaded…

Attorney General Chris Carr announced Wednesday that a Morrow man has been indicted in Clayton County on charges of Trafficking of Persons for Sexual Servitude, Violation of the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, False Imprisonment, Aggravated Assault, Armed Robbery, and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony. Gerome McGriff Jr. (aka…

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Brayan Alexander Torres, a/k/a “Spooky,” age 29, of Adelphi, Maryland, yesterday to 28 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for a racketeering conspiracy, including murder, related to his participation in the Weedams Locos Salvatrucha (“WLS”) clique of the MS-13 gang, which…

As Maryland battles juvenile crime, Wicomico County State’s Attorney Jamie Dykes joined her counterparts from around the state to voice their concerns in Annapolis. “Salisbury is in the middle of a gang war,” said Dykes in her testimony. “You have charged law enforcement with keeping the peace and protecting the community – all while their…

WILMINGTON — A Wilmington felon was sentenced to 96 months in prison Friday for an incident that occurred last October. Quajohn Anthony Crews, 21, pled guilty June 7, 2023 to charges of possession of a firearm be a felon. On Oct. 12, 2022, Wilmington Police Department responded to two simultaneous ShotSpotter notifications in a neighborhood…