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BALTIMORE – In a one-on-one interview, Maryland’s U.S. attorney Erek Barron told WJZ his office is pushing to stop the violence impacting children and get the community involved. “We have to be relentless about it. We have to be relentless, and we have to work as a team,” Barron said. That includes a new public…

Sep. 6—The Aberdeen Police Department has charged an adult and two teens in two shootings in August. On Aug. 8 around 2:30 p.m., residents on East Bel Air Ave. reported hearing gunshots but officers could not locate a suspect or victim, according to police. Later that evening, however, an Aberdeen woman reported that someone had…

Two members of MS-13 based in Houston were charged last year on suspicion of killing a teenager and kidnapping another in 2017. Gang leader Miguel Angel Alvarez-Flores, 22, who also goes by ‘Diabolico,’ and 18-year-old Diego Alexan Hernandez-Rivera, who had a Satanic shrine in their Houston apartment, laughed, smiled and waved in court as they…

HOUSTON, — The Houston Police Department is looking for a known gang member who is accused of stealing several cars and leading police on a chase that later ended in a crash with multiple people injured. Police have accused 33-year-old Juan Luna of stealing the cars. Court documents alleged he was also involved in the theft…

GLEN BURNIE, Md. —Ten people, including an alleged drug kingpin, are facing illegal narcotics and gun charges in what police say is the largest cocaine bust in Anne Arundel County’s history. Police said investigation of drug dealers led detectives to the kingpin and the massive seizure of cocaine. AdvertisementAccording to a grand jury indictment, 42-year-old…

BALTIMORE —Baltimore police arrested eight members of a violent drug gang operation in west Baltimore, officials announced Friday. Mayor Brandon Scott credits his Group Violence Reduction Strategy for the takedown. Advertisement“We are relieved,” said resident Rochelle Parker. “We can actually walk up and down the street. We’ve come outside.” She said residents are rejoicing after…

ORLANDO, Fla. – More than 650 grams of marijuana, plus other drugs and weapons, were seized from an Orlando gang in connection to a string of dispensary burglaries, according to police. The discovery was made on August 23, the Orlando Police Department shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday. An officer was doing…

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…

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis today sentenced Jose Henry Hernandez-Garcia, a/k/a “Paciente,” age 29, of Annandale, Virginia, to life in federal prison for racketeering and murder in aid of racketeering conspiracies, for committing murder in aid of racketeering, and for conspiracy to destroy and conceal evidence connected to his participation in La…

Melvi Amador-Rios, a.k.a. “Letal” and “Pinky,” Also Convicted of Ordering a Non-Fatal Shooting That Left Victim Paralyzed and Participating in Multiple Armed RobberiesA federal jury in Brooklyn today returned a guilty verdict against Melvi Amador-Rios, a leader of the Centrales Locos Salvatruchas (“CLS”) clique of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, a transnational criminal…