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New campaign by Maryland’s top federal prosecutor aims to curb gun violence impacting youth.
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…
Read MoreAdult and two teens charged in Aberdeen shootings that police say were gang-related.
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…
Read MoreTWO MS-13 MEMBERS CHARGED WITH RAPING AND KIDNAPPING TEENAGE GIRLS LAST YEAR.
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…
Read MoreGang member wanted in car theft sting involving MLB legend’s ‘Hellcat’.
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…
Read MoreAnne Arundel County police orchestrate largest cocaine bust in their history.
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…
Read MoreHartford Gang Member Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl Distribution and Gun Possession Offenses
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE TIRADO, also known as “Joselito” and “Leet,” 42, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for fentanyl distribution and firearm possession offenses.…
Read MoreMember of Violent Bridgeport Gang Pleads Guilty
AMIRE NEWSOME, also known as “Mire,” 20, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to a racketeering offense stemming from his involvement in a violent Bridgeport street gang. Today’s announcement was made by Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; Joseph T. Corradino, State’s…
Read MoreCovid fraud: Street gang in Milwaukee allegedly stole millions to pay for murder, guns and drugs
A street gang in Milwaukee, Wisc., allegedly stole millions of dollars in pandemic relief money that was then used to carry out a murder and purchase guns and drugs, among other items, according to a federal indictment. The 43-count indictment charges 30 members of the “Wild 100s,” also known as the “Shark Gang,” with a…
Read MoreHaiti gang opens fire on protesters in capital, killing seven
A gang in Haiti has shot and killed at least seven people who were marching in a big protest organised by a church leader. Hundreds of parishioners, some armed with machetes, marched through a suburb of the capital, Port-au-Prince, in a bid to rid the area of gang members. The gang is said to have…
Read MoreGang members linked to human trafficking, drugs are sneaking into US, experts say.
According to experts, Latin American gang members aren’t getting gang-affiliated tattoos so they can more easily enter the United States unnoticed. Kyle Williamson, director of the West Texas Anti-Gang Center, told the Daily Caller that members of MS-13 and El Tren de Aragua are most likely to hide their affiliations in an effort to enter…
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