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CPD: Firearms, narcotics seized during investigation into gang activity | WAVY.com CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Several firearms and narcotics were seized in early May as part of an investigation into possible gang activity in Chesapeake. According to officials, the Chesapeake Police Gang Suppression Unit launched an investigation in late 2024 into individuals believed to be…

Tren de Aragua Leader Added to FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives — FBI FBI Houston Field Office Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Douglas Williams announced the addition of Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Mosquera Serrano, 37, is the first Tren de Aragua (TdA) member featured on the notorious list. SAC…

ByAnna GiaritelliJune 20, 2025 5:13 pmWashington ExaminerHomeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revealed that members of dangerous Latin American gangs Tren de Aragua and MS-13 have been encountered attempting to enter the United States from Canada following the Trump administration’s crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border.Noem, the top U.S. border official, shared with attendees at a northern…

MD top court weighs gang promotion law in graffiti case MD top court weighs gang promotion law in graffiti case  The Daily Record Rachel Konieczny//June 18, 2025 The Maryland Supreme Court heard arguments earlier this month in a case where the high court will decide whether a trial court had sufficient evidence to convict a Montgomery County man of…

Office of Public Affairs | Eastside Rollin’ 20s Crips Members and Associates Indicted, Including Murder, Robbery, Fentanyl Distribution and Firearms Offenses | United States Department of Justice Wednesday, June 18, 2025Share right caretFor Immediate ReleaseOffice of Public AffairsA twelve-count indictment was unsealed today in the Eastern District of Virginia charging nine members of the Eastside…

Gangster Larry Hoover’s Federal Sentence Is Commuted, But His Time in Prison Isn’t Over Latest News: Larry Hoover Gets Commutation from President TrumpPresident Donald Trump has commuted the federal life sentence of Larry Hoover, but the 74-year-old notorious gang leader isn’t leaving prison anytime soon.The commutation applies to Hoover’s federal conviction in 1997 on 40…

Posted on May 16, 2025 by News DeskBALTIMORE, MD—A Salvadoran national, who is an illegal immigrant and MS-13 gang member, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Maryland this week. Nelson Vladimir Amaya-Benitez, a 26-year-old Salvadoran national, was arrested in Gaithersburg on Monday, May 12, 2925 by ICE after he was convicted of…

Three corrections officers at Wallens Ridge State Prison were stabbed by inmates in a “premeditated” attack Friday, according to the Virginia Department of Corrections. A total of five officers were injured at the prison in western Virginia during the attack, according to the department. The officers were transported for medical care outside the facility. Three…

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/virginia-gang-members-sentenced-decades-prison-kidnapping-and-murder Hezekiah Carney, 26, of Norfolk, Virginia, and Jayquan Jones, 22, of Richmond, Virginia, were each sentenced today to 38 years in prison for federal charges relating to the kidnapping and murder of a fellow Almighty Black P. Stone gang member. A total of four defendants have now been sentenced as part of the case.…

WASHINGTON – Jovan Terrell Williams, 20, of the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 180-months in federal prison in connection with the November 2023 armed carjacking of a Chevrolet Corvette and for his participation in the Kennedy Street Crew drug trafficking conspiracy.             The sentencing…