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U.S. Attorney’s Office Partners With Area Nonprofit to Raise Awareness About Human Trafficking
RALEIGH, N.C. – United States Attorney Michael Easley is partnering with the local chapter of A21 to host a training to raise awareness and provide tools on how to recognize and combat human trafficking. The training is being held on July 30, a day proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly to be “World Day…
Read MoreAttorney General Bonta, Law Enforcement Partners Announce 41 Arrests, Over 60 Pounds of Narcotics Seized and 27 Guns Confiscated in Operation Red Rooster.
https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-law-enforcement-partners-announce-41-arrests-over-60 California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, alongside law enforcement partners, announced the results of “Operation Red Rooster” which was focused on the Norteño criminal street gang activity in Merced County. After 18 months, the operation concluded this morning with 41 arrests, over 60 pounds of narcotics seized, and 27 guns confiscated. The suspects are…
Read MoreYoung Brooklyn street gang members indicted for dozen shootings across community, including two murders.
amny.com/news/young-Brooklyn-street-gang-member-shootings/ Eighteen reputed gang members in Brooklyn, some of whom are only teenagers, face a slew of serious criminal charges connected to 12 shootings that left two people dead and 10 others injured. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and the NYPD announced Wednesday against members of the H-Block/Billy’s Gang and Gates Fam Street, whom they…
Read More15 gang members indicted for drug trafficking and firearms possession.
https://highlandcountypress.com/headlines/15-gang-members-indicted-drug-trafficking-and-firearms-possession-northern-ohio#gsc.tab=0 Federal, state and local law enforcement officials recently announced the unsealing of a superseding indictment charging 15 members of the Fully Blooded Felons, a criminal street gang that was active in Northeast Ohio and in the Ohio prison system. The gang members were charged for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving their…
Read MoreFour Men Indicted on Federal Racketeering Charge for Allegedly Murdering Man To Increase Position in Chicago Street Gang.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/four-men-indicted-federal-racketeering-charge-allegedly-murdering-man-increase CHICAGO — Four men have been indicted on a federal racketeering charge for allegedly murdering a man to maintain and increase their positions in a violent Chicago street gang. JOSHUA BROUGHTON, 34, of Chicago, CHRISTOPHER SINGLETON, 24, of Chicago, JARON DAVIS, 22, of Lansing, Ill., and GRIEG MACON, 27, of Chicago, are charged with…
Read MoreTwo rival D.C. drug crews targeted in federal indictments.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/05/23/dc-drug-gang-arrests-violence Two dozen people have been arrested on drug and gun-related charges as part of a crackdown on two rival criminal groups operating in Northeast Washington, authorities said Thursday. The arrests targeted members of a crew operating in the Carver Langston neighborhood, near 21st Street and Maryland Avenue, along with members of a rival crew…
Read MoreMembers of Brooklyn-Based Hyena Crips Gang Charged with Multiple Murders and Racketeering Activity Spanning Nearly a Decade.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/members-brooklyn-based-hyena-crips-gang-charged-multiple-murders-and-racketeering Murder Victim, Mistaken to be a Rival, was Stabbed in the Neck by Hyena Crip Gang Member at the 2012 West Indian Day ParadeEarlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, a superseding indictment was partially unsealed variously charging seven members of the Brooklyn-based Hyena Crips gang with racketeering and using a firearm in the…
Read More4 alleged members of Dominican gang accused of running drug ring.
vitalityvillage.online/a-closer-look-at-4-defendants-with-alleged-gang-ties-charged-in-staten-island-drug-trafficking-scheme/ STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — District Attorney Michael E. McMahon announced criminal charges against four Staten Island residents accused of running a large-scale drug trafficking operation on the island. On Monday, the group was apprehended by police after New York police executed a search warrant at a New Brighton home that turned up drugs and…
Read MoreNew Haven gang member admits to role in 2 homicides, shootings, federal officials say.
https://www.trumbulltimes.com/news/article/new-haven-gang-member-antwan-hill-plead-guilty-19410921.php NEW HAVEN — A member of a violent street gang appeared in federal court Thursday and admitted to playing a role in two homicides and two shootings that occurred in the city from 2020 to 2022, according to federal officials. Antwan Hill, 21, a member of the Exit 8 street gang, appeared before U.S.…
Read MoreTren de Aragua: Venezuelan gang raises concerns on El Paso, Juárez border
https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/crime/2024/04/23/tren-de-aragua-gang-venezuela-on-el-paso-texas-border/73331098007/ A fast-spreading gang that originated in a Venezuelan prison has been detected in the El Paso-Juárez borderlands among the continuing arrival of thousands of migrants seeking political asylum. The vicious Tren de Aragua gang has been described as having “revolutionized crime in Latin America” as it extended into several countries following the exodus of…
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