Gang News

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/border-state-lawmaker-sounds-alarm-bloodthirsty-venezuelan-gang-entering-us A congressman whose district is along the southern border is warning about the dangers posed by a bloodthirsty Venezuelan street gang whose presence has grown in the United States amid the ongoing migrant crisis. “This gang in several years is going to be the dominant transnational criminal organization throughout the United States. There’s no doubt in…

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/previously-convicted-killer-maryland-sentenced-195-years-drug-trafficking-dc-and WASHINGTON – Trenton Robinson, 28, of District Heights, Maryland, was sentenced today to 234 months in prison for his role as an enforcer for a D.C. street crew whose members distributed more than 100 kilograms of marijuana, as well as oxycodone and codeine, and used, carried, brandished, and discharged firearms during their drug trafficking…

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/principal-drug-and-weapons-supplier-ms-13-honduras-arrested-and-extradited-racketeering Superseding Indictment Unsealed Charging High-Ranking MS-13 Leaders, Including Yulan Andony Archaga Carías, the Leader of MS-13 in Honduras and One of FBI’s, DEA’s, and HSI’s Most Wanted Fugitives An indictment was unsealed today charging David Campbell, also known as Viejo Dan and Don David, 57, of Honduras, one of the principal narcotics and weapons…

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/two-gang-members-sentenced-2020-murder-vietnam-veteran-goodwill Two men associated with 5275 Slimegang Young Crew with alleged connections to YSL were found guilty in the murder of a 72-year-old Vietnam War veteran in 2020, according to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office. Fani Willis, Fulton County District Attorney, announced Thursday that on April 9, a jury found Leandre Pittman and Antonio…

In an ongoing trial dealing with gang activity in the Brooklyn area, lyrics from a rap record will be presented as incriminating evidence against the defendants, changing legal standards around using song lyrics as evidence. The defendants of the trial are the alleged leaders of a Brooklyn gang called “Bully Gang,” who have been charged…

A senior leader of the MS-13 street gang who was one of the FBI’s most wanted gang fugitives was quietly arrested earlier this month at the California-Mexico border on narco-terrorism charges, authorities said. Freddy Ivan Jandres-Parada, 48, also known as Lucky De Park View, was taken into custody on March 7 by federal authorities at…

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/bill-organized-crime-gang-activity-maryland-annapolis/60099794 ANNAPOLIS, Md. —Maryland leaders are pushing legislation targeting gang activity. Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates testified Tuesday in Annapolis in support of an organized crime bill. It broadens the offenses that can be prosecuted under Maryland’s organized crime statute. AdvertisementAccording to Bates, the majority of car thefts and carjackings in Baltimore are committed…

Baltimore, Maryland – Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Oscar Efrain Zavala Urrea, age 23, an El Salvadoran national residing in Silver Spring, Maryland, today to 25 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for his participation in a racketeering conspiracy, including a murder, related to his activities as…

A high-ranking member of the Gangster Disciples and a leader of its parallel female organization, the Sisters of the Struggle, were sentenced to prison today for their roles in a murderous conspiracy stemming from gang-related retribution that resulted in the shooting deaths of three Athens, Georgia, men. Philmon Deshawn Chambers, aka “Dolla Phil,” 35, of…

A federal grand jury in Portland has returned an indictment charging four Hoover Criminal Gang members for their roles in murdering a Portland man in December 2020. Taezhon Tyreik Kelly, 23, Anthony Devion Bagsby, 32, and Delane William Roy, 25, all of Portland, and Cocoa Dalonta Taplin, 28, of Fairview, Oregon, have been charged with…