7th suspect in Stamford double-stabbing caught in Maryland after months on run, police say

https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/stamford-attempted-murder-chavez-perez-stabbing-20033958.php STAMFORD — “I killed him, dude,” Julio “Chimado” Chavez-Perez said in a voicemail in the wake of a double-stabbing on the city’s West Side, where police say seven assailants attacked two men with ”makeshift” spears, according to an arrest warrant. Chavez-Perez was arraigned Tuesday at state Superior Court in Stamford on an attempted murder charge,…

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Federal attorneys look to block FBI testimony on MS-13 connection in Annapolis mass shooting case

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/12/30/us-attorney-block-fbi-testimony-charles-smith/ Despite a court order, federal attorneys are hoping to prevent FBI agents from testifying in the mass shooting case against Charles Robert Smith, an Annapolis man accused of killing three Hispanic people and shooting three others in an alleged hate crime last year. As Smith’s case nears its trial date in February, his legal…

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Mass shooting highlights possible gang issue for Baltimore region

https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/mass-shooting-highlights-possible-gang-issue-for-baltimore-region Baltimore County Police are still working to find out who is responsible for Tuesday’s mass shooting. One man died and 8 others were shot, inside a vehicle, while it was driving down Loch Raven Blvd. Sources close to the investigation say the man who died, 26-year-old Charles Graham Jr, was a member of the…

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Suspect in UnitedHealth CEO’s killing faces terrorism charges in New York

Luigi Mangione, the man suspected of fatally gunning down UnitedHealth Group chief executive Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street, is due to be arraigned on Monday on state murder charges that brand him a terrorist. At the hearing in New York state court in Manhattan, Mangione is expected to be asked to enter a plea…

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Explosion kills 2 Mexican soldiers in suspected booby trap by drug cartel after troops found dismembered bodies

An improvised land mine apparently planted by a drug cartel killed two Mexican soldiers and wounded five others, Mexico’s defense secretary said Tuesday. Before the blast, the soldiers had discovered the dismembered bodies of three people, officials said. Gen. Ricardo Trevilla acknowledged that the army had already suffered six deaths from such improvised explosive devices,…

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ICE arrests more than 1,700 during largest ever nationwide gang surge: 4-month long Operation Community Shield initiative takes dangerous criminals off the street

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-arrests-more-1700-during-largest-ever-nationwide-gang-surge-4-month-long WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today the arrests of 1,759 gang members and associates, criminals and immigration violators as part of a comprehensive law enforcement operation led by ICE agents. Law enforcement agencies at the federal, state and local level partnered during this four-month long public safety surge, which…

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Suspect charged with killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO as an act of terrorism

The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors said Tuesday as they worked to bring him to a New York court from a Pennsylvania jail. Luigi Mangione already was charged with murder in the Dec. 4 killing of Brian Thompson, but the terror allegation is…

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Kennedy Street Drug Gang Members Sentenced for Drug Trafficking While Armed with Guns

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/kennedy-street-drug-gang-members-sentenced-drug-trafficking-while-armed-guns The KDY Crew Operated Open-Air Drug Markets in Northwest Washington D.C.             WASHINGTON – Angel Enrique Suncar, 31, and Tristan Miles Ware, 25, both of Washington D.C. and members of the violent Kennedy Street Crew (KDY), were sentenced today for their roles in a massive drug trafficking organization that…

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