Posts Tagged ‘Crime’
California Man Arrested for Allegedly Exporting Shipments of Firearms, Ammunition and Other Military Items to North Korea
Shenghua Wen, 41, of Ontario, California, was arrested today on a criminal complaint alleging that he exported shipments of firearms, ammunition and other military items to North Korea that were concealed inside shipping containers bound from Long Beach. Wen, a Chinese national illegally residing in the United States, was arrested this morning and is expected…
Read MoreBaltimore officials announce takedowns of four alleged gangs in ‘Operation Tornado Alley’
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/11/25/operation-tornado-alley/ Standing behind a table bristling with guns and drugs at Baltimore Police Headquarters, officials on Monday touted the takedown of what they said were four criminal organizations comprised of at least 39 people, as evidence of improving law enforcement coordination. The gangs operated in Southwest Baltimore and primarily dealt in drug trafficking, but were…
Read MoreViolent Venezuelan gang now appears to be in the DC area
https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-maryland-virginia-venezuelan-gang-violent-violence-crime-tda-tren-de-aragua-robbery-theft-venezuelan-gang-fairfax-county-president-nicolas-madura-migrants-immigrants-south-america-donald-trump-immigration-laws WASHINGTON (7News) — Alleged members of a violent gang that originated in Venezuela have operated in the D.C. area, WJLA confirmed The gang is called TdA, or Tren de Aragua. It originated in the Venezuelan state of Aragua, where it operated out of a prison that it allegedly ran for years, to the point…
Read MoreBaltimore Police try new approach in neighborhoods where people are ‘essentially fearing for their life’
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/11/19/baltimore-police-safegrowth/ Gangs and gun violence plague shopping plazas off Frankford Avenue and Sinclair Lane. One Highland neighborhood block sees frequent illegal dumping and rampant homelessness. Another area in Park Heights has increasing car and property thefts. All three are part of a new Baltimore Police Department effort to train police, community leaders and city agencies…
Read MoreBaltimore ICE unit arrests five non-citizen offenders in October operation
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/11/18/baltimore-ice-unit-arrests-five-non-citizens-in-october-operation/ A special unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested five noncitizens on Oct. 18 for being unlawfully in Maryland. “This targeted operation resulted in the arrest of five noncitizens with serious criminal histories including fentanyl distribution, gang activity, drug cartel association, assault, and sexual assault,” Matthew Elliston, Enforcement and Removal Operation (ERO) Baltimore…
Read MoreNorth Merrick man indicted for terrorism over alleged plotted Uniondale attack
A North Merrick man was indicted for terrorism and a slew of other charges on Nov. 13 after allegedly plotting to attack the Nassau County Department of Social Services building in Uniondale, District Attorney Anne Donnelly announced. James Luca, 46, allegedly attempted to detonate a homemade bomb he placed at the front doors of the…
Read MoreCalifornia Teenager Pleads Guilty in Florida to Making Hundreds of ‘Swatting’ Calls Across the United States
Alan W. Filion, 18, of Lancaster, California, pleaded guilty today to four counts of making interstate threats to injure the person of another. Filion faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison on each count. A sentencing date has not yet been set. “This prosecution and today’s guilty plea reaffirm the Justice Department’s commitment…
Read MoreTwo Somali Pirates Sentenced to 30 Years Each in Prison for Armed Hostage Taking of American Journalist
Abdi Yusef Hassan, 56, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Mohamed Tahlil Mohamed, 43, of Mogadishu, Somalia, were both sentenced to 30 years in prison for hostage taking, terrorism, and firearms offenses, in connection with the 977-day hostage taking of an American journalist in Somalia. A jury in the Eastern District of New York convicted Hassan and…
Read More12 college students charged with hate crimes after assault in Maryland
A dozen students at a university on Maryland’s Eastern Shore have been arrested after they lured a man to an off-campus apartment, beat him up and called him a homophobic slur, according to local police. In addition to assault and false imprisonment, the 12 young men are facing hate crime charges for allegedly targeting the…
Read MoreNC State student charged after 12 shootings into cars, homes on and around I-40 in Raleigh
Raleigh police charged a 23-year-old student at NC State University with felony assault early Friday after a week-long flurry of rush-hour shootings along Interstate 40 and near I-440. Andrew Thomas Graney of Kentford Court faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and discharging a weapon into an…
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