Posts Tagged ‘Crime’
Top Sinaloa cartel leaders, including son of El Chapo, taken into US custody: DOJ
Two top leaders of the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel have been taken into custody by United States authorities to face charges for their role in leading the group’s vast drug trafficking enterprise, the Department of Justice announced Thursday. Sinaloa cartel co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of “El Chapo” Guzman,…
Read MoreTraces Of Cyanide Are Found In The Blood Of Vietnamese And Americans Found Dead In A Bangkok Hotel
Initial autopsy results showed traces of cyanide in the blood of six Vietnamese and American guests at a central Bangkok luxury hotel and one of them is believed to have poisoned the others over a bad investment, Thai authorities said Wednesday. The bodies were found Tuesday in the Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok, a landmark at…
Read MoreGeorgian National Charged with Soliciting Hate Crimes and a Mass Casualty Attack in New York City
A federal grand jury in Brooklyn yesterday returned a four-count indictment charging Georgian national Michail Chkhikvishvili, also known as “Mishka,” “Michael,” “Commander Butcher” and “Butcher,” with soliciting hate crimes and acts of mass violence in New York City. Chkhikvishvili was arrested in Chișinău, Moldova on July 6, 2024 pursuant to an Interpol Wanted Person Diffusion,…
Read MoreDHS identifies over 400 migrants brought to the U.S. by an ISIS-affiliated human smuggling network
The Department of Homeland Security has identified over 400 immigrants from Central Asia and elsewhere who crossed into the U.S. in the past three years as “subjects of concern” because they were brought by an ISIS-affiliated human smuggling network, three U.S. officials tell NBC News. While over 150 of them have been arrested, the whereabouts…
Read MoreNew Jersey man allegedly flew to Florida to attack fellow gamer: Sheriff
A New Jersey man faces an attempted murder charge after allegedly flying to Florida and attacking a fellow gamer with a hammer over an online dispute, authorities said. The two had never met in-person before the suspect showed up at the victim’s home in Fernandina Beach over the weekend “apparently to confront the victim,” Nassau…
Read MoreKentucky Man Pleads Guilty and Is Sentenced for Federal Hate Crime Targeting Children Online
A Kentucky man pleaded guilty and was sentenced last week to one year and one day in prison and one year of supervised release in the District of Eastern Louisiana for committing a federal hate crime. According to court documents, Brian Adams, 24, of Paintsville, Kentucky, transmitted a threat to a fifth-grade class at the…
Read MorePlymouth Gang Member Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison in Connection with July 2021 Shooting
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/plymouth-gang-member-sentenced-10-years-federal-prison-connection-july-2021-shooting NEW BERN, N.C. – A Plymouth man was sentenced to 120 months in prison for possessing a firearm as a felon that he allegedly used to shoot a rival gang member on the afternoon of Sunday, July 25, 2021. On March 12, 2024, Melvin Donnell Gilliam, age 35, pled guilty to the charges. “We’re…
Read MoreThug Riders gang members arrested under complex RICO charges
https://dayton247now.com/news/local/daytons-thug-riders-gang-members-arrested-under-complex-rico-charges DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) — Fourteen members of a dangerous and violent motorcycle gang at the center of a federal investigation are behind bars. U.S. District Attorney Kenneth Parker said they’re connected to numerous crimes here in the state and out. One of the charges the group faces is violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt…
Read MoreGang-related violence in downtown Santa Rosa surges, police say
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/gang-related-violence-in-downtown-santa-rosa-surges-police-say (KRON) — Groups of young teenaged gang members preyed on victims around downtown Santa Rosa for the past two months, police said. Several boys, ranging in ages from 13-15, were arrested by the Santa Rosa Police Department’s gang crimes unit in connection to robberies and assaults. Most of the gang-related crimes happened where juveniles…
Read More1 dead after shooting on hijacked Gwinnett County bus, wild police chase up I-85
One person is dead after police said a gunman hijacked a bus from downtown Atlanta with 17 people on board while holding a gun to the bus driver’s head. Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum identified the gunman as Joseph Grier, 39, of Stone Mountain. He said Grier had been arrested 19 times previously and was…
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