Posts Tagged ‘Crime’
Eight MS-13 Gang Members Plead Guilty to Multi-Year Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Murders and Witness Tampering
Office of Public Affairs | Eight MS-13 Gang Members Plead Guilty to Multi-Year Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Murders and Witness Tampering | United States Department of Justice Monday, September 8, 2025For Immediate ReleaseOffice of Public AffairsEight members of the violent transnational criminal organization Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13, pleaded guilty today to charges stemming from…
Read MoreNew Zealand father on the run almost 4 years with his kids shot dead by police, authorities say
A man who evaded authorities with his three children in the remote New Zealand countryside for nearly four years was shot and killed by a police officer Monday, law enforcement said. One child was with Tom Phillips at the time of the confrontation and the other two children were found in the forest hours after…
Read MoreThe U.S. is designating Ecuador’s largest gangs as terrorists
The United States will designate two of Ecuador’s most powerful gangs — Los Lobos and Los Choneros — as foreign terrorist organizations, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced during a one day visit to the South American country on Thursday. The move allows Washington to freeze assets, target associates and share intelligence with Ecuador for…
Read MoreNational Guard troops in Washington, DC, begin carrying weapons
US National Guard members deployed to Washington, DC, started carrying their sidearms on Sunday, a spokesperson for the Joint Task Force carrying out the mission told CNN. This follows a directive by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week that authorized members of the National Guard, who were deployed as part of President Donald Trump’s anti-crime…
Read MoreMan sentenced to life for 2022 MS-13 execution-style shooting in Montgomery County
Man sentenced to life for 2022 MS-13 execution-style shooting in Montgomery County GAITHERSBURG, Md. (7News) — MS-13 gang member Edgard Castro-Contreras was sentenced to life in prison, plus an additional 52 years, on Monday for the 2022 shooting death of 20-year-old Edvin Agustin Leon in Gaithersburg, Maryland. According to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office,…
Read MoreUS Marshals rescue missingteen during operation toarrest alleged MS-13 gangmember in Frederick County
https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/frederickcounty/us-marshals-rescue-missing-teen-during-operation-to-arrest-alleged-ms-13-gang-member-in-frederick-county?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMDZ3VleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHoua36jWIKRbfmKZBuuyUoDdY2Psh8ITPHMN_QrAjOxh_xXopC4E-kT_wV2p_aem_WVRYafUu5DBG_OmlwO8lBA#google_vignette FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. — A fugitive apprehension operation has ledto the finding of a missing teen and the arrest of a citizen of El Salvadorin Frederick County.U.S. Marshals, in coordination with the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office,U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – Enforcement andRemoval Operations (ERO), and Homeland Security Investigations,coordinated the operation on Thursday.Law…
Read MoreMD Supreme Court vacates conviction that used Maryland Gang Statute in 2022
https://thedailyrecord.com/2025/08/07/maryland-supreme-court-kingpin-statute-freedom-of-information-farm-odors BOTTOM LINE: Where a man was convicted of promoting a criminalorganization, because he stood by while another man spray painted a gangmessage on a wall, his conviction was vacated. There was no indication heever occupied any leadership role in the gang or that he directed, planned orotherwise exercised discretion in connection with the offense.CASE: Williams v.…
Read MoreFBI Most Wanted mom Cindy Singh nabbed in connection with 6-year-old son’s death
A Texas woman who was on the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive list in connection with the presumed death of her 6-year-old son has been arrested. Cindy Rodriguez Singh, 40, was charged with capital murder in 2023 in the death of Noel Alvarez, whose body has never been found. The charge was filed in…
Read MoreNigerian military kills scores of gang members in northwest
Nigeria’s military said it killed scores of armed gang members in a joint air and ground operation in a forested region in the northwest, an area plagued by mass abductions and attacks on villages. The armed forces said they moved in on Sunday after more than 400 gang members, known locally as bandits, were seen…
Read MoreUS woman convicted over failed assassination in UK
A US woman who was hired as a killer and tried to shoot a man in the UK at point-blank range has been found guilty of conspiracy to murder. Would-be assassin Aimee Betro, from West Allis in Wisconsin, flew into the country as part of a plot to attack a British family in Birmingham in…
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