Posts Tagged ‘Crime’

WILMINGTON, Del. – David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Melanie Mitchell, age 35 and an Ocean View resident, was sentenced last week to 42 months in prison for distribution of methamphetamine. The Honorable Colm F. Connolly, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, pronounced…

WILMINGTON, Del. – David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware announced today that a Wilmington man was sentenced yesterday to 118 months in federal prison for devising a plot to engage in interstate murder-for-hire. Chief U.S. District Judge Colm F. Connolly pronounced the sentence. According to court documents, Javier A. Rodriguez, age…

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Brayan Alexander Torres, a/k/a “Spooky,” age 29, of Adelphi, Maryland, yesterday to 28 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for a racketeering conspiracy, including murder, related to his participation in the Weedams Locos Salvatrucha (“WLS”) clique of the MS-13 gang, which…

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TOMS RIVER – In a rare case of a street gang member breaking ranks with his criminal associates, a judge Friday gave a Toms River man a break for testimony that helped put two members of the Bloods in prison for decades for the murder of an innocent teenager caught in the crossfire of gang…

Baltimore, Maryland – Oscar Efrain Zavala Urrea, age 23, an El Salvadoran national residing in Silver Spring, Maryland, pleaded guilty to his participation in a racketeering conspiracy, including a murder, related to his activities as part of the MS-13 gang. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek…

Defendant Illegally Possessed a Machine Gun and an AR-15 style “Ghost” Gun Loaded with 31 Rounds of Ammunition in Furtherance of Drug TraffickingGreenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Donald Fortune, Jr., age 19, of Greenbelt, Maryland, today to eight years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release for…

Baltimore, Maryland – Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Raekwon McMann, age 26, of Baltimore, yesterday to 25 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for a racketeering conspiracy, including two murders and two attempted murders, related to his participation in the violent street gang known as Cruddy Conniving…

Baltimore, Maryland – At a press conference earlier today, U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron, thanked federal, state and local law enforcement partners in the fight against violent crime in Maryland. The teamwork, community-based partnerships, and strategic law enforcement initiatives helped make a difference in reducing homicides in Baltimore in 2023 by more than 20% percent.…

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Joseph Farace, age 72, of Sparks, Maryland today to 19 months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for a money laundering conspiracy. On January 5, 2023, Judge Griggsby sentenced his son, Ryan Farace, age 38, of Reisterstown, Maryland, a previously convicted…