Posts Tagged ‘Crime’
Members of Brooklyn-Based Hyena Crips Gang Charged with Multiple Murders and Racketeering Activity Spanning Nearly a Decade.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/members-brooklyn-based-hyena-crips-gang-charged-multiple-murders-and-racketeering Murder Victim, Mistaken to be a Rival, was Stabbed in the Neck by Hyena Crip Gang Member at the 2012 West Indian Day ParadeEarlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, a superseding indictment was partially unsealed variously charging seven members of the Brooklyn-based Hyena Crips gang with racketeering and using a firearm in the…
Read MoreFrench police kill man trying to burn Rouen synagogue
French police have killed a man after a synagogue was set on fire in the north-western city of Rouen. The man was armed with a knife and a metallic tool and was shot after he threatened officers, the Rouen prosecutor said. Rouen Mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol said the attack on the synagogue did not just affect…
Read MoreOhio Man Pleads Guilty to Creating and Distributing Videos Depicting Monkey Torture and Mutilation
A plea agreement was unsealed today in which an Ohio man pleaded guilty to creating and distributing videos depicting acts of extreme violence and sexual abuse against monkeys. Ronald P. Bedra, of Etna, pleaded guilty to conspiring to create and distribute so-called “animal crush” videos. According to court documents, Bedra conspired with others to create…
Read MoreGuns Are Being Stolen From Cars At Triple The Rate They Were 10 Years Ago, A Report Finds
The rate of guns stolen from cars in the U.S. has tripled over the last decade, making them the largest source of stolen guns in the country, an analysis of FBI data by the gun safety group Everytown found. The rate of stolen guns from cars climbed nearly every year and spiked during the coronavirus…
Read MoreNew Hampshire Man Sentenced in Harvard University Bomb Extortion Case
A Manchester, N.H., man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for making a series of extortionate bomb threats against Harvard University. The extortionate threats caused the evacuation of Harvard’s Science Center Plaza and surrounding academic buildings, and the controlled detonation of what was later determined to be a hoax device on April 13,…
Read More4 alleged members of Dominican gang accused of running drug ring.
vitalityvillage.online/a-closer-look-at-4-defendants-with-alleged-gang-ties-charged-in-staten-island-drug-trafficking-scheme/ STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — District Attorney Michael E. McMahon announced criminal charges against four Staten Island residents accused of running a large-scale drug trafficking operation on the island. On Monday, the group was apprehended by police after New York police executed a search warrant at a New Brighton home that turned up drugs and…
Read MoreNew Haven gang member admits to role in 2 homicides, shootings, federal officials say.
https://www.trumbulltimes.com/news/article/new-haven-gang-member-antwan-hill-plead-guilty-19410921.php NEW HAVEN — A member of a violent street gang appeared in federal court Thursday and admitted to playing a role in two homicides and two shootings that occurred in the city from 2020 to 2022, according to federal officials. Antwan Hill, 21, a member of the Exit 8 street gang, appeared before U.S.…
Read MoreTren de Aragua: Venezuelan gang raises concerns on El Paso, Juárez border
https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/crime/2024/04/23/tren-de-aragua-gang-venezuela-on-el-paso-texas-border/73331098007/ A fast-spreading gang that originated in a Venezuelan prison has been detected in the El Paso-Juárez borderlands among the continuing arrival of thousands of migrants seeking political asylum. The vicious Tren de Aragua gang has been described as having “revolutionized crime in Latin America” as it extended into several countries following the exodus of…
Read MoreBorder state lawmaker sounds alarm on bloodthirsty Venezuelan gang entering US: ‘They have no rules’.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/border-state-lawmaker-sounds-alarm-bloodthirsty-venezuelan-gang-entering-us A congressman whose district is along the southern border is warning about the dangers posed by a bloodthirsty Venezuelan street gang whose presence has grown in the United States amid the ongoing migrant crisis. “This gang in several years is going to be the dominant transnational criminal organization throughout the United States. There’s no doubt in…
Read MorePreviously Convicted Killer from Maryland Sentenced to 19.5 Years for Drug Trafficking in D.C. and Discharging a Machinegun
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/previously-convicted-killer-maryland-sentenced-195-years-drug-trafficking-dc-and WASHINGTON – Trenton Robinson, 28, of District Heights, Maryland, was sentenced today to 234 months in prison for his role as an enforcer for a D.C. street crew whose members distributed more than 100 kilograms of marijuana, as well as oxycodone and codeine, and used, carried, brandished, and discharged firearms during their drug trafficking…
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