Posts Tagged ‘Crime’

GREENBELT, Md. — An investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Baltimore, FBI Baltimore and Prince George’s County Police Department (PGCPD) resulted in two members of the notorious MS-13 criminal gang in federal prison for their part in a murder conspiracy. Endy Arturo Gaitan Campos, 30, of Hyattsville, Maryland, received a 10-year federal prison sentence,…

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James Smith, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced the unsealing of a 34-Count Superseding Indictment charging 28 members and associates of the Young Gunnaz Gang (“YG”), including the…

An incarcerated leader in a massive, gang-related drug trafficking conspiracy has been sentenced to life in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges brought in the largest-ever indictment in the Southern District of Georgia. James D. NeSmith, a/k/a “DG,” 26, an inmate serving life in prison for murder at Telfair State Prison, was sentenced to…

Federal and local law enforcement officials this morning announced the unsealing of a federal grand jury indictment charging 23 members and associates of the Mara Salvatrucha-13 (MS-13) transnational street gang who allegedly trafficked pound quantities of methamphetamine and illegally possessed ammunition found in a “ghost gun.” Today’s takedown resulted in the arrests of 17 MS-13…

A successful murder trial has completed the State’s four-year prosecution against a major Wilmington-area gang with a 100% conviction rate, Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced Tuesday. The State’s efforts have secured more than 100 years of confirmed prison time, and several defendants yet to be sentenced face multiple potential life sentences. “This is an exclamation…

Vowing to crack down on gang activity in Palm Beach County, sheriff’s officials and prosecutors have announced the arrests of eight men with suspected gang ties and connections to several shootings over the past four years. The men taken into custody range in age from 20 to 25. They are suspected of carrying out a…

A 12-count indictment was unsealed last week in the Northern District of Georgia, charging 23 defendants, all alleged Sex Money Murder (SMM) gang members and associates, with racketeering conspiracy, drug trafficking, and firearms violations. “Gang activity poses a grave risk of harm to our communities as well as to many of our institutions,” said U.S.…

2 California Hells Angels members were sentenced to prison for their participation in a criminal enterprise that included the murder and illegal cremation of another Hells Angels member. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Jeremy Greer, 43, of the Sonoma County Hells Angels, was sentenced to 7 years for violent crimes. Merl Hefferman, 54,…

BALTIMORE — On Nov. 7, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Baltimore apprehended an undocumented noncitizen in Cockeysville. The noncitizen is a member of the notorious 18th Street criminal gang who was previously removed from the United States. Deportation officers from ERO Baltimore’s Fugitive Operations Team arrested the 37-year-old Salvadoran national, who has been charged by…

Erasing the ink may help to reduce their exposure to violence and trauma, say doctors. By removing tattoos in exchange for community service and science education, the project in Los Angeles is helping to keep people safe, build a new identity, and get a job. One person who took part in the program is now…