Posts Tagged ‘Crime’
U.S. Marshals Arrest More Than 3,400 Gang members and 73,000 Fugitives in Fiscal Year 2023
Washington, DC – The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) arrested 73,362 fugitives (28,065 on federal and 45,297 on state and local warrants) in fiscal year (FY) 2023. On average, the agency arrested 293 fugitives per day (based on 250 operational days). “The Justice Department is laser-focused on driving down violent crime by using data and intelligence to…
Read MoreFormer gang leader charged in killing of Tupac Shakur is allowed $750K bail and house arrest.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge set bail Tuesday at $750,000 for a former Los Angeles-area gang leader charged with orchestrating the killing of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur in 1996 and said he can serve house arrest with electronic monitoring ahead of his trial in June. Court-appointed attorneys for Duane “Keffe D” Davis told The…
Read MoreMS-13 Leader “Gordo” Sentenced to Life in Prison for Role in San Francisco Gang Violence.
The leader of the MS-13 20th Street clique, Elmer Rodriguez, known on the streets as “Gordo,” was sentenced to life behind bars. In a case that sheds light on the ruthless acts of gang violence plaguing communities, Rodriguez has been convicted of racketeering conspiracy, the murders, and attempted murder that terrorized residents for years. In…
Read MoreBaltimore City suing ATF over improper denial of gun crime data
Baltimore City has filed a lawsuit against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), alleging that the agency improperly denied critical gun crime data, Mayor Brandon Scott announced Tuesday. The lawsuit claims one key federal amendment is blocking cities like Baltimore from getting this information. The ATF maintains a database of firearm trace…
Read MoreMS-13 Gang Leader Sentenced to Life in Prison for Racketeering Charges Including the Murder of 16-Year-Old Victim in Alley Pond Park in Queens
Melvi Amador-Rios, a.k.a. “Letal” and “Pinky,” Also Sentenced for Ordering a Non-Fatal Shooting That Left Victim Paralyzed and Participating in Multiple Armed RobberiesEarlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Melvi Amador-Rios, a leader of the Centrales Locos Salvatruchas (CLS) clique of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, a transnational criminal organization, was sentenced by…
Read MoreAlleged Gang Members Arrested in two Silver Spring Homicides
The deaths of two men just hours apart in Silver Spring, Maryland, in November are both gang related, prosecutors say. Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy said a planned gang execution took place about 6 p.m. Nov. 9 in a ravine behind an apartment complex on Piney Branch Road. “The reason that we are now…
Read MoreMS-13 In Maryland | Gang Known For Its Brutality Targeting, Recruiting In Baltimore, Anne Arundel County
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Hundreds of MS-13 gang members are currently active in Maryland. The gang is known for its brutality; using machetes to behead vulnerable, young victims. While they’ve been mostly active in D.C. suburbs, MS-13 is increasingly spreading into the Baltimore area. Last July, MS-13 gang members stalked a man in Towson. Ten people…
Read MoreTwo Maryland MS-13 Gang Members Sentenced to 22 Years and 16 Years in Federal Prison for Participating in a Racketeering Conspiracy, Including Murder
Co-Defendant Sentenced to Six Years for His Participation in the GangGreenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Hernan Yanes-Rivera, a/k/a “Recio,” age 22, of Adelphi, Maryland, on July 28, 2023, to 22 years in federal prison, and sentenced Agustino Eugenio Rivas Rodriguez, a/k/a “Terrible,” age 26, of Silver Spring, Maryland, today to 16…
Read MoreGang Leader Stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 Times on ‘Black Friday,’ Complaint Says
John Turscak is a former Mexican Mafia gang leader and FBI informant who is accused of stabbing former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin 22 times in a Tucson, Arizona, prison law library. Chauvin is incarcerated in the death of George Floyd. On December 1, 2023, the United States Attorney’s Office “filed a criminal complaint charging…
Read MoreGang Member Sentenced to 81 Years for Murder
A San Diego area criminal street gang member has been sentenced to a 55 years to life, plus an additional 26 years in the slammer for the 2019 deadly shooting of an Alpha Project security guard, according to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office. The defendant, Johnny Hill, has faced justice for his role…
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