Posts Tagged ‘Crime’

The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced the indictments of ten Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members and associates. The ten were charged with a RICO conspiracy and murder in aid of racketeering U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. “When reports surfaced that MS-13 had established a presence in the City of Mendota in the Central Valley, a…

Tulare County jury found 25-year-old gang member Jermon Jackson guilty of murder and multiple violent crimes from 2017 to 2019. Police said Jackson and other gang members were responsible for a drive-by shooting at an apartment complex in Ivanhoe on April 19, 2017. They say they fired shots at rival gang members in the parking…

A Columbus man who was part of a hybrid criminal street gang was recently convicted for firing at an FBI agent. Joshuia Johnathon Luke Brown, 25, was found guilty of one count of forcible assault on a federal officer with a deadly weapon, according to a press release from the justice department. TOP VIDEOS Brown…

wo Kansas City men who led 246, a violent street gang, were sentenced in federal court Monday, Sept. 18 for their roles in a drug-trafficking conspiracy and other violent criminal behavior that included illegal firearms and a drive-by shooting outside a daycare center where children were present. Ladele D. Smith, also known as “Dellio” and…

Attorney General Chris Carr announced Wednesday that a Morrow man has been indicted in Clayton County on charges of Trafficking of Persons for Sexual Servitude, Violation of the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, False Imprisonment, Aggravated Assault, Armed Robbery, and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony. Gerome McGriff Jr. (aka…

A longtime member of the Sonoma Hells Angels was sentenced to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to involvement in a racketeering conspiracy and an assault, court records show. Russel Lyles Jr. pleaded guilty to a racketeering offense last November, but that doesn’t mean he agrees with the prosecution’s assessment of exactly what…

Ocala, Florida – Senior U.S. District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Antonio Eugene Brutton (36, Ocklawaha) to 16 years and 8 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl, heroin, and marijuana. Brutton had pleaded guilty on February 23, 2023. According…

SAN DIEGO – Nelson Alexander Flores of Tijuana was sentenced in federal court to 210 months in prison for trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine into the United States from Mexico on behalf of MS-13 street gang and the Mexican Mafia prison gang. According to information presented in court, between 2018 and May 2020, Flores coordinated…

Today, in federal court in Central Islip, Enrique Portillo, also known as “Oso” and “Turkey,” a member of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, pleaded guilty to racketeering and firearms charges in connection with his participation in four murders, namely, the September 13, 2016 murders of teenagers Kayla Cuevas and Nisa Mickens, in…

NEWARK, N.J. – Two members of the Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips gang admitted their roles in a racketeering conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Tyheim Terry, aka “Ty,” aka “Rollin’ Ty,” 25, and Amir Edmonds, aka “G Baby,” 22, each pleaded guilty on Sept. 13, 2023, before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton…