Posts Tagged ‘Crime’

Baltimore, Maryland – Jawaun Harris, age 24, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to a federal charge of conspiracy to participate in the affairs of a racketeering enterprise, in connection with his membership in the Triple C gang, including a carjacking, two attempted murders and a drug distribution conspiracy. The guilty plea was announced by…

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III, sentenced Bernard Bay, age 53, of Baltimore, to 51 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a racketeering conspiracy at the Chesapeake Detention Facility (CDF), in Baltimore, Maryland. Judge Russell ordered that Bey’s federal sentence be served consecutive to the…

HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Kenyatta Corbett, age 41, of Hagerstown and Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the June 25, 2016 murders of three individuals in Mercersburg, Franklin County, one of whom was cooperating with state and federal drug…

A priest from Philadelphia has managed to broker a truce between four rival gangs in one of the most dangerous areas in Haiti. For decades, Father Tom Hagan has lived and served in the Cité Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He says it “was recently designated by the United Nations as the most dangerous and…

SILVER SPRING, Md. — A 28-year-old D.C. man is set to serve 12 years in prison and five years of supervised probation after being sentenced on Thursday for his involvement in a gang-related shooting in Silver Spring. Aaron Jefferson pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and…

A suspect has finally been arrested in connection with the brutal murder of Maryland father Christopher Wright months ago. Wright, 43, was beaten to death by a gang of men who turned up at his Maryland home to terrorize his 14-year-old son. Now Trevor Taylor, 26, of Glen Burnie, has been arrested and is being…

The US Marshals service holds a press conference on Operation Washout on Friday, June 2. —The US Marshals Service announced 95 people were arrested – including more than a dozen wanted for homicide – during an operation in Maryland that targeted areas impacted by gang-related violence. The agency led more than 30 law enforcement entities…

Despite being banned since 2019, Hells Angels Holland motorcycle clubs still have active members. A team of researchers from the Netherlands Study Center for Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and the Erasmus University of Rotterdam spoke with 24 members of the Hells Angels Holland, which was banned and dissolved in 2019. In…

Mass shootings in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Fort Worth claimed the lives of 10 people ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, officials said, a grim illustration of the United States’ decades-long failure to curb gun-fueled violence. “We don’t know if this is domestic-related, if it is gang-related. It is too early to tell at this…

A 21-year-old gang member was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison for his role in the “senseless and brutal murder” of Lincoln Police Officer Mario Herrera. Orion J. Ross of Lincoln informed a fellow gang member, Felipe Vazquez, where a stolen firearm was stashed in the bedroom in which they were barricaded as police…