Posts Tagged ‘Crime’

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…

BALTIMORE — Officers in marked police cars are a visible presence along North Avenue on one of the mean streets of West Baltimore, but it’s here in the shadows along a side street, North Carey Street, where it’s alleged ‘the Carey Boyz’ were dealing drugs and death. “The joint effort in collaboration with the regional…

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…

Jun. 29— A Middle River man pleaded guilty in Harford County Circuit Court on Monday to illegal firearm possession, and possession of and intent to distribute cocaine. Jabreel Avion Samuels, 31, will face 12 years incarceration according to a news release from the county’s Office of the State’s Attorney. A Harford County Sheriff’s Office deputy…