MS-13 gang member pleads guilty to murder of autistic woman in Aberdeen

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/08/22/ms-13-gang-member-pleads-guilty-to-murder-of-autistic-woman-in-aberdeen/ A 19-year-old who officials say illegally entered the U.S. in 2022 pleaded guilty Wednesday in Harford County Circuit Court to first-degree murder in the strangulation death of Kayla Hamilton, a 20-year-old Aberdeen woman with high functioning autism. Walter Javier Martinez was 17 when he was arrested and charged with first- and second-degree murder, first-…

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Tension between biker group, Oliver residents boils over after Sunday shooting that killed 1, injured 7

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/08/21/tension-between-biker-group-oliver-residents-boils-over-after-sunday-shooting-that-killed-1-injured-7/ Residents of Oliver believed they had come to an understanding with a group of bikers who regularly met near a small park at the center of the East Baltimore neighborhood. But those tensions were front and center again this week as police investigate motorcycle club members’ connection to a Sunday shooting near their hangout…

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Police investigating biker group involvement in East Baltimore mass shooting that killed 1, wounded 7

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/08/18/baltimore-shootings-sunday-eastern-district-oliver/ Investigators are “looking to see” whether a biker group was involved in a Sunday evening mass shooting in East Baltimore where eight people were shot, one fatally, a Baltimore Police spokesperson said. Residents of Oliver, a neighborhood they described as usually being quiet and peaceful, expressed shock Monday morning as investigators combed through evidence…

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ERO Baltimore arrests Colombian gang leader wanted for homicide, arms trafficking, aggravated theft

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-baltimore-arrests-colombian-gang-leader-wanted-homicide-arms-trafficking BALTIMORE — Enforcement and Removal Operations Baltimore apprehended a unlawfully present Colombian fugitive and leader of a violent criminal organization who is wanted by authorities in his home country for homicide, arms trafficking and aggravated theft charges. Deportation officers from ERO Baltimore’s Fugitive Operations Team arrested the 29-year-old Colombian fugitive July 31 at his…

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18th Street gang member sentenced to life in prison for 2021 murder in Baltimore County

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/08/14/18th-street-gang-member-sentence-baltimore-county/ A Baltimore County gang member will spend life in prison for a 2021 murder. A jury convicted Hector Marroquin-Galdamez, 41, of first-degree murder in May over the killing of 30-year-old Orlando Carranza-Portillo. Marroquin-Galdamez was arrested and indicted in August 2021, according to court records. In a Baltimore bar in May 2021, Carranza-Portillo “created the…

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Police: One person dead, seven others injured after Baltimore City mass shooting

A 36-year-old man died and seven others were injured Sunday night after a mass shooting in Baltimore City, according to police. The shooting happened just after 8 p.m. in the 1300 block of Spring Street. Officers found multiple firearms at the scene, according to Baltimore police Commissioner Richard Worley.Advertisement The victims were taken to numerous…

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Man gets life in Officer Holley murder after testifying to unsubstantiated gang hit, police conspiracy

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/06/04/man-given-two-life-sentences-in-murder-of-baltimore-police-officer-keona-holley-and-another-man/ Elliot Knox stood up to address a judge facing the prospect of life in prison and repeated calls from the relatives of two people he was convicted of killing to tell them why he did it. Knox spent an hour at his sentencing Tuesday reciting chilling details of the 2021 fatal shootings of Baltimore…

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Baltimore rapper YGG Tay sentenced to 25 years in federal prison on conspiracy charges

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/07/10/baltimore-rapper-ygg-tay-sentenced-25-years-conspiracy-charges/ Baltimore rapper YGG Tay, whose real name is Davante Harrison, was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to allegedly paying $10,000 to a member of the Black Guerilla Family to kill a man. Harrison, 29, of Baltimore, was charged with one count of racketeering conspiracy by the U.S. District…

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FOX45 News: Another guilty plea given in federal racketeering case linking BGF to former Safe Streets site

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/07/11/fox45-news-another-guilty-plea-given-in-federal-racketeering-case-linking-bgf-to-former-safe-streets-site/ Another man connected to a notorious Baltimore gang pleaded guilty in federal court to racketeering conspiracy Wednesday, marking the latest following the indictment of six people in 2022. David Warren pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy connected to the Black Guerilla Family gang, or BGF. Court documents indicate Warren was involved in…

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Judge removed from long-running gang and racketeering case against rapper Young Thug and others

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/07/15/judge-removed-from-long-running-gang-and-racketeering-case-against-rapper-young-thug-and-others-2/ ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the long-running racketeering and gang prosecution against Young Thug and others has been removed from the case after two defendants sought his recusal, citing a meeting the judge held with prosecutors and a state witness. Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Ural Glanville had put the case in…

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