Two South Carolina Men Plead Guilty to Hate Crimes, Conspiracy and Other Charges for Bias-Motivated Armed Robberies Targeting Hispanic Victims

Two South Carolina men pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Columbia, South Carolina, to federal hate crime and other charges in connection with a string of racially-motivated armed robberies targeting Hispanic victims. According to court documents, beginning in January 2021 and continuing through February 2021, Charles Antonio Clippard, 27, and Michael Joseph Knox, 29,…

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WJLA: Man who entered the U.S. illegally arrested for murder in Prince George’s County

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/10/19/wjla-man-who-entered-the-u-s-illegally-arrested-for-murder-in-prince-georges-county/ Prince George’s County Police recently announced the arrest of William Pavon Mancock, who is charged with first-degree murder and a host of related crimes for a brutal act of violence. According to court documents, the murder happened in a now-abandoned homeless camp behind 9205 New Hampshire Avenue. Police said a witness told them an…

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Justice Department Announces Charges Against Indian Government Employee in Connection with Foiled Plot to Assassinate U.S. Citizen in New York City

The Justice Department today announced the filing of murder-for-hire and money laundering charges against Indian government employee, Vikash Yadav, 39, also known as Vikas, and Amanat, in connection with his role in directing a foiled plot to assassinate a U.S. citizen in New York City. Yadav is charged in a second superseding indictment unsealed today…

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Mother of Kayla Hamilton launches $100M lawsuit against Departments of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/10/09/mother-of-kayla-hamilton-launches-100m-lawsuit-against-departments-of-homeland-security-health-and-human-services/ Tammy Nobles, the mother of Kayla Hamilton, a 20-year-old autistic woman who was killed by an undocumented MS-13 gang member in Aberdeen in 2022, has filed a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services. California-based attorney Brian Claypool and Maryland co-counsel Daniel Cox filed…

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Oliver mass shooting: Man charged with murder held without bail; attorney calls him ‘peacemaker’

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/10/09/oliver-shooting-bail-denied/ A Baltimore judge denied bail Wednesday for a motorcycle club member accused of murder in a fatal fight that started over a parking spot. Eric Kibler, 43, of Hagerstown, is charged with first- and second-degree murder and related assault and firearms offenses in the Aug. 18 death of 36-year-old Anthony Martin, one of eight…

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FOX45: Multiple failures led to MS-13 murder suspect attending Maryland schools, official says

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/10/03/fox45-multiple-failures-led-to-ms-13-murder-suspect-attending-maryland-schools-official-says/ A former federal law enforcement officer says multiple government failures allowed an MS-13 gang member and suspected killer, who has since been convicted of murder, to attend two Maryland public schools. “My message is be outraged, be mad, be angry and take action,” Mark Morgan, a former FBI agent and the former Acting Commissioner…

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MS-13 gang member arrested in Aberdeen after previously being deported

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/09/30/ms-13-gang-member-arrested-in-aberdeen-after-previously-being-deported/ Aberdeen Police have arrested a known MS-13 gang member who, nearly 10 years ago, was removed from the U.S. by immigration officials for unlawfully entering the country. According to a news release from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Removal Operations, police apprehended Kevin Mauricio Guzman-Martinez, 28, a citizen of El Salvador and a member…

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