Posts Tagged ‘Crime’
New Jersey man allegedly flew to Florida to attack fellow gamer: Sheriff
A New Jersey man faces an attempted murder charge after allegedly flying to Florida and attacking a fellow gamer with a hammer over an online dispute, authorities said. The two had never met in-person before the suspect showed up at the victim’s home in Fernandina Beach over the weekend “apparently to confront the victim,” Nassau…
Read MoreKentucky Man Pleads Guilty and Is Sentenced for Federal Hate Crime Targeting Children Online
A Kentucky man pleaded guilty and was sentenced last week to one year and one day in prison and one year of supervised release in the District of Eastern Louisiana for committing a federal hate crime. According to court documents, Brian Adams, 24, of Paintsville, Kentucky, transmitted a threat to a fifth-grade class at the…
Read MoreThug Riders gang members arrested under complex RICO charges
https://dayton247now.com/news/local/daytons-thug-riders-gang-members-arrested-under-complex-rico-charges DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) — Fourteen members of a dangerous and violent motorcycle gang at the center of a federal investigation are behind bars. U.S. District Attorney Kenneth Parker said they’re connected to numerous crimes here in the state and out. One of the charges the group faces is violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt…
Read MoreGang-related violence in downtown Santa Rosa surges, police say
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/gang-related-violence-in-downtown-santa-rosa-surges-police-say (KRON) — Groups of young teenaged gang members preyed on victims around downtown Santa Rosa for the past two months, police said. Several boys, ranging in ages from 13-15, were arrested by the Santa Rosa Police Department’s gang crimes unit in connection to robberies and assaults. Most of the gang-related crimes happened where juveniles…
Read More1 dead after shooting on hijacked Gwinnett County bus, wild police chase up I-85
One person is dead after police said a gunman hijacked a bus from downtown Atlanta with 17 people on board while holding a gun to the bus driver’s head. Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum identified the gunman as Joseph Grier, 39, of Stone Mountain. He said Grier had been arrested 19 times previously and was…
Read MoreForty-Seven Defendants Charged in Imperial Valley Takedown of Drug Trafficking Network Linked to Sinaloa Cartel
Fourteen indictments were unsealed today charging 47 alleged members of an Imperial Valley, California-based, Sinaloa Cartel-linked fentanyl-and-methamphetamine distribution network with drug trafficking, firearms, and money laundering offenses. In a coordinated takedown this morning, more than 400 federal, state, and local law enforcement officials arrested 36 defendants and executed 25 search warrants in Imperial County; San…
Read MoreGang Leader and Two Gang Members Sentenced to Life in Prison.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/gang-leader-and-two-gang-members-sentenced-life-prison The leader and two members of a violent criminal gang in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) were sentenced yesterday to life in prison for their roles in a racketeer influenced and corrupt organization (RICO) According to court documents and evidence produced at trial, Paul Girard, also known as Bogus, 36, of St. Croix, USVI,…
Read MoreGangs mix another potent sedative into U.S. street drugs causing ‘mass overdoses’.
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/31/nx-s1-4974959/medetomidine-overdose-fentanyl-sedative Preliminary data also suggested another mass overdose event linked to medetomidine in Pittsburgh, but those initial findings proved false, according to Krotulski. A deadly new street drug caught the U.S. off guard. Experts say it’ll happen againNATIONALXylazine, a deadly new street drug, caught the U.S. off guard. Experts say it’ll happen againExperts say the…
Read More‘We can win our girls back’: Officials react to ‘surge of girl-on-girl gang violence’ in Wilmington.
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/officials-react-surge-girl-on-girl-gang-violence-wilmington-delaware/3872153 As the City of Wilmington, Delaware experiences, what community leaders called, a “recent surge of girl-on-girl gang violence,” they have gathered to call for solutions to address the “escalating issue.” On Thursday, city officials and community leaders gathered for an event to discuss how they are hoping to address the problem. “We are standing…
Read MoreTwenty-Four Members and Associates of Jersey City Street Gang Charged with Gang-Related Offenses, Including Drug Distribution, Armed Robbery, and Financial Fraud.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/twenty-four-members-and-associates-jersey-city-street-gang-charged-gang-related-offenses Twenty-four people have been charged for their respective roles in gang-related offenses, including conspiracy to commit bank fraud; conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine; Hobbs Act robbery; and use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. The defendants are scheduled to appear this afternoon…
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