Posts Tagged ‘Gangs’

A man who Massachusetts State Police believe is part of MS-13 was arrested Wednesday in connection with the killing of an Allston man under a bridge in Chelsea in 2010, state police announced Thursday. Adam Rodriguez, aka Pelon, 33, was charged in a superseding indictment with conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise, known as…

Two La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members were sentenced for conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering in connection with their participation in the Weedams Locos Salvatrucha (WLS) clique of the MS-13 gang. Endy Arturo Gaitan Campos, aka Clandestino, 30, of Hyattsville, Maryland, was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison, and Jorge Isaac…

When rapper Young Thug goes to trial later this month on gang and racketeering charges, prosecutors will be allowed to use rap lyrics as evidence against him, a judge ruled Thursday. Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Ural Glanville said in court he would allow prosecutors to introduce 17 sets of lyrics they have identified…

Mexican authorities have captured a top Salvadoran gang leader who had been secretly released from an El Salvador prison and had fled the country. His capture, and expulsion to the United States to face charges, exposes the growing rift between the US and El Salvador over how to deal with top-level gang members. A US…

A suspected MS-13 gang member was arrested Wednesday in the killing of a man under a Massachusetts bridge in 2010, authorities said, after investigators matched his voice to a recording in which he allegedly acknowledged he took part in the killing. Adam Rodriguez, 33, was indicted Wednesday on a racketeering conspiracy, or RICO, charge, the…

FBI Raids Baltimore City Taxpayer-Funded ‘Safe Streets’ Program For Possible Gang Infiltration Democratic leadership in imploding Baltimore City has funneled city and state dollars into a super-progressive anti-violence program called “Safe Streets,” which pushes ‘non-policing’ techniques to deter violent crime. Mayor Brandon Scott has championed Safe Streets, yet many residents have complained the program is…

A gang member was sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting and paralyzing a rival in a Montgomery County, Maryland, recording studio in August 2020. Prosecutors said chilling video played for the jury showed Marvin Frazier in a Montgomery Village studio when he heard two rivals in an ongoing gang feud were in the…

BALTIMORE – Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Baltimore arrested an undocumented noncitizen convicted of driving while intoxicated and driving a vehicle not equipped with an ignition interlock. Deportation officers from ERO Baltimore’s Fugitive Operations Team apprehended the Salvadoran national, a documented member of the notorious MS-13 street gang on Oct. 30 in Temple Hills, Maryland.…

BALTIMORE — The FBI raided the Belair-Edison site of Baltimore’s anti-violence program Safe Streets, WJZ has learned. A spokesperson for the FBI said the agency was “conducting court-authorized activity” at the location, which is in the 3400 block of Belair Road. The scope of the investigation was not immediately clear. Safe Streets was formed in…

The 37th and final defendant charged as part of the case against members and associates of the Simon City Royals gang – a gang aligned with the Gangster Disciples – pleaded guilty today to racketeering (RICO) conspiracy. “The Simon City Royals terrorized Mississippi prisons and communities for far too long,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General…