Posts Tagged ‘Gangs’
Greek police arrest 2 in connection with gangland car ambush that left 6 Turks dead
Two Turkish men have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the fatal gangland shooting of six other Turks in Greece last month, Greek authorities said Wednesday. Police said the six men killed in a Sept. 11 car ambush outside Athens were believed to have been members of an international crime group and had made…
Read MoreA Second Feuding Street Gang Member Was Sentenced for a Fatal Courtyard Shooting That Occurred in Southeast DC.
Quincy Garvin was sentenced by a judge to 36 years in prison for shooting into a courtyard in the Potomac Gardens area of Southeast DC in 2017 and killing Carl Hardy, who was standing outside, federal authorities announced. Between May 2017 and October 2017, Garvin was part of a gang that operated out of Wellington…
Read MoreHe was introduced to gang life at 11. Now he’s a CEO of a nonprofit focused on peace in Connecticut.
HARTFORD — At the age 11, Iran Nazario remembers Hartford gang members beating him as a way to test his fitness for the group. He thought nothing of it at the time, as Nazario said his life was already surrounded by violence. “As the years went by, I didn’t know the difference between loving someone…
Read MoreSwedish PM calls in military to assist with gang violence
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson called together the armed forces and police to tackle rising gang violence on Monday, blaming it on “failed integration.” Authorities pointed to 11 deaths over the past month connected to gang violence as a reason to take such measures. On Thursday, two men were shot in separate crimes near Stockholm…
Read MoreMS-13 gang member receives life sentence for racketeering and murder conspiracy charges.
MARYLAND (WBFF) — On Tuesday, a U.S. District judge sentenced Jose Rafael Ortega-Ayala, “Impaciente,” 30, to life in federal prison for racketeering and murder conspiracy charges. The charges also include committing murder in aid of racketeering, and for conspiracy to destroy and conceal evidence connected to his participation in La Mara Salvatrucha, a transnational criminal…
Read More4 teens arrested in connection with gang-related stabbing of 29-year-old man.
A group of four juveniles have been arrested after a street fight led to a man being stabbed in Ventura County. Thousand Oaks Patrol Deputies were called to the intersection of Avenida de las Plantas and Calle Tulipan on reports of a man being stabbed at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday evening, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office…
Read MoreGang member who shot at FBI agent convicted on assault, drug charges
COLUMBUS –- A Columbus resident and member of a criminal street gang who — along with a co-defendant — shot multiple rounds at an FBI agent in Columbus last year was found guilty of assault on a federal officer along with additional charges for armed drug trafficking by a federal jury. Joshuia Johnathon Luke Brown,…
Read MoreMS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for a Racketeering Conspiracy, Including a Murder in Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis today sentenced Jose Henry Hernandez-Garcia, a/k/a “Paciente,” age 29, of Annandale, Virginia, to life in federal prison for racketeering and murder in aid of racketeering conspiracies, for committing murder in aid of racketeering, and for conspiracy to destroy and conceal evidence connected to his participation in La…
Read MoreIndictment with hate crime allegations says Hells Angels attacked three Black men in San Diego.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Seventeen people pleaded not guilty Monday to various charges involving an attack on three Black men by members of the Hells Angels biker gang in San Diego this year, the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office said. The victims, ages 19, 20 and 21, were suddenly chased and attacked in San…
Read MoreGreenbelt man sentenced to life in prison for gang-related racketeering, murder
A Greenbelt, Maryland, man has been sentenced to life in prison Monday after being convicted of racketeering and taking part in the 2019 fatal stabbing of a Virginia teenager. According to court documents, 30-year-old Jose Rafael Ortega-Ayala, a member of the MS-13 gang’s Maryland-based Los Ghettos Criminales Salvatruchas clique, took part in the murder of…
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