Member of MS-13 gang sentenced to 65 years for attack that left one teen dead, another injured

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — Prince George’s County State Attorney Aisha Braveboy announced that 23-year-old Mario Clarios-Arias has been sentenced to 65 years in prison for attacking two teenage boys. Mario Clarios-Arias was convicted on Aug. 25 of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and first-degree assault. Clarios-Arias was involved…

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FBI Announces Results from Nationwide Takedown of Violent Crime.

Today, the FBI announces the results of a nationwide effort to combat violent crime during the summer of 2023. Law enforcement efforts were conducted between May 29 to September 4, 2023, and involved numerous FBI field offices and state and local partners. The FBI, alongside its state and local law enforcement partners, executed over 4,000…

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Outlaw motorcycle gang members arrested on racketeering and firearms charges.

HOUSTON, Texas — Twelve members of the Homietos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang are now in custody facing racketeering and firearms charges, following a violent assault on another motorcycle club in Houston, according to U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. The arrested individuals include 37-year-old Joseph Gomez, aka Tequila, of Sugarland, who was taken into custody on Friday,…

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MS-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 Rafael Ortega-Ayala, a/k/a “Impaciente,” age 30, of Greenbelt, Maryland, 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 Mara…

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Jury selection begins in Hirth trial; Final case in 8-year legal saga.

Jury selection has begun for the upcoming trial of Richard Hirth for his alleged role in a death dating back to 2015. Hirth, 42, is accused playing a role in the fatal stabbing of Jessica Rehfeld eight years ago. Hirth faces another accusation of being hired by Jonathan Klientobe, Rehfeld’s former partner, to commit the…

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MS-13 gang members indicted for gang-related murders and racketeering.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced the indictments of ten Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members and associates. The ten were charged with a RICO conspiracy and murder in aid of racketeering U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. “When reports surfaced that MS-13 had established a presence in the City of Mendota in the Central Valley, a…

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Man convicted of 2017 gang-related murder in Tulare County.

Tulare County jury found 25-year-old gang member Jermon Jackson guilty of murder and multiple violent crimes from 2017 to 2019. Police said Jackson and other gang members were responsible for a drive-by shooting at an apartment complex in Ivanhoe on April 19, 2017. They say they fired shots at rival gang members in the parking…

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