Posts Tagged ‘Gangs’

HOUSTON, — The Houston Police Department is looking for a known gang member who is accused of stealing several cars and leading police on a chase that later ended in a crash with multiple people injured. Police have accused 33-year-old Juan Luna of stealing the cars. Court documents alleged he was also involved in the theft…

GLEN BURNIE, Md. —Ten people, including an alleged drug kingpin, are facing illegal narcotics and gun charges in what police say is the largest cocaine bust in Anne Arundel County’s history. Police said investigation of drug dealers led detectives to the kingpin and the massive seizure of cocaine. AdvertisementAccording to a grand jury indictment, 42-year-old…

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE TIRADO, also known as “Joselito” and “Leet,” 42, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for fentanyl distribution and firearm possession offenses.…

AMIRE NEWSOME, also known as “Mire,” 20, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to a racketeering offense stemming from his involvement in a violent Bridgeport street gang. Today’s announcement was made by Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; Joseph T. Corradino, State’s…

According to experts, Latin American gang members aren’t getting gang-affiliated tattoos so they can more easily enter the United States unnoticed. Kyle Williamson, director of the West Texas Anti-Gang Center, told the Daily Caller that members of MS-13 and El Tren de Aragua are most likely to hide their affiliations in an effort to enter…

Melvi Amador-Rios, a.k.a. “Letal” and “Pinky,” Also Convicted of Ordering a Non-Fatal Shooting That Left Victim Paralyzed and Participating in Multiple Armed RobberiesA federal jury in Brooklyn today returned a guilty verdict against Melvi Amador-Rios, a leader of the Centrales Locos Salvatruchas (“CLS”) clique of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, a transnational criminal…

A patched member of the Mongols outlaw motorcycle gang has had at least 18 months added to his prison sentence, after unleashing a “particularly vicious” attack on a fellow prisoner. Key points:Tommy Kerin Mulhall was in prison for a separate aggravated assault when he attacked a fellow prisoner.The “unprovoked” assault was captured on CCTV and…

Police in Leesburg said they arrested four people, including two with ties to MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha), in connection to a series of violent crimes that spanned the course of months. Emerson Martinez-Alvarenga, 19, Marco Mendoza-Monjaras, 19, Marcos Sorto-Argueta, 19, and Juan Cubillas-Rodriguez, 18, all of Leesburg, face charges. The Leesburg Police Department said Martinez-Alvarenga and…

Karla Jackelin Morales, 24, pleaded guilty to luring Jose Alfonso Villanueva, 24, to a remote area in Spring to be attacked with a machete and then shot on July 29, 2018, says Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg. According to the DA’s Office, Morales brought Villanueva to a field claiming they would smoke marijuana to…