Posts Tagged ‘Gangs’
Member of Transnational Criminal Street Gang ‘18th Street’ Sentenced to 40 Years for Rockville Triple Shooting Resulting in Death of 22-Year-Old Male Victim
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/member-transnational-criminal-street-gang-18th-street-sentenced-40-years-rockville Defendant Committed the Killing to Increase His Standing in the Gang WASHINGTON – Cesar De La O Rodriguez, 21, a citizen of El Salvador and a member of the violent transnational criminal street gang known as 18th Street, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 40 years in…
Read MoreThree High-Ranking MS-13 Gang Members Plead Guilty to Racketeering Charges in Connection With Nine Murders
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/three-high-ranking-ms-13-gang-members-plead-guilty-racketeering-charges-connection Two Defendants Were the New York Leaders of the Gang’s Hollywood and Sailors Cliques Earlier today and on January 16, 2025, in federal court in Central Islip, three members of the violent transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, pleaded guilty to multiple crimes, including nine murders committed on Long…
Read More7th suspect in Stamford double-stabbing caught in Maryland after months on run, police say
https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/stamford-attempted-murder-chavez-perez-stabbing-20033958.php STAMFORD — “I killed him, dude,” Julio “Chimado” Chavez-Perez said in a voicemail in the wake of a double-stabbing on the city’s West Side, where police say seven assailants attacked two men with ”makeshift” spears, according to an arrest warrant. Chavez-Perez was arraigned Tuesday at state Superior Court in Stamford on an attempted murder charge,…
Read MoreFederal attorneys look to block FBI testimony on MS-13 connection in Annapolis mass shooting case
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/12/30/us-attorney-block-fbi-testimony-charles-smith/ Despite a court order, federal attorneys are hoping to prevent FBI agents from testifying in the mass shooting case against Charles Robert Smith, an Annapolis man accused of killing three Hispanic people and shooting three others in an alleged hate crime last year. As Smith’s case nears its trial date in February, his legal…
Read MoreMass shooting highlights possible gang issue for Baltimore region
https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/mass-shooting-highlights-possible-gang-issue-for-baltimore-region Baltimore County Police are still working to find out who is responsible for Tuesday’s mass shooting. One man died and 8 others were shot, inside a vehicle, while it was driving down Loch Raven Blvd. Sources close to the investigation say the man who died, 26-year-old Charles Graham Jr, was a member of the…
Read MoreExplosion kills 2 Mexican soldiers in suspected booby trap by drug cartel after troops found dismembered bodies
An improvised land mine apparently planted by a drug cartel killed two Mexican soldiers and wounded five others, Mexico’s defense secretary said Tuesday. Before the blast, the soldiers had discovered the dismembered bodies of three people, officials said. Gen. Ricardo Trevilla acknowledged that the army had already suffered six deaths from such improvised explosive devices,…
Read MoreICE arrests more than 1,700 during largest ever nationwide gang surge: 4-month long Operation Community Shield initiative takes dangerous criminals off the street
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-arrests-more-1700-during-largest-ever-nationwide-gang-surge-4-month-long WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today the arrests of 1,759 gang members and associates, criminals and immigration violators as part of a comprehensive law enforcement operation led by ICE agents. Law enforcement agencies at the federal, state and local level partnered during this four-month long public safety surge, which…
Read MoreKennedy Street Drug Gang Members Sentenced for Drug Trafficking While Armed with Guns
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/kennedy-street-drug-gang-members-sentenced-drug-trafficking-while-armed-guns The KDY Crew Operated Open-Air Drug Markets in Northwest Washington D.C. WASHINGTON – Angel Enrique Suncar, 31, and Tristan Miles Ware, 25, both of Washington D.C. and members of the violent Kennedy Street Crew (KDY), were sentenced today for their roles in a massive drug trafficking organization that…
Read MoreArrest Made in Superseding Indictment Charging Five Individuals with Three Different Murders and a Fourth Non-Fatal Drive-By Shooting
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/arrest-made-superseding-indictment-charging-five-individuals-three-different-murders-and Each Defendant is Charged with Conspiracy and Associated with a Henson Ridge Crew Called “Get Back Gang” WASHINGTON – This morning, the U.S. Marshals Service (“USMS”) arrested Dionzai Parker, 21, also known as “Moneybag Jefe,” on a bench warrant issued after the grand jury returned a third superseding indictment charging Parker with, among…
Read MoreMaryland woman charged with sex-trafficking 11 pleads guilty
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/11/24/sex-trafficking-ring-pussy-kat-klub/ A Baltimore woman accused of sex-trafficking 11 women through a criminal organization she called the Pussy Kat Klub has pleaded guilty, state law enforcement officials announced Friday. Kenika Danielle Leach, 33, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, distribution of cocaine and receiving the earnings of a sex worker, and she faces a…
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