Leader of Colombian criminal organization apprehended in College Park

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/08/05/colombian-apprehended-college-park-ice/?clearUserState=true A leader of a Colombian criminal organization who is wanted for homicide, arms trafficking and aggravated theft charges in that South American nation has been apprehended by officers from Enforcement and Removal Operations Baltimore, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The 29-year-old from Colombia was apprehended July 31 at his College Park residence…

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Fayetteville Crip Gangster Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Firearm Possession

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/fayetteville-crip-gangster-sentenced-prison-illegal-firearm-possession RALEIGH, N.C. – A Fayetteville Crip gang member was sentenced to 77 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a felon after being found with several guns. On November 29, 2023, Demarco McLucas, age 22, pled guilty to the charge. According to court documents and other information presented in court, on February…

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Bloods gang member sentenced in Triangle machine-gun shooting

https://www.kilgorenewsherald.com/bloods-gang-member-sentenced-in-triangle-machine-gun-shooting/article_2505b58d-da64-5488-a7d5-2526def815be.html A judge on Thursday sentenced a Bloods gang member to nearly three decades in prison for opening fire with a machine gun on a home in Triangle last year, wounding a woman inside and narrowly missing a police detective and bystander outside.Prince William County Circuit Court Judge Carroll Weimer sentenced Sean Hughes, 20, of…

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Fayetteville Felon with Rifles, Drugs, and Cash Sentenced to Six Years

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/fayetteville-felon-rifles-drugs-and-cash-sentenced-six-years RALEIGH, N.C. – A Fayetteville man was sentenced to 80 months in prison for possessing multiple firearms, as well as several high-capacity rifle magazines. On December 13, 2023, Jon Alan Davis, age 40, pled guilty to the charges. According to court documents and other information presented in court, on June 5, 2022, officers from…

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“Ghostface Gangster” Sentenced to 30 Years for Supplying Meth to a Raleigh-based DTO Run by a Leader of the Pagan Motorcycle Gang

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/ghostface-gangster-sentenced-30-years-supplying-meth-raleigh-based-dto-run-leader WILMINGTON, N.C. – A Georgia Ghostface Gangster member was sentenced today to 360 months in prison for supplying a Raleigh-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) led by a national leader of the Pagan Motorcycle Club with methamphetamine. On November 29, 2023, Ted Cannon, aka “Bam,” pled guilty to one charge of conspiracy to distribute and…

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Thug Riders gang members arrested under complex RICO charges

https://dayton247now.com/news/local/daytons-thug-riders-gang-members-arrested-under-complex-rico-charges DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) — Fourteen members of a dangerous and violent motorcycle gang at the center of a federal investigation are behind bars. U.S. District Attorney Kenneth Parker said they’re connected to numerous crimes here in the state and out. One of the charges the group faces is violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt…

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Gang-related violence in downtown Santa Rosa surges, police say

https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/gang-related-violence-in-downtown-santa-rosa-surges-police-say (KRON) — Groups of young teenaged gang members preyed on victims around downtown Santa Rosa for the past two months, police said. Several boys, ranging in ages from 13-15, were arrested by the Santa Rosa Police Department’s gang crimes unit in connection to robberies and assaults. Most of the gang-related crimes happened where juveniles…

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Gang Leader and Two Gang Members Sentenced to Life in Prison.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/gang-leader-and-two-gang-members-sentenced-life-prison The leader and two members of a violent criminal gang in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) were sentenced yesterday to life in prison for their roles in a racketeer influenced and corrupt organization (RICO) According to court documents and evidence produced at trial, Paul Girard, also known as Bogus, 36, of St. Croix, USVI,…

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Gangs mix another potent sedative into U.S. street drugs causing ‘mass overdoses’.

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/31/nx-s1-4974959/medetomidine-overdose-fentanyl-sedative Preliminary data also suggested another mass overdose event linked to medetomidine in Pittsburgh, but those initial findings proved false, according to Krotulski. A deadly new street drug caught the U.S. off guard. Experts say it’ll happen againNATIONALXylazine, a deadly new street drug, caught the U.S. off guard. Experts say it’ll happen againExperts say the…

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