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VirginiaLocal gang tied to two violent hits (Leesburg, VA): A home-grown gang implicated in two violent attacks in Leesburg within five days is getting a fresh look from police. Leesburg police said the gang known as "434" is not to be confused with the powerful and violent Hispanic gang MS-13, whose presence in Northern Virginia has ignited a far-reaching effort to control such groups.
Source: Loudoun Times-Mirror Date: August 10, 2004
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NebraskaPolice strive to keep kids out of line of fire (Omaha, NE): As a 12-year-old girl and 10-year-old boy were being treated for gunshot wounds, Omaha Police Chief Thomas Warren said Monday that police had stepped up efforts to make arrests and to keep the community safe. Police have increased patrols in the south and north Omaha neighborhoods where the shootings occurred, he said, and the gang unit has joined the investigations.
Source: Omaha World-Herald Date: August 9, 2004
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IllinoisGang suspect charged with shooting at party (Chicago, IL): A Chicago man suspected of being a gang member was charged with aggravated battery Sunday in a shooting that left a man critically wounded.
Source: Chicago Tribune Date: August 9, 2004
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CaliforniaNapa gang unit moves through the streets (Napa, CA): It haunts some of Napa's toughest neighborhoods, but many don't realize it's there. The ones that do can feel its presence hovering around, quietly watching over them. At night, its blue hue camouflages the beast as it creeps through Napa's streets in search of gang activity.
Source: Napa Valley Register Date: August 9, 2004
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CaliforniaTwo shootings claim four lives in county (Los Angeles County, CA) : Four people were killed and four others injured, two of them critically, in separate gang-related attacks Sunday in South Gate and South Los Angeles, officials said.
Source: Los Angeles Times Date: August 9, 2004
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CaliforniaHope and reality collide (Los Angeles, CA): It was a day after a graffiti-removal worker employed by Homeboy Industries was shot to death while stopped at a traffic light at a Boyle Heights intersection, and six weeks after another graffiti worker was slain by suspected gang members.
Source: Los Angeles Times Date: August 8, 2004
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FloridaJupiter Village voicing concerns on gang members (Jupiter, FL): They're prominent on the streets of Chicago, New York City and even West Palm Beach and Miami. Most residents of those cities know where gang activities occur, and they know how to stay safe. But residents in the Jupiter Village community don't know those things, and now that a band of presumed gang members have inhabited a home in their neighborhood, their lack of knowledge has left them feeling vulnerable and afraid.
Source: The Jupiter Courier Date: August 8, 2004
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CaliforniaCity urged to end gang injunction (Oxnard, CA): With a Ventura County judge set next week to review Oxnard's recently imposed gang injunction, community activists are urging city leaders to scrap the court-ordered crackdown in favor of broader, more effective solutions to youth violence.
Source: Los Angeles Times Date: August 7, 2004
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WashingtonSuspected gang leader indicted on drug charges (Tacoma, WA) : A suspected leader of an East Side Tacoma street gang was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of dealing crack cocaine. A federal grand jury indicted Collie Babbs Jr., 29, on Thursday on two counts of distribution of crack cocaine, the Pierce County Violent Crime Task Force reported.
Source: The News Tribune Date: August 7, 2004
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CaliforniaRandom attacks may be Victorville gang's initiation (Victorville, CA): Two men who were stabbed after leaving a Victorville nightclub early Friday morning may have been attacked as part of a gang initiation, a sheriff's detective said. The two victims, whose identities have not been released, are in stable condition.
Source: Daily Press Date: August 7, 2004
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CaliforniaThree plead not guilty in shooting of Taft teens (Van Nuys, CA): The three defendants in last September's shooting of three Taft High School students pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of attempted murder and mayhem, and denied special allegations they used a gun to benefit a criminal street gang.
Source: The Daily News of Los Angeles Date: August 6, 2004
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MassachusettsYouth violence is sharply on rise (Boston, MA): The number of young murder victims in Boston has nearly doubled since last year, according to statistics police released yesterday, while at the same time, arrests by the city's Youth Violence Strike Force have dropped.
Source: The Boston Globe Date: August 6, 2004
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TexasOfficials: One escaped prisoner leader of Mexican Mafia Gang (Pearsall, TX): Five federal prisoners, including an alleged leader of the Mexican Mafia gang, escaped Friday from a privately run lockup in Pearsall. The escape happened from a Correctional Services Corp. unit.
Source: WPLG Local 10 News Date: August 6, 2004
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CaliforniaGang activity escalates: 31 documented incidents this year, just in Ukiah limits (Ukiah, CA): Is it a figment of the imagination or has gang activity been increasing in the town author Norman Crampton lauded some years ago as "the number one best small town to live in within California and the sixth best place to live in the United States?" Yes, gang activity has been up in the last several months and seems to be increasing this summer," Ukiah Police Capt. Dan Walker said.
Source: The Ukiah Daily Journal Date: August 6, 2004
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TexasGangs blamed in string of shootings (Fort Worth, TX): Five gang-related shootings in six days last week, including an attack on a police officer, left one person dead and four wounded, leading police to increase patrols in east and north Fort Worth. Three shootings might be linked to a north-side gang's attempt to re-establish itself after having to lie low since February, when its leader was accused of killing one man and wounding five others, Sgt. Bill Beall, a gang unit supervisor, said.
Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Date: August 6, 2004
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CaliforniaLA gang killings strike at neutral group (Los Angeles, CA): When gang members want out of the lifestyle, they can turn to Homeboy Industries, where even convicted felons can count on finding work and someone to talk to. A Homeboy shirt once was likened to a Red Cross armband in a war zone: Donning it meant safe passage in a gang-gripped community. No longer.
Source: The Associated Press - ABC News Date: August 6, 2004
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UtahArrests may have foiled home invasion robbery (Salt Lake County, UT): Three men believed to be members of a violent Salt Lake County street gang were arrested Tuesday morning just as they were apparently about to commit a home invasion robbery.
Source: Deseret News Date: August 5, 2004
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CaliforniaFour sentenced in jail-yard beating (Yolo County, CA): Four Norteño gang members were sentenced to eight to nine years in prison for a jail-yard attack on a fellow gang member whom they called a "snitch," officials said.
Source: The Sacramento Bee Date: August 5, 2004
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NebraskaFather of slain man says his son recently left a gang (Omaha, NE): Russell Wiley sat outside his north Omaha apartment building Thursday, staring at the blood on the ground where his son lay dying eight hours earlier. "Don't clean it up. Let it stay there. I want to remember my son, where he died," he told the friends and family members surrounding him.
Source: Omaha World-Herald Date: August 5, 2004
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ColoradoMan slain in hip-hop melee (Denver, CO): A gang-fueled melee outside a hip-hop concert early Wednesday at the Bluebird Theater ended in the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old man. It was the 60th homicide of the year in Denver.
Source: Rocky Mountain News Date: August 5, 2004
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