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DA warns: 160 gangs looking for trouble (Boston, MA): Seeds of violence are planted across the Hub by what authorities say are 160 gangs — some just small crews of kids from the same block, armed to the teeth and itching to fight — that can grow into sophisticated drug operations with international ties.
Source: Boston Herald Date: August 17, 2012
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Boston police commissioner: Harlem Street triple slaying was gang-related (Dorchester, MA): Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis said this morning that the slaying of three women on Sunday on Harlem Street in Dorchester was gang-related.
Source: The Boston Globe Date: August 16, 2012
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Is enough being done to prevent gang violence in Boston? (Boston, MA): Police report some leads, but they've made no arrests yet in the weekend shootings that claimed four lives in Boston. One man died and three others were injured in Roslindale.
Source: WBUR News Date: August 15, 2012
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Lowell man charged with stabbing victim eight times (Lowell, MA): A 22-year-old Lowell man is being held on cash bail after police say he stabbed a man eight times, puncturing his lung, during a gang-related fight last Thursday night.
Source: The Lowell Sun Date: August 14, 2012
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Gang battle uphill for resolute Boston FBI (Boston, MA): The large-scale operations that swept up dozens of alleged Bay State gangbangers in recent weeks give the crime-ravaged communities they operate in relief from deadly gunplay — but only to a point, according to lawmen, who warn other gangsters will fill the vacuum.
Source: Boston Herald Date: July 19, 2012
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Fall River police say teen in critical condition after being hit with hammer in gang-related dispute (Fall River, MA): Police said a 16-year-old is in critical condition after reportedly being struck on the head with a hammer in a gang-related altercation about 1 a.m. Saturday.
Source: The Herald News Date: July 14, 2012
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Police chief says Lynn gang activity drops significantly (Lynn, MA): The number of organized gangs, members and affiliates in the city has dropped significantly, and that has made a noticeable impact on crime statistics, according to Police Chief Kevin Coppinger.
Source: The Daily Item Date: July 13, 2012
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Revere Police nab five gang members following vandalism (Revere, MA): Revere Police arrested five alleged gang members near Cooledge Street early Thursday morning after callers reported they were smashing the windows of several cars with bricks, according to Revere Police Lt. John Azzari.
Source: The Daily Item Date: July 13, 2012
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Suspects' affluent ways helped spur drug inquiry (Boston, MA): They had gone from renting apartments to buying houses. They were buying expensive champagne at clubs around Boston and Rhode Island. Some were driving Mercedes Benz cars and taking more frequent trips to their native country, the Dominican Republic.
Source: The Boston Globe Date: July 11, 2012
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15 arrested in drug sweep that allegedly brought cocaine from Mexico to Boston's streets (Boston, MA): Just after sunrise today 15 individuals connected to a multimillion-dollar drug trafficking organization operating in Boston were arrested and at least $500,000 in cash was seized, law enforcement officials said.
Source: The Boston Globe Date: July 9, 2012
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Gang ties eyed in Haverhill shooting (Haverhill, MA): A 27-year-old Haverhill man told police he was standing at the corner of Moulton Way and Wingate Street early yesterday morning when he heard the sound of gun shots, then realized that he'd been shot in the groin.
Source: Eagle-Tribune Date: July 8, 2012
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Legislature's budget includes increases for DAs, anti-gang programs (New Bedford, MA): The $32.5 billion state budget approved last week by the Legislature includes 5 percent increases for all the state's district attorneys, $6.25 million to continue anti-gang programs and money to fund the first state police class in six years.
Source: The Standard-Times Date: July 5, 2012
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Brazen act during fireworks shocks city (Worcester, MA): A longtime friend of Jonathan A. Kapulka, the man who was shot and killed Tuesday night while watching the city’s fireworks with his wife and two young daughters along lower Grafton Street, said Mr. Kapulka was a former gang member who had moved away from the city to escape those ties.
Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette Date: July 5, 2012
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Two Boston men convicted of killing 14-year-old boy (Boston, MA): Two Boston gang members have been convicted of holding down and killing an innocent 14-year-old boy out riding a motorized scooter.
Source: The Boston Globe Date: June 22, 2012
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Cambridge gang members carjack Somerville man at gunpoint (Somerville, MA) : Police are looking for two Cambridge gang members who allegedly threatened a victim in East Somerville with a gun during a carjacking on Saturday. Another man allegedly involved in the incident, Willgen “Will” Sanchez, 20, of 103 Newman Road, Malden, was arrested on Glen Street on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon, according to a police report.
Source: The Cambridge Chronicle Date: June 19, 2012
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High court upholds 2007 murder case in death of Lowell teen (Lowell, MA): The state's highest court has rejected a Lowell man's argument that his conviction of second-degree murder in a 2007 gang-related slaying of a Lowell teen should be overturned due to double jeopardy.
Source: The Lowell Sun Date: June 15, 2012
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Out for Bloods, police collar 20 in Charlestown sting (Boston, MA): A violent street gang known as the Charlestown Bloods was targeted by cops with 20 arrests yesterday as part of a yearlong sting called Operation Tourniquet aimed at putting the squeeze on drug dealing in the Bunker Hill Housing Development, prosecutors said.
Source: Boston Herald Date: June 13, 2012
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FBI arrests Latin Kings gang members in New Bedford (New Bedford, MA): More than 40 gang members or associates were arrested in a massive drug sweep of the city involving hundreds of federal, state, and local law enforcement personnel early Friday morning.
Source: The Boston Globe Date: June 9, 2012
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Seven arrested after gang fights break out at Massachusetts high school graduation (Brockton, MA): Gang-related violence erupted at a high school graduation ceremony in Massachusetts, with three fights breaking out and seven men arrested.
Source: KDFW Fox 4 News Date: June 4, 2012
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Dispatches part 2: Heat on Lynn gangs (Lynn, MA): Local gang members start early when it comes to finding new recruits to help fill the ranks of the Bloods, Crips, the Deuce Boyz and other gangs that have historically operated in the city, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter K. Levitt, the deputy chief of the Strike Force Unit.
Source: The Daily Item Date: May 24, 2012
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