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Virginia police task force drops use of controversial gang database (Virginia): A Virginia gang task force has dropped use of a database that catalogues thousands of alleged gang members across the Washington region after activists raised concerns that minorities are disproportionately represented in it and its use is shrouded in secrecy.
Source: The Washington Post Date: January 28, 2021
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OhioT&A Crips Member Who Killed Rival Gang Member, Shot at Potential Witness Pleads Guilty (Columbus, OH): One of 19 defendants charged in a Columbus gang-related racketeering conspiracy pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today for his part in furthering the violence of the local Crips gang. Jonathan Dantzler, 28, admitted to murdering a rival gang member and to shooting at a potential witness in 2012. He is one of 19 defendants charged in 2018 as part of the local gang T&A Crips.
Source: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Date: May 11, 2021
GeorgiaAdditional arrests made in weekend shooting at Sandersville Waffle House (Sandersville, GA): Investigators in Washington County make two additional arrests in connection to a shooting outside a Waffle House on Mother’s Day. Washington County Sheriff Joel Cochran says someone shot 20-year-old Kayiah Faulkner in the Waffle House parking lot around 3:00 Sunday morning. Sheriff Cochran says he believes the shooting is gang related, and more arrests are expected.
Source: WMGT 41 NBC News Date: May 11, 2021
California31 Gang Members Charged In Brutal Santa Clara County Jail Inmate Assault (Santa Clara, CA): Thirty-one gang members housed in the Santa Clara County Jail have been indicted by a grand jury on charges of attacking a fellow inmate for about six minutes, leaving him bloody, naked and with broken bones.
Source: CBS San Francisco Date: May 11, 2021
CaliforniaGang members attack inmate for cooperating with law enforcement, pour floor cleaner on his face: DA (San Jose, CA): A grand jury has indicted nearly three dozen gang members on charges that they attacked a rival gang member at the Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas by punching him and pouring floor cleaner on his bloody face, the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday.
Source: KTVU 2 News Date: May 11, 2021
British ColumbiaSurrey's new municipal police force declines to stop hiring Mounties amid gang war (Surrey, BC): The Surrey Police Service says it has no plans to stop recruiting officers for its new force. The union representing RCMP officers has asked it to stop recruitment, saying the Metro Vancouver gang war is in such a critical state that removing any officers employed in active duty would be harmful to public safety.
Source: CTV News Date: May 11, 2021
South CarolinaAiken County Sheriff seeking to add staff to deal with gang violence (Aiken County, SC): Aiken County Sheriff Michael Hunt spoke about his desire to add four new employees to his staff to investigate gangs locally during Aiken County Council’s Budget Work Session on Tuesday at the Aiken County Government Center.
Source: The Post and Courier Date: May 11, 2021
NebraskaEx-gang member gives back to youth through sports (Omaha, NE): At 16-years-old, Darnell Jackson was facing a first-degree murder charge. “I grew up in the street, spent my entire life in the street. I know what gangs consist of, I know what that does. Just rough, really rough,” said Jackson. Starting at a very young age, Jackson was involved with gangs, was in and out of detention centers and was shot in the head — not once, but twice.
Source: KMTV Action 3 News Date: May 11, 2021
New JerseyPassaic Sheriff's Officers Thwart Escape Attempt By Reputed Gang Member (Passaic County, NJ): A member of a violent gang blamed for flooding the streets with lethal heroin escaped from custody but was captured by Passaic County sheriff's officers, authorities said.
Source: Daily Voice Date: May 10, 2021
WashingtonSuspected gang member from Thibodaux arrested in connection with fatal Houma shooting, police say (Tacoma, WA): A suspected gang member on the run after being charged in a deadly shooting at a Houma Sonic drive-in was arrested in Washington state, authorities said. Travis Dwayne Mart Jr., 21, of Thibodaux, was taken into custody in Tacoma, Wash., by federal agents and was transferred Friday to Terrebonne, the parish Sheriff’s Office said.
Source: Daily Comet Date: May 10, 2021
ConnecticutReputed gang member charged with carjacking woman and her young son (Bridgeport, CT): A teenaged reputed gang member free on bond on rape charges has been rearrested after police said he carjacked a local woman and her young son.
Source: Connecticut Post Date: May 10, 2021
PennsylvaniaGang-Related Tensions Fuel Mercer County Stabbing (Mercer County, PA): State police say gang-related tensions led to a stabbing at George Junior in Mercer County. According to police, the incident happened last Monday, when a 17-year-old boy went into a 15-year-old’s room and stabbed him repeatedly in the head and arms.
Source: ButlerRadio.com Date: May 10, 2021
British Columbia‘We will be relentless in our hunt’: Metro Vancouver police vow to crack down on gang activity (British Columbia): Police agencies across the Lower Mainland say they are working closely together to crack down on a recent increase in gun violence across the region. There have been 10 shootings in three weeks, with eight of them fatal and most believed to be connected to the Lower Mainland gang conflict.
Source: Global News Date: May 10, 2021
British ColumbiaMetro Vancouver gang wars increasingly putting public at risk as death toll climbs (Vancouver, BC): The ongoing Lower Mainland gangs conflict is increasingly putting the public in danger as brazen killers move to target their rivals in public spaces during daytime hours. In the past three weeks, six men have been shot to death in places like a park, mall or sports facility, a seeming departure from earlier gang-related murders that happened mostly at night and out of sight.
Source: CBC News Date: May 10, 2021
British ColumbiaCharges laid in deadly Burnaby shooting (Burnaby, BC): A 20-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in what police say was a gang-linked shooting in Burnaby Saturday.
Source: North Shore News Date: May 10, 2021
California2 Suspects Arrested In Livermore Fatal Shooting; Believed To Be Gang-Related (Livermore, CA): Two suspects were arrested over the weekend in connection with the shooting death of a 24-year-old man at a Motel 6 in Livermore, police said Monday. The shooting, which police suspect was gang-related, was reported shortly before midnight Friday outside a room at the motel in the 4600 block of Lassen Road.
Source: CBS SF Bay Area Date: May 10, 2021
UtahWest Jordan police ID 19-year-old man shot, killed; say suspect in custody is 16-year-old gang member (West Jordan, UT): The West Jordan Police Department has identified a teenager shot dead while driving on Redwood Road, and has released limited information about the juvenile suspect taken into custody. “Victim in last night’s shooting at 7800 S. Redwood is 19-year-old Caeser Manenche,” a police statement says. “Police Department located suspect vehicle + arrested a 16-year-old documented gang member who had ongoing feud with victim.
Source: Gephardt Daily Date: May 10, 2021
MichiganPolice arrest former member of Flint’s most wanted (Flint, MI): A known gang member who was on the run and considered armed and dangerous is off the streets thanks to Crime Stoppers. Alejandro Ortiz was arrested for cutting off a tether, drug possession and weapons charges.
Source: WJRT ABC 12 News Date: May 10, 2021
British ColumbiaEscalating Lower Mainland gang violence prompts calls for more police resources, better drug policy (Surrey, BC): Advocates are calling for both policy and funding changes in the wake of a spate of violent public shootings in the Lower Mainland in recent months. Two approaches, one calling for increased police presence and another calling for decriminalization of all drugs, have been proposed.
Source: CBC Date: May 10, 2021
British ColumbiaPolice say fatal shooting at Vancouver International Airport was gang-related (Richmond, BC): One man has been killed, and responding officers were fired upon in a brazen, daylight shooting at Vancouver International Airport that police say is related to the ongoing gang conflict in the Lower Mainland.
Source: News1130 Date: May 9, 2021
British ColumbiaProvince announces grants to curb gang violence, further public safety (British Columbia): Communities and families dealing with gun and gang violence, individuals experiencing gender-based violence and Indigenous families healing from traumas will receive more than $8.6 million in grants to support community-based crime prevention and remediation initiatives.
Source: The Indo-Canadian Voice Date: May 8, 2021
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