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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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OhioActivist gains insight on Toledo youth's needs amid rampant gun violence (Toledo, OH): When Toledo set a homicide record last year with 61 deaths, 28 of the victims were age 24 or younger. So were another seven of the 20 victims killed so far this year.
Source: The Blade Date: May 8, 2021
New JerseyGANGLAND: Seven Shot In Pair Of Paterson Drive-Bys, Police Eye Battle Over Drug Turf (Paterson, NJ): Gang warfare was suspected in the wounding of five men and two women -- one of whom was shot in the head -- in a pair of Paterson drive-bys less than a half-hour apart, responders said.
Source: Daily Voice Date: May 7, 2021
TexasTyler gang member gets 45 years in prison for injuring police officers, trying to take their weapon (Tyler, TX): A Tyler man, who is involved in a criminal street gang, was sentenced to 45 years in prison for injuring two police officers and trying to take one of their weapons. Anthony Bendy Jr., 35, was found guilty of manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance with a deadly weapon and then sentenced by a Smith County jury.
Source: Tyler Morning Telegraph Date: May 7, 2021
IllinoisMan found guilty in 2019 murder of 15-year-old boy in Rockford (Rockford, IL): A man has been found guilty First Degree Murder and Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm in a 2019 shooting that left a 15-year-old boy dead in Rockford. Juan Mora, 27, was found guilty on Thursday. Officers learned that the shooting was suspected to be gang related as a man, later identified as Juan Mora, asked Za’Shawn and his friends if they were Latin kings, to which they responded no—that they were not in a gang.
Source: WREX 13 News Date: May 7, 2021
GeorgiaConvicted felon admits threatening to kill a witness and a federal judge (Brunswick, GA): A convicted felon and gang member faces substantial additional time in federal prison after admitting he threatened a witness and a federal judge. Wilbert Stephens, 29, of Brunswick, Ga., pled guilty in U.S. District Court to Solicitation to Commit a Crime of Violence and Mailing Threatening Communications, said David H. Estes, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia.
Source: The United States Department of Justice Date: May 7, 2021
Virginia36th Street Bang Squad member sentenced to life for murders on Peninsula (Newport News, VA): A Newport News man who prosecutors say was behind multiple murders and attempted murders as part of the 36th Bang Squad was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday.
Source: WAVY 10 News Date: May 7, 2021
UtahSalt Lake City police search for suspects in likely gang-related shooting on Redwood Road (Salt Lake City, UT): Police are investigating what they believe was a gang-related shooting in Salt Lake City early Friday morning. SLCPD Lt. Dave Cracroft told Gephardt Daily a 38-year-old man riding in an SUV was wounded in the gunfire on Redwood Road about 2 a.m. Cracroft said the shooting was the result of an argument over a stolen car, which, ironically, none of those involved in the incident actually owned.
Source: Gephardt Daily Date: May 7, 2021
WashingtonPolice: Teen girl lured boy out of home before gang member shot him 6 times (Spokane, WA): Police suspect a 19-year-old gang member’s casual girlfriend lured a University High School student out of an apartment last Thursday before the 19-year-old emptied his pistol clip to kill 15-year-old Preston Grzogorek.
Source: The Spokesman-Review Date: May 7, 2021
AlabamaGreensboro Police report uptick in gang violence (Greensboro, AL): Greensboro Police are reporting an uptick in gang related crimes. In recent months, officers tell CBS 42 that they have investigated nearly a dozen shooting cases in the Ward Street area of the city.
Source: WIAT CBS42 News Date: May 7, 2021
GeorgiaCharges dropped after a local man was faced with 1,100 years in prison (Richmond County, GA): News 12′s Sydney Heiberger sat down with the wife of Maurice Franklin in her first interview since his release from jail. The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office arrested Franklin in September of 2019. He was accused of being involved in a drive-by shooting where no one got hurt.
Source: WRDW News 12 Date: May 7, 2021
GeorgiaSlaying of Athens man in Barrow County reportedly linked to gang violence (Athens, GA): The slaying of an Athens man during a shooting May 2 on Georgia Highway 316 near Winder appears to be linked to gang violence, authorities said.
Source: Athens Banner-Herald Date: May 7, 2021
CaliforniaSDPD investigating suspected gang-related stabbing near Chicano Park (San Diego, CA): A 20-year-old man was stabbed twice Wednesday night during what police believe was a gang-related fight near Chicano Park in Barrio Logan, an officer said.
Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune Date: May 6, 2021
MassachusettsSJC reviewing case involving New Bedford police and department's use of gang list (Boston, MA): The state's Supreme Judicial Court on Monday heard its first arguments in a case concerning a New Bedford man and the New Bedford Police Department's use of a gang list.
Source: The Standard-Times Date: May 6, 2021
MarylandMS-13 Member Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Murder and Attempted Murder (Baltimore, MD): A Maryland man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise by murdering a suspected rival gang member and attempting to murder two other victims, in connection with his MS-13 gang activities.
Source: The United States Department of Justice Date: May 6, 2021
New YorkSeven Members Of Violent Gang Charged With Racketeering And Firearms Offenses (New York, NY): U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said: “As alleged in today’s indictment, members and associates of a violent street gang wreaked havoc in the Bronx for many years, committing numerous acts of violence against rival gang members. Thanks to the hard work of our law enforcement partners, the defendants now face federal charges for these serious crimes.”
Source: The United States Department of Justice Date: May 6, 2021
CaliforniaArraignment Set for Three Men Accused in Palm Springs Gang-Related Assault (Palm Springs, CA): Three men accused in a gang-related assault in Palm Springs late last year are scheduled to make their initial court appearances Friday. Angel Valtierra, 22, Anthony Jose Lopez, 21, and Nathan Roldan Ramirez, 21, are each charged with felony assault and participating in a criminal street gang.
Source: MyNewsLa.com Date: May 6, 2021
CaliforniaLompoc Unified’s Youth Prevention Task Force continues to be in the works, community groups help in the process (Lompoc, CA): Lompoc Unified School District continues to work on the anti-gang task force to reduce teen gang violence in the city. According to head of the task force Brian Jaramillo, community groups like Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse and the YMCA in Lompoc are part of the task force.
Source: KEYT 3 News Date: May 6, 2021
New YorkSuspected ‘Hoolie’ Gang Member Charged in Relation to Toddler’s Fatal Shooting in Brooklyn (Brooklyn, NY): Authorities in New York City charged a suspect on Wednesday believed to be connected to the fatal shooting of a toddler boy who was struck by a stray bullet while attending a cookout party with his family in Brooklyn last summer, police announced Thursday.
Source: The Epoch Times Date: May 6, 2021
Virginia36th Street Bang Squad Member Sentenced for Gang-Related Murders and Shootings (Newport News, VA): A Newport News man was sentenced today to multiple life sentences for his role in a gang-related racketeering conspiracy that engaged in multiple murders, attempted murders, and drug trafficking. “As the evidence demonstrated during a seven-week trial, the defendant’s actions displayed a chilling neglect for human life, safety, and the rule of law,” said Raj Parekh, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Source: The United States Department of Justice Date: May 6, 2021
ConnecticutSuperseding Indictment Charges 8 Bridgeport Gang Members with Drug Trafficking, Committing 6 Murders (New Haven, CT): As part of an ongoing investigation into gang-related drug trafficking and related violence in Bridgeport, a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned a superseding indictment charging an additional four Bridgeport men with conspiring to engage in a pattern of racketeering activity, including drug trafficking, murder and attempted murder.
Source: The United States Department of Justice Date: May 6, 2021
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