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Newark-based violence prevention group seeks to bridge gap between police, social services (Newark, NJ): Community-based violence prevention groups want their work to be taken just as seriously as police work — and want the funds to match. That’s why a new national organization called the Community Based Public Safety Association was launched Thursday in a virtual press conference with support from mayors in Newark and Los Angeles.
Source: NJ.com Date: March 28, 2021
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FloridaJSO: Gang member identified in officer-involved shooting (Jacksonville, FL): The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office released a photo of Navarro’s gun that was used to shoot several rounds at officers after being asked to come out six times.
Source: ActionNewsJax.com Date: May 12, 2021
CaliforniaWatsonville police make five arrests in separate city attacks (Watsonville, CA): Watsonville police say they believe the attacks, leaving several people injured on March 26 and April 6, were both gang-related. During the first, outside of a liquor store on the 1100 block of Freedom Boulevard, involved three perpetrators and two victims who received moderate injuries.
Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel Date: May 12, 2021
New YorkWoman whose body was found in car trunk on LI was beaten with bat, machete: DA (New York, NY): The woman whose body was found wrapped in a blanket in the trunk of a car on a Long Island street was beaten to death with a machete and a bat. Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations New York Peter Fitzhugh confirmed a gang connection Wednesday.
Source: PIX11 News Date: May 12, 2021
CaliforniaThree Gang Members Arrested on Complaint Alleging Armed Robbery and Shooting at Beverly Hills Restaurant (Los Angeles, CA): Three members of the Rollin’ 30s Crips street gang have been arrested on a federal criminal complaint alleging they committed an armed robbery at a Beverly Hills restaurant’s crowded outdoor dining area on March 4 in which one restaurant patron was held at gunpoint and another was shot and wounded.
Source: The United States Department of Justice Date: May 12, 2021
CaliforniaSuspect search, woman killed when wanted gang member crashes into her while escaping, police say (Fresno, CA): A woman is dead after police say a wanted gang member involved in an earlier pursuit crashed into her vehicle in Downtown Fresno on Wednesday. The incident began around 3:00 p.m. in the area of Calaveras and N Street when a CHP officer with MAGEC (the Multi-Agency Gang Enforcement Consortium) tried to stop a wanted gang member for weapons violation charges in the Chinatown area.
Source: Yourcentralvalley.com Date: May 12, 2021
British ColumbiaGrants to curb gang violence, further public safety (Prince George, BC): 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: CKPGToday.ca Date: May 12, 2021
New JerseyLeader of Newark Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Participating in Heroin Conspiracy (Newark, NJ): An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 240 months in prison for his role as the leader of a heroin trafficking conspiracy in Newark, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
Source: The United States Department of Justice Date: May 12, 2021
CaliforniaSuspect Arrested on Vandalism & Criminal Street Gang Charges (Fillmore, CA): A 24-year-old Moorpark man arrested for spray painting gang graffiti and causing hundreds of dollars of vandalism damage within the city of Fillmore. Between March 19, 2021 to March 21, 2021, deputies responded to several reports of an unknown suspect who had spray painted gang related graffiti on cement walls throughout the city of Fillmore.
Source: The Fillmore Gazette Date: May 12, 2021
CaliforniaMan arrested in connection to shooting outside of Citrus Heights nightclub, police say (Citrus Heights, CA): A 39-year-old man was arrested for a shooting at a Citrus Heights bar that left at least four people in the hospital, Citrus Heights police said. Police officers arrested Camila Saenz, a validated gang member, for a shooting outside of Rocky’s 7440 Club, near the 7400 block of Auburn Boulevard on Tuesday.
Source: KXTV News 10 Date: May 12, 2021
Maryland15 Gang Members Indicted On Numerous Charges: Official (Glen Burnie, MD): More than a dozen individuals including a few from Glen Burnie face multiple charges ranging from participation in a criminal organization, assault, conspiracy to distribute drugs and firearm-related counts.
Source: Patch Date: May 12, 2021
MississippiFBI Safe Streets Task Force Arrests 13 on Federal Drug and Firearms Charges (Jackson, MS): The FBI Jackson Safe Streets Task Force and Cleveland Police Department arrested 13 individuals Wednesday on various federal drug distribution and weapons charges in the Mississippi Delta and Jackson areas. The arrests come subsequent to an extensive investigation into violent street gang activity following an increase in violent crime in the Mississippi Delta and surrounding areas.
Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation Press Release Date: May 12, 2021
CaliforniaNew charges reveal Santa Clara County jail guards didn’t intervene in mass gang beating of informant (Milpitas, CA): Thirty-one Santa Clara County inmates have been charged in a vicious mass beating of a man in which they punched, kicked and dragged the victim for more than five minutes over suspicions that he informed on his fellow gang members, according to explosive new filings announced Tuesday.
Source: The Mercury News Date: May 11, 2021
GeorgiaGBI makes gang related arrests in Waycross (Waycross, GA): On Friday, May 7, 2021, the GBI Region 4 Douglas Office initiated an investigation regarding gang related crimes occurring in the Garlington Heights and Ware Manor Apartments in Waycross, Ware County, Georgia. Information was received from the public, Waycross Police Department, Ware County Sheriff’s Office, and the Georgia Department of Community Supervision (DCS).
Source: Valdosta Today Date: May 11, 2021
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Conspiring to Distribute Crack Cocaine (Pittsburgh, PA): A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to five years’ (60 months’) imprisonment on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
Source: The United States Department of Justice Date: May 11, 2021
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
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