Gang-Related News Articles
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CaliforniaPolice try to ID suspects in City Hall brawl (Richmond, CA): Richmond police say they have hit a roadblock in their investigation of a gang-related brawl at City Hall that left at least one person bloodied.
Source: The Reporter Date: October 20, 2011
New JerseyPlainfield gang member charged in 2010 slaying of 18-year-old (Plainfield, NJ): A known gang member with the street name “bow wow” has been out of state prison for barely six months since October 2005, but it was during that brief window of time that authorities believe he shot and killed an 18-year-old city man last year.
Source: Courier News Date: October 20, 2011
IllinoisEye on gangs (Maine Township, IL): For the last few weeks, Noma O'Brien of unincorporated Maine Township says she has noticed two strange cars-one white and one red-circling on the street outside her house.
Source: Journal & Topics Date: October 20, 2011
NevadaProgram helping curb gang-related violence in west Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV): The empty playgrounds on beautiful spring days symbolized the currents of fear rippling through west Las Vegas neighborhoods in 2006. Parents were afraid to let their children outside.
Source: Las Vegas Sun Date: October 20, 2011
TexasTrash, text messages helped build drug cases against gang members in Fort Worth (Fort Worth, TX): Fort Worth police officers dug through trash, studied text messages, photos and contacts on seized mobile phones, and conducted undercover buys and surveillance to build their case against eight Crips street gang members and an associate accused of operating what federal officials deemed "a violent crack cocaine distribution organization."
Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Date: October 20, 2011
New HampshireFive arrested in gang, prostitution sweep (Nashua, NH) : The Nashua Police Department Narcotics Intelligence Division and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Safe Streets Gang Task Force executed simultaneous arrest and search warrants throughout Nashua yesterday. These arrests were the result of a joint investigation by both agencies targeting known alleged gang members and their associates who are involved in narcotic trafficking and prostitution.
Source: NashuaPatch Date: October 20, 2011
California15-year-old sentenced in fatal stabbing, beating outside Desert Hot Springs party (Desert Hot Springs, CA): A 15-year-old boy was sentenced to eight years in a state juvenile correctional facility today for taking part in the gang-related stabbing and beating death of a Desert Hot Springs man outside a party.
Source: The Desert Sun Date: October 20, 2011
VirginiaRed sock raises gang concern at school (Richmond, VA): A 7th grader at Richmond's Elkhardt Middle gets in trouble for wearing what the principal suspected was a gang symbol. That gang-related clothing was school issued.
Source: WWBT 12 News Date: October 20, 2011
GeorgiaReichert on youth violence plan: Don't "talk it to death" (Macon, GA): Nearly two months after Macon Mayor Robert Reichert laid out a sweeping anti-youth and gang violence agenda, he says he's been unable to implement several parts of the plan.
Source: WMAZ 13 News Date: October 20, 2011
OregonA new patrol in your neighborhood (Medford, OR): There's a new police patrol in town and they are on the hunt for gang activity. Over the past year police and neighbors noticed an upswing in gang activity.
Source: KTVL 10 News Date: October 20, 2011
IllinoisCity adding cameras, lighting to stop gangs near Apache Park (Des Plaines, IL): Des Plaines will soon add lighting, signs and surveillance cameras to the Apache Park area to help halt gang activity after a fatal shooting this summer.
Source: TribLocal Date: October 20, 2011
NevadaDA: Anti-gang meeting a big success (Carson City, NV): Carson City District Attorney Neil Rombardo says an anti-gang symposium held last week at Stateline was "an amazing success." The fourth annual Northern Nevada Gang Symposium was held last Thursday and Friday, drawing about 125 law enforcement officers, probation officials and educators from Nevada and California.
Source: Nevada Appeal Date: October 19, 2011
MarylandFeds indict three QA's men for alleged gang activity (Centreville, MD): Three Queen Anne's County men face federal charges as alleged members of a violent gang that committed murders and operated across the Mid-Shore, according to a federal indictment unsealed last week.
Source: The Star Democrat Date: October 19, 2011
IdahoIdaho meth kingpin sentenced to 20 years (Boise, ID): A woman accused of leading a drug-peddling gang that brought the methamphetamine into Idaho by the pound will spend 20 years in a federal prison. Amanda Smith of Homedale was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Boise.
Source: Idaho Press-Tribune Date: October 19, 2011
CaliforniaDefendants' gang ties questioned in Tyler Tenorio slaying (Santa Cruz, CA): Defense attorneys Tuesday presented testimony casting doubt on the gang involvement of the three men charged in the death of Santa Cruz High School junior Tyler Tenorio in 2009.
Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel Date: October 19, 2011
CaliforniaPolice: Gang member escaped rehab, shot rival (Santa Ana, CA): A parolee who police say walked out of a rehab center in Garden Grove was arrested for allegedly trying to kill a gang rival.
Source: KABC 7 News Date: October 19, 2011
VirginiaVirginia appeals court upholds conviction in gang-attack case (Virginia): Kirkland Crist Morris acknowledged he was a member of the violent Bloods street gang. But he said his role in a 2009 assault doesn’t constitute “criminal gang participation” because on that night he wasn’t fighting with the Bloods, he was fighting with a bunch of rival Crips.
Source: The Washington Times Date: October 19, 2011
CaliforniaPolice try to ID suspects in City Hall brawl (Richmond, CA): Richmond police say they have hit a roadblock in their investigation of a gang-related brawl at City Hall that left at least one person bloodied.
Source: KGPE CBS 47 News Date: October 19, 2011
IllinoisGang member gets 14 years for attempted murder near Glen Ellyn (Chicago, IL): A Chicago man and self-admitted gang member who participated in a 2009 home invasion in unincorporated DuPage County near Glen Ellyn in which two people suffered serious gunshot wounds was sentenced today to 14 years in prison, according to the DuPage County State’s Attorney.
Source: Chicago Tribune Date: October 19, 2011
IllinoisPolice: Guns found when traffic warrant served (Lockport, IL): A self-admitted gang member on parole from a firearms conviction allegedly had a .45-caliber revolver and a .22-caliber handgun hidden under a mattress when Joliet police took him into custody Monday on a traffic-related warrant.
Source: Chicago Tribune Date: October 19, 2011
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