Gang-Related News Articles
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GeorgiaGang graffiti alarms unsuspecting homeowner (Athens, GA): When John Chambers woke up Sunday, he found out that a gang had spray-painted the side of his Chesterton Drive house while he and his family slept inside.
Source: Athens Banner-Herald Date: July 20, 2009
WisconsinMadison Mayor, Police Chief consider tripling gang officers (Madison, WI): Madison's mayor and police chief are working on a plan to triple the number of police officers assigned to handle gangs. And they want to do this without hiring new officers.
Source: WKOW 27 News Date: July 20, 2009
PennsylvaniaYork County outreach gives youths a fresh start (York County, PA): Not many York County teenagers have been as consistently philanthropic this summer as Joel, Justin and Josh have. But not many have seen the same hardships.
Source: The York Dispatch Date: July 20, 2009
IllinoisElgin to beef up graffiti laws (Elgin, IL): Cases of graffiti in Elgin more than doubled from 2006 to 2008, so city leaders are considering increasing the minimum fine to $1,000, banning the sale of spray paint to minors and requiring parents to pay restitution if their kids are caught.
Source: Daily Herald Date: July 20, 2009
CaliforniaSuspected gang member assaults man at Tule River with a rock (Porterville, CA): A suspected gang member was arrested Sunday after striking a man in the head with a rock at Tule River in Porterville.
Source: Visalia Times-Delta Date: July 20, 2009
New JerseyJail gangs are called a growing menace (New Jersey): State investigators say they're losing ground in the fight to control gangs in New Jersey prisons because they don't have enough manpower and funding.
Source: The Star-Ledger Date: July 19, 2009
TennesseeBristol gang activity on the rise? (Bristol, TN): Gene Perrin, an assistant district attorney in Sullivan County, Tenn., remembers a decade-old murder in detail, but hesitates to discuss it, because, he said, it was very painful for the community.
Source: Bristol Herald Courier Date: July 19, 2009
MassachusettsGang member shot in South Lawrence (Lawrence, MA): A 19-year-old man was shot in the head early this morning in what police described as another gang-related incident on the eastern side of South Lawrence.
Source: Eagle-Tribune Date: July 19, 2009
Michigan36 Detroit gang members arrested (Detroit, MI): A nationwide crackdown on alleged violent gangs resulted Friday in the arrests of 36 people in southwest Detroit by local police and agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Source: The Detroit News Date: July 19, 2009
California86 percent of city killings gang-related (Bakersfield, CA): Bakersfield Police Lt. Hajir Nuriddin is worried. You can see it on her face and on the faces of Capt. Joe Bianco and Sgt. Joe Aldona as the trio gathers in the basement of police headquarters.
Source: The Bakersfield Californian Date: July 18, 2009
WashingtonTacoma police step up anti-gang effort (Tacoma, WA): Tacoma police commanders have moved more uniformed officers into the East Side after a recent flurry of gang-related trouble and a deadly shooting.
Source: The News Tribune Date: July 18, 2009
CaliforniaGang members, parolees focus of sweep (Coachella Valley, CA): Law enforcement personnel Friday targeted 90 suspected gang members, parolees and probationers during a gang-injunction compliance sweep that crisscrossed areas of the western Coachella Valley.
Source: The Desert Sun Date: July 18, 2009
CaliforniaAre they a gang, or just clowning around? (Fresno, CA): They call themselves simply music fans who paint their faces in the style of the rap group Insane Clown Posse. They call themselves Juggalos.
Source: Fresno Bee Date: July 18, 2009
NebraskaA call for an end to violence (Omaha, NE): Ruth Bush left her north Omaha home to pick up some barbecue sauce on Friday afternoon. Bush's daughter was outside braiding her child's hair. Bush's husband was nearby, and two acquaintances of the family were sitting at a picnic table in the yard.
Source: Omaha World-Herald Date: July 18, 2009
CaliforniaGangs blamed for a school shooting (El Rio, CA): Gunfire erupted this week outside an El Rio elementary school during a confrontation between rival gang members, but no one was injured, authorities said Friday.
Source: Ventura County Star Date: July 18, 2009
IllinoisNo major gang turfs in La Salle County (La Salle County, IL): At present gangs do not seem to have a huge presence in La Salle County. In fact, no gangs really claim the county or any specific town in the county as their turf, according to Mike Girton, commander of the Tri-County Drug Enforcement and Narcotics Team in Oglesby, which covers La Salle, Bureau and Putnam counties.
Source: The Times Date: July 18, 2009
New JerseyAntigang patrols begin along River Line (Burlington County, NJ): Police in Burlington County made surprise patrols along the River Line Saturday, the first operation in what Sheriff Jean Stanfield said would be an antigang effort on the five-year-old light-rail line.
Source: The Inquirer Date: July 17, 2009
New JerseySheriff wants to hunt down gang members on trains (Burlington City, NJ): A New Jersey sheriff has started an effort to search for gang members the train that connects Camden with Trenton.
Source: The Inquirer Date: July 17, 2009
North CarolinaNC gang member files for Greensboro City Council (Greensboro, NC): A man who says he's a member of a gang called North Carolina Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation has filed to run for an at-large seat on Greensboro's City Council.
Source: The Charlotte Observer Date: July 17, 2009
MichiganVolunteers to take on gang graffiti (Detroit, MI): Residents and police officers from Detroit's west side plan to grab paintbrushes and rollers Saturday to help rid neighborhoods of gang graffiti.
Source: Detroit Free Press Date: July 17, 2009
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