Gang-Related News Articles
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New YorkGillibrand: $1B to combat gangs (Albany, NY): Proposed federal legislation and $1 billion in grants will help the greater Capital Region battle more than 3,500 gang members and help 125,000 victims of drug abuse fueled by their activities, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said.
Source: Times Union Date: June 16, 2010
ColoradoPolice, federal agents arrest 13 gang members in drug busts (Greeley, CO): In a fast-moving drug and gang raid early Tuesday, Greeley police and federal agents arrested 13 gang members accused of connections to a drug operation with supplies coming from Mexico.
Source: Greeley Tribune Date: June 16, 2010
CaliforniaNew gang may have started in Tracy prison (Tracy, CA): State prison officials have traced the genesis of a new gang to Tracy's Deuel Vocational Institution. The Northern Riders first gained attention in 2000 when a founding member made a brazen declaration of war in a yard at Deuel.
Source: Contra Costa Times Date: June 16, 2010
CaliforniaChino street gang indicted on drug charges (Chino, CA): A federal indictment, unsealed in Los Angeles on Wednesday, charges 21 members of a Chino street gang with being part of a drug distribution ring with ties to the Mexican Mafia prison gang.
Source: KABC 7 News Date: June 16, 2010
IllinoisCabrini-Green area gang members arrested for drug trafficking after three year police investigation (Chicago, IL): Eight known or suspected members of the Gangster Disciples street gang were arrested early on Tuesday, culminating a nearly three-year investigation into drug trafficking in and around the Cabrini-Green housing project on Chicago’s Near North Side, the FBI and Chicago police announced on Wednesday.
Source: WFLD FOX 32 News Date: June 16, 2010
CaliforniaGang member, 17, faces vandalism charges (Ramona, CA): A 17-year-old Ramona gang member is charged with vandalizing five Main Street businesses in May, reports Deputy Tom Seiver with the sheriff’s Ramona Substation.
Source: Ramona Sentinel Date: June 16, 2010
CaliforniaWatsonville police track down fourth suspect in Santa Cruz gang slaying (Watsonville, CA): Watsonville police arrested a gang member Tuesday afternoon who Santa Cruz police had been looking for in connection with the stabbing death of a 16-year-old high school student last fall.
Source: San Jose Mercury News Date: June 16, 2010
North CarolinaGang crimes drop in Raleigh (Raleigh, NC): Criminal gang activity in North Carolina's Capital City was down by more than 40 percent last year, according to a report released on Monday by the Raleigh Police Department's Gang Unit.
Source: The News & Observer Date: June 15, 2010
MassachusettsPolice don’t add to gang database (Boston, MA): Eighteen months after the Patrick administration planned to launch a computer database that would identify street-gang members across the state, not a single local police department has contributed information to the $1.2 million federally funded intelligence system, according to a high-ranking public safety official.
Source: The Boston Globe Date: June 15, 2010
New JerseyBloods gang member attacks Budd Lake resident in driveway (Mount Olive, NJ): A Bound Brook man who said he is a member of the Bloods street gang was charged with aggravated assault after he punched and kicked a township man in the face at his Midland Avenue home early Sunday morning.
Source: Daily Record Date: June 15, 2010
New YorkYonkers slaying gang-related (Yonkers, NY): A 23-year-old Yonkers construction laborer brazenly stabbed to death in the busy New Main Street business district May 17 was a victim of gang rivalry, city police said Monday.
Source: The Journal News Date: June 15, 2010
CaliforniaThird shooting linked to gangs (Redding, CA): Police are investigating the third gang-related shooting in Redding in a little over a week, this time in West Redding early Monday morning.
Source: Redding Record Searchlight Date: June 15, 2010
New York3500 gang members fuel drug abuse in Capital Region (Albany, NY): There are nearly 3,500 gang members living in the Capital Region and they fuel the spread of narcotics to the region's addicts, according to data released by the office of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
Source: Times Union Date: June 15, 2010
ColoradoGang members rounded up, accused of dealing near schools, playgrounds (Denver, CO): Authorities have indicted 46 suspected gang members for drug-trafficking and weapons violations in the Greeley area, where some are accused of dealing drugs near schools and playgrounds.
Source: KMGH 7NEWS Date: June 15, 2010
MinnesotaNew life without ink (St. Paul, MN): Albert Gomez steeled his jaw as the laser traced the tattoo on his right forearm. Click! Click! Click! The staccato sound filled the room as the laser flickered and the black ink faded away.
Source: Star Tribune Date: June 15, 2010
FloridaGainesville teen gets three years for gang videos (Gainesville, FL): A Gainesville 19-year-old became one of the first in the state this week to be sentenced to prison for posting gang videos on the Internet, the State Attorney's Office reported.
Source: The Gainesville Sun Date: June 15, 2010
MarylandGaithersburg to fight gangs with surveillance cameras (Gaithersburg, MD): Digital eyes are coming to Olde Towne Gaithersburg to scan the once-thriving commercial hub for gang activity, police say.
Source: The Examiner Date: June 14, 2010
IowaFive juveniles charged with gang initiation (Iowa City, IA): Police in Iowa City say they've broken up a gang initiation act and arrested five juveniles.
Source: Chicago Tribune Date: June 14, 2010
GeorgiaNine charged in death of Gainesville man (Gainesville, GA): Nine people — many of them alleged, teenage gang members — have been charged in the Sunday death of a 23-year-old Gainesville man.
Source: The Times Date: June 14, 2010
IdahoSeventeen gang members prosecuted after Caldwell sweep (Caldwell, ID): Prosecutors and police gathered Monday to report the end results of a multiagency sweep that disrupted Caldwell’s largest street gang last year by arresting the gang’s highest-ranking members.
Source: Idaho Statesman Date: June 14, 2010
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