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2024-03-19T05:07:25Z
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Wanted: “Chesapeake Bandits” sought by FBI for series of robberies targeting armored vehicle employees
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2023-03-03T07:23:01.000Z
2023-03-03T07:23:01.000Z
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<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10979148868?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>By <a href="http://www.gangstersinc.org" target="_blank">Gangsters Inc.</a> Editors</p>
<p>The FBI, the United States Attorney’s Office, the LAPD, the Hawthorne Police Department, and the Inglewood Police Department joined on Tuesday to announce an investigation and reward offer related to a series of armed robberies over the past year in Los Angeles County targeting armored vehicles committed by a group of suspects nicknamed the “Chesapeake Bandits.”</p>
<p>The group has been nicknamed the Chesapeake Bandits since investigators believe the group is meeting and staging the robberies at a residence on Chesapeake Avenue in the West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles.</p>
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<p>Collectively, the group has been linked to robberies with losses in the hundreds of thousands. Investigators believe the group will continue to commit robberies until all suspects are identified and arrested. Investigators believe the armored vehicle drivers were surveilled in advance of the robberies.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>The Chesapeake Bandits</strong></span></p>
<p>Two individuals, Deneyvous Hobson, 36, of Los Angeles, and James Russell Davis, 34, of Los Angeles, were charged federally in a criminal complaint filed on February 17, 2023, in the United States District Court in Los Angeles with Conspiracy to Interfere with Commerce by Robbery. Hobson was arrested on Tuesday, February 21, 2023, and was detained at his initial appearance in federal court. He is being held in federal custody in Los Angeles as he awaits prosecution and is scheduled to be arraigned on March 16.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.gangstersinc.org" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10979148275,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="330" alt="10979148275?profile=RESIZE_400x" /></a>Davis (right) is being sought and is considered a fugitive. An arrest warrant has been issued for Davis, a description of Davis can be found here: <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/additional/james-russell-davis" target="_blank">Wanted: James Russell Davis</a></p>
<p>At least five other individuals are believed to be part of the Chesapeake Bandits and are currently unknown subjects. Surveillance photos of the unknown subjects can be found here: <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/armored-car-robberies" target="_blank">Wanted: Unknown Subjects</a></p>
<p>Anyone who may recognize suspect clothing or may have heard someone discussing their involvement is urged to call the FBI with a tip. A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered by the FBI in exchange for information leading to an arrest in this case.</p>
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<p>Anyone with information may remain anonymous, and confidentiality is guaranteed, the FBI added.</p>
<p>This group has targeted drive-thru ATMs and other businesses, including check-cashing locations. The suspects operate by overtaking the armored car driver when they service drive-thru ATMs or exit businesses. During the robberies, the victim drivers are zip-tied and held at gunpoint. They then enter the armed vehicle and steal the money.</p>
<p>On one occasion, a shot was fired, but no one was harmed to date. Investigators believe that if the Chesapeake Bandits are not caught and become more brazen, someone will be harmed or killed.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Tipsters </strong></span></p>
<p>Anyone with information about Hobson, Davis, or the unknown subjects alleged to be part of the Chesapeake Bandits, is urged to contact the FBI's toll-free tipline at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324).</p>
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<p>Anyone who would like to provide a tip online can do so at Tips.FBI.gov.</p>
<p>Brinks, one of the victim companies, has offered to match the FBI’s reward offer of up to $25,000 in exchange for information leading to the arrest and indictment of a person or persons involved in the robberies of Brinks Armored Vehicles in the Los Angeles, California region. The reward will be paid to Crimestoppers or a related organization if it results in the case closure.</p>
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<p>Additional details about each robbery and the vehicles fugitive Davis may be driving are listed below.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Details of the robberies</strong></span></p>
<p>Investigators believe that Davis may be driving one of the vehicles registered to him, as follows:</p>
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<li> 2008 White Chevy Tahoe 4-door SUV: CA 7ABW490</li>
<li> 2015 White Lexus GS 350 4d Sedan: CA 9BNL712</li>
<li> 2020 Black Chevy Blazer 4d SUV: CA 8ULA955</li>
</ul>
<p>Vehicles described as getaway vehicles used during the commission of the robberies are described in detail below.</p>
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<li> On 2/14/22, at 8:48 a.m., multiple suspects robbed a Sectran Security armored car driver at the Wescom Credit Union on 2871 W. 120th Street in Hawthorne. Seen was what was described as an AR-15 with optic and a black semi-automatic handgun, as well as a late model white Honda Accord sedan as the getaway vehicle.</li>
<li> On 6/9/2022, at 7:50 a.m., multiple suspects robbed a Loomis armored car driver at the Bank of America at 11525 Crenshaw Boulevard in Inglewood. Seen was what was described as a dark short-barreled assault rifle, as well as a late model silver or gray Chevrolet Equinox SUV as the getaway vehicle.</li>
<li> On 9/15/2022, at 12:20 p.m., multiple suspects robbed a Brinks armored car driver at the PLS Check Cashers at 2601 S. La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles. Seen was what was described as a black assault-style rifle with an optic, as well as a late model gray Ford Explorer SUV as the getaway vehicle.</li>
<li> On 1/9/2023, at 7:15 a.m., multiple suspects robbed a Brinks armored car driver at a 99 Cents Only Stores location at 3060 S. Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles. Seen was what was described as an AR-style rifle, as well as a late model black Kia K5 as the getaway vehicle.</li>
<li> On 2/25/2023, at 9:56 a.m., multiple suspects robbed a Brinks armored car driver at a PLS Check Cashers at 2601 S. La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles. Seen was what was described as a rifle with a green laser, as well as a late model tan/light colored SUV; possibly a white Toyota RAV4 SUV as the getaway vehicle.</li>
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Most Wanted British fugitive arrested in Marbella, Spain
https://gangstersinc.org/blog/most-wanted-british-fugitive-arrested-in-marbella-spain
2022-10-27T07:48:51.000Z
2022-10-27T07:48:51.000Z
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<p>An alleged drugs and firearms supplier and one of the Britain’s most wanted men has been arrested in Marbella, Spain. 29-year-old Dean Garforth was riding an e-bike on a street in Nueva Andalucia, Marbella, when he was arrested on Monday afternoon in a pre-planned law enforcement operation.</p>
<p>He was located and arrested after an operation by the National Crime Agency (NCA), Spanish National Police and Cheshire Police. When he realized plain-clothed officers were closing in, Garforth, who was wearing sports clothes, sunglasses and a cap, rode the bike into an officer and resisted arrest.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Crimestoppers & campaign</strong></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.gangstersinc.org" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10856070290,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="300" alt="10856070290?profile=RESIZE_400x" /></a>A public appeal to help trace Garforth (right) was made in January this year when the NCA and Crimestoppers launched a new Most Wanted campaign featuring 12 fugitives who were believed to be hiding in Spain.</p>
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<li><strong>READ: </strong><a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/the-untouchables-how-britain-s-top-gangsters-rich-off-armed-robbe" target="_blank"><strong>The Untouchables: How Britain’s top gangsters got rich off armed robberies and smuggling tons of drugs</strong></a></li>
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<p>He is wanted by Cheshire Police for alleged involvement in a well-established organized crime group, supplying significant quantities of cocaine and cannabis, and being involved in trading firearms and ammunition between March 2020 and July 2020.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>EncroChat</strong></span></p>
<p>It is alleged he used the now defunct encrypted comms platform <a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/how-gangsters-try-and-fail-to-evade-government-surveillance" target="_blank">EncroChat</a> to facilitate these offences in and around the North West of England and that his crime group also adulterated the drugs before moving them on.</p>
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<p>Garforth, whose last known address was South Hill Road, Dingle, Liverpool, is the sixth fugitive from the list to be arrested since the Most Wanted campaign was launched in January.</p>
<p>He is in custody awaiting the beginning of extradition proceedings.</p>
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Rochester Mafia hitman pleads guilty to escape from halfway house when he had less than 1 year to serve
https://gangstersinc.org/blog/rochester-mafia-hitman-pleads-guilty-to-escape-from-halfway-house
2022-05-20T18:35:52.000Z
2022-05-20T18:35:52.000Z
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<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10503541474?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>By David Amoruso for <a href="http://www.gangstersinc.org" target="_blank">Gangsters Inc.</a></p>
<p>Imagine being locked up since the early 1990s. As 2022 rolls around you are nearing the end of your sentence and stay at a halfway house. Just one more year to go. Would you do the year or would you make a run for it and become a wanted man? Rochester mob hitman Dominic Taddeo felt the fugitive lifestyle was the best choice for him.</p>
<p>Taddeo pleaded guilty on Tuesday to an <a href="https://gangstersinc.org/blog/rochester-mafia-family-hitman-escapes-from-federal-custody-in-flo" target="_blank">escape</a> from a federal halfway house in Orlando, Florida, at a time, March of this year, when he had less than a year to serve. He vanished after leaving the house for a scheduled medical appointment and made headlines in the United States.</p>
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<p>It is not every day that a bona fide Mafia assassin escapes from custody and becomes a wanted fugitive after all. He “made his bones” during a volatile period in the Rochester underworld and eventually pleaded guilty to several gangland murders.</p>
<p>It took authorities just one week to capture their runaway prey. Taddeo was <a href="https://gangstersinc.org/blog/rochester-mafia-family-hitman-caught-after-escaping-from-federal" target="_blank">arrested</a> in Miami. His failed escape means he now faces 5 extra years in prison when he is sentenced.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Institutionalized</strong></span></p>
<p>The question on everyone’s mind is: Why did he do this?! Only he knows.</p>
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<li><strong>READ: </strong><a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/the-time-i-hurt-mobster-henry-hill-s-feelings" target="_blank"><strong>The Time I Hurt Mobster Henry Hill’s Feelings</strong></a></li>
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<p>Did he have some business to attend to that couldn’t wait? Was it worth risking 5 more years behind bars for? Or did he fear being out and about? At 63 years and after several decades behind bars, he is alien to our current society. With smartphones and social media dominating people’s lives how is he supposed to fit in?</p>
<p>Perhaps, he felt a cell would be a better fit. Institutionalized, it is called. Maybe he will share his reasons one of these days, now that he has the entire nation’s attention. </p>
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Drug broker wanted by Interpol caught in Colombia
https://gangstersinc.org/blog/drug-broker-wanted-by-interpol-caught-in-colombia
2022-03-15T15:09:11.000Z
2022-03-15T15:09:11.000Z
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<p>A drug broker wanted by Interpol was arrested in Cartagena, Colombia, on Sunday. 50-year-old Garafolo Forte Biaggio Benito was placed on Interpol’s Red Notices list in 2015, making him a wanted man in 193 countries.</p>
<p>Biaggio Benito holds dual Italian and Venezuelan citizenship and became a person of interest for law enforcement for his role in an organization that trafficked cocaine from South America to Europe. He was convicted in Venezuela of being involved in the smuggling of 350 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a shipment of fruit from South America to Barcelona, Spain, in 2006.</p>
<p>He was caught in a hotel in Cartagena. Upon his arrest, he at first presented himself using his Italian identification papers. Later on, he presented his Venezuelan ID, trying to avoid arrest.</p>
<p>Authorities weren’t having it. They found out he had entered the country illegally and was listed on <a href="https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-Red-Notices" target="_blank">Interpol’s Red Notices</a>. The days of hopping from one country to the other had come to an end for this international drug broker.</p>
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U.S. Marshals arrest over 84,000 fugitives in 2021
https://gangstersinc.org/blog/u-s-marshals-arrest-over-84-000-fugitives-in-2021
2022-01-05T17:03:18.000Z
2022-01-05T17:03:18.000Z
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<p>Consider it a job well done. The U.S. Marshals Service arrested 84,247 fugitives (27,399 on federal and 56,848 on state and local warrants) in 2021. On average, the agency arrested 337 fugitives per day (based on 250 operational days), including 6,240 gang members, 1,002 Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces Program fugitives wanted for drug trafficking and money laundering.</p>
<p>Additionally, the U.S. Marshals seized 7,028 guns during numerous violence reduction and counter gang operations last year. Gangsters Inc. sat down with <a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/the-life-of-a-u-s-marshal-hunting-down-fugitive-mobsters-and-alwa" target="_blank">U.S. Marshal Mike Pizzi</a> to talk about his long and distinguished career. He discusses several fugitive mobsters he apprehended. Among them Alphonse “Allie Boy” Persico, the brother of <a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/the-colombo-crime-family" target="_blank">Colombo family</a> boss <a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/legendary-new-york-mafia-boss-carmine-persico-was-the-ultimate-su" target="_blank">Carmine “The Snake” Persico</a>. It took Pizzi and his fellow US Marshals seven years to catch him, but catch him they did. Read the interview with Pizzi <a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/the-life-of-a-u-s-marshal-hunting-down-fugitive-mobsters-and-alwa" target="_blank">here</a>. </p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>“Outstanding”</strong></span></p>
<p>“The outstanding work this year by the U.S. Marshals Service exemplifies that the Department of Justice has no higher priority than keeping our communities safe,” said Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco. “At a time of unprecedented challenges posed by a global pandemic, the U.S. Marshals continue to deliver on their mission, tracking down and arresting more than 84,000 fugitives. The Department of Justice, through our law enforcement components like the U.S. Marshals Service, will continue to prioritize our efforts to reduce violent crime and keep our neighborhoods safe.”</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Role of U.S. Marshals Service</strong></span></p>
<p>The U.S. Marshals Service has a long history of providing assistance and expertise to other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in support of their fugitive investigations. The U.S. Marshals Service leads 56 fugitive task forces (representing more than 1,500 law enforcement agencies) throughout the United States and eight congressionally-funded regional fugitive task forces. Staffed by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, U.S. Marshals Service-led task forces target the most dangerous fugitives.</p>
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