Three members and an associate of Florencia 13 (F13), a Los Angeles street gang, were charged Thursday with violating a federal racketeering statute for their roles in the robbery and fatal shooting earlier this week of Los Angeles Police Officer Fer
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Haiti has been hit by one crisis after the other. The country’s president was assassinated in early July by a team of mercenaries, while a massive earthquake rocked the already shocked citizens barely a month later. With a nation in turmoil, gangs ha
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Gang boss Steven “BI” Brown was sentenced to over 21 years in prison on Wednesday for participating in the August 2, 2009, murder of Derrick Moore in the Bronx. The 42-year-old had pleaded guilty and had already been handed a 9-year sentence for drug
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A member of the New Bedford Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings”) was sentenced Tuesday on racketeering charges. 41-year-old Michael “King Clumsy” Marrero got a prison term of 3 years.
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A murderous member of the Nine Trey Gangsters from New York was sentenced Wednesday to two consecutive terms of life in prison for the murders of two men in Newport News in June and July of 2014. 33-year-old Mark Anthony Skeete arrived in Virginia to
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A member of Brooklyn street gang West End Enterprise was sentenced to 32 years behind bars on Monday. 35-year-old Michael Liburd had pleaded guilty on November 18 to racketeering conspiracy, which included a 2016 murder and extortion of public works
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Thirteen individuals part of or connected to the Gangster Disciples were charged on Wednesday for their roles in a Lawrence-based drug trafficking conspiracy involving fentanyl, cocaine, suboxone and counterfeit prescription pills containing methamph
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A former member of the Boston-based Devon Street Kings Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (known as the Latin Kings for short) was sentenced Tuesday on racketeering and drug charges. 27-year-old Steven Familia-Valdez, n
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An enforcer for the Gangster Disciples operating in Tennessee was convicted Wednesday of racketeering charges, including murder and other violent crimes. 35-year-old Brandon Durell Hardison, who goes by the nicknames “Creep” and “Creeper da Reeper,”
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A ranking member of the Texas “Mexikan” Mafia with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in prison after being convicted of firearms and drug trafficking offenses. 36-year-old Robert “Lil’ Rob” Loya had continued his drug traf
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A member of a violent Chicago street gang has been sentenced to decades in federal prison for his role in a major drug trafficking conspiracy that funneled large amounts of methamphetamine and other drugs into Georgia.
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A Norteño gang member was sentenced Tuesday to 8 years in prison for racketeering conspiracy. 30-year-old Michael “Lil Rhino” Cazares participated in a conspiracy to commit violent attacks on other inmates in the Monterey County Jail.
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A member of the Trinitarios gang was arrested last week, September 2, and charged with the murder of a federal confidential informant. 43-year-old William “Principe” Jones allegedly was joined by other gang members as they drove their victim from the
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There are over 26 thousand gangs with around 750 thousand members in the United States. From the East to the West, in big cities and the suburbs; gangs have become an integral part of the social fabric of America. What is it like growing up surrounde
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A member of the Trevitt and Atcheson Crips gang known as T&A was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Tuesday. 26-year-old Charles Carson pleaded guilty in February 2020 and admitted to the murder of Quincy Story. Carson shot and killed Story on S. Jam
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Eleven members and associates of the Folk Nation Gangster Disciples were hit with a 20-count superseding indictment on Tuesday in federal court in Brooklyn. They were charged with seven non-fatal shootings that happened in Brooklyn over the course of
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A member of the Trinitarios gang was sentenced Tuesday to 3 years in prison for retaliating against a witness who had testified at a previous federal murder trial by slashing the witness across the neck with a blade. Christian “White Boy” Nieves was
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28-year-old Jesus Gonzalez Jr., who goes by the nicknames “Lil Chito,” “Gunner” and “Chuy,” and is a member of the San Fernando Valley-based Vineland Boys street gang was sentenced Thursday to 31 years in federal prison for committing multiple feloni
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A former boss of the Lowell Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings) was sentenced Wednesday on racketeering charges. 33-year-old Alfred “King Alfy” Nieves held the rank of Inca in the notorious gang and was sen
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