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Special Units
Calif. Gang Member Gets Life for Shooting Cop
The alleged gang member who nearly killed a Fremont (Calif.) Police officer received two life terms from an Alameda County judge. The officer plans to return to full duty in the summer.
December 18, 2011
Special Units
Gang Member Gets Life for Killing Calif. Cop
The Vineland Boys street gang member who shot and killed a Burbank (Calif.) Police Department officer during a traffic stop pleaded guilty to the crime Tuesday and was immediately sentenced to life in prison.
July 24, 2012
Special Units
Barrio Azteca Gang Leader Sentenced To Life in Prison
Barrio Azteca gang leader Roberto Angel Cardona (aka "Little Angelillo") was sentenced to life in prison without parole Tuesday for his participation in a racketeering conspiracy, authorities announced.
February 14, 2012
Special Units
Sureño Gang Member Gets Life for Killing L.A. County Deputy
A Sureño gang member pleaded guilty Tuesday to murdering a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy in the driveway of his Cypress Park home in 2008, and received life without the possibility of parole.
October 22, 2012
Special Units
Officer Said to Have Kicked Suspect Owns Clothing Line Tailored to Gang Life
The police officer who sources inside El Monte, Calif., City Hall say kicked a gang member in the head after a long car chase Wednesday also owns a clothing company that glorifies gang and prison life.
May 14, 2009
Gangs
A Day in the Life of a Gang Member
Suddenly, a night of fun became a night of terror as multiple muzzle flashes lit the night from the interior of the blue Impala. Bang! Bang! Bang! âCrip!â Followed by: Bang! Bang! âPalm ân Oak!â echoed in the crowded streets. Streaking sparks marked the bullet strikes as they ricocheted off the streets and sidewalks. The crowd ran in panic in all directions from the sounds of the gun fire. Some victims fell wounded. But inside the blue Impala the occupants were laughing. They got off a few mo
May 13, 2008
Patrol
Activist Group Says Calif. Gang Member Should Not Serve Life Sentence for Kidnapping Committed When He Was 14
Nunez and co-defendant Jose Diego Perez, 29 â both members of the violent 18th Street gang in Los Angeles â were arrested April 25, 2001, after they kidnapped Delfino Moreno, 34, from in front of his Santa Ana home.
June 4, 2008
Patrol
CA City Discusses Paying Gangmembers to Leave the Life, Reduce Violence
âThe way the program works is a community organization and community leaders identified these individuals, sign them up for mentorship programs for job programs, monitor them make sure they stay out of trouble,â says Miguel Arias, Fresno City Council member for District 3.
June 21, 2019
Special Units
Mexican Mafia Boss Gets Life In Prison
A Mexican Mafia prison gang member and longtime leader of the Puente Trece gang was sentenced Wednesday to life in federal prison after his conviction for racketeering that includes murder plots and a brutal stabbing of an inmate designed to deter victims from cooperating with police.
March 6, 2013
Technology
$2.5 Million Settlement Couldn't Keep California Gang Member from His Old Friends
Nobody wanted Jose Luis Muñoz to fail. The Anaheim gang member raised by a single mother had received a second chance -- or maybe it was his first -- to turn his life around when he settled a lawsuit against the city and police for $2.5 million.
June 17, 2008
Special Units
Mongols Member Gets Life for Murdering San Francisco Hells Angels President
The Modesto Mongols member who killed the president of the Hells Angels San Francisco chapter in a 2008 fight outside of a bar received life in prison. Christopher Bryan Ablett is a member of the Modesto chapter of the Mongols outlaw motorcycle gang known as "Stoney."
May 15, 2012
Special Units
Denver Shifting Focus on Gang Intervention Amid Spike in Violence
Amid a spike in violence, Denver gang members were invited to a closed-door meeting Wednesday night where cops and prosecutors laid down the law while social workers and other service providers offered options for a better life.
March 6, 2015
Gangs
Gangs: The 'Ultimate' In Police Work
In his years as a gang cop, Sgt. James Bisetti witnessed few gang members in Long Beach, which is primarily a Crip-gang city, successfully leave gang life.
December 8, 2010
Patrol
Good Samaritan, Former Gang Member Moved Wounded Houston Officer Out of Kill Zone
âBut when the shooting rang out, he didnât just continue to film, like so many people are doing in this upside-down world. This young African-American male, who told me he was a gang member, that his life was way out there, but heâs found God and has turned his life around. He went and helped Officer Waller,â Chief Art Acevedo said.
October 21, 2020
Special Units
Prison and Gang Ink Symbols
In addition to advertising gang membership, tattoos provide other details about the bearer. For the incarcerated, images of chains and locks represent the loss of freedom; an hourglass or clock face without hands indicate doing time; a string of numbers may be an inmate's prison ID; one laughing face, one crying face means play now, pay later or my happy life, my sad life; a tombstone with numbers may indicate years of incarceration; the face of a female crying usually means someone on the outside is waiting for them. Caption information provided by POLICE gang expert Richard Valdemar.
August 7, 2009
Special Units
Vest Saves Shot Calif. Cop, Two Arrested
A Fullerton (Calif.) Police officer's body armor likely saved his life, after it stopped a round from a criminal gang member during an early Sunday traffic stop.
March 17, 2013
Special Units
Undercover ATF Agent Jay Dobyns Is 'No Angel'
ATF Special Agent Dobyns' "No Angel" is about his harrowing undercover journey to the inner circle of The Hells Angels outlaw biker gang. It's the inside story of the unprecedented 21-month operation that almost cost Dobyns his family, his sanity, and his life.
December 30, 2009
Special Units
Crips and Bloods Documentary
This promo is for "GangBangin' Fo' Life, Vol. 1," a propagandistic documentary that shows members of the Crip and Blood street gangs in the Compton and Watts areas of Los Angeles. The clip shows active gang bangers involved in fights, crack cooking, drug deals and other activities.
February 22, 2010
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