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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 6, 2009

Arm Yourself With the Latest Products and Training at TREXPO East

Want to check out the latest weaponry, technology, and training? TREXPO East will be showcasing some of the newest products on the show floor.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 6, 2009

NBA Player's 'Tweets' Use Gang Style

Denver Nuggets' guard J.R. Smith shuts down his Twitter account, amidst controversy that he may have been using it to promote the Bloods street gang, the Denver Post reports.

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Photo Galleriesby Staff WriterAugust 5, 2009

Latino Gang Tattoos

Tattoos are an excellent tool for law enforcement and corrections officers to use to identify known or suspected gang members. This gallery includes examples of tattoos worn by predominanly Latino gangs such as the Mexican Mafia, MS-13, and the Latin Kings. The number "13" is used because M (or La Eme) is the thirteenth letter of the alphabet and is used to signify the Mexican Mafia, which uses Sureños—gangs that swear allegiance to the Mexican Mafia—to carry out its orders from prison.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 4, 2009

Georgia Man Shoots Two Deputies, Kills Himself

Newton County, Ga., officials say two sheriff’s deputies have been hospitalized with wounds after a standoff with a man later found shot to death.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 3, 2009

4 Gun Traffickers Were Raising Proceeds to Pay Drug Cartel

Several of the guns, which were being moved from Arizona to California, were fully automatic. One of the men arrested said the transaction was raising funds to pay off a debt to a Mexican drug cartel, according to the ATF.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 3, 2009

Motorcycle-Gang Members Plead Guilty in Detroit

Fourteen members of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club have pleaded guilty in Detroit to charges including violent crimes in aid of racketeering, illegal drug distribution and firearms violations, federal officials have announced.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 3, 2009

DEA Arrests Top La Familia Cartel Member

Drug Enforcement Administration agents arrested a key member of La Familia Michoacana, one of Mexico's most ruthless and violent drug cartels, acting Administrator Michele Leonhart announced today.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 3, 2009

Judge Clears LAPD SWAT In Toddler's Death

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the city of Los Angeles by the mother of a 19-month-old toddler who was shot and killed by a bullet from SWAT officers during an attempted hostage rescue in 2005, the Los Angeles Times reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 31, 2009

Gang Members May Have Torched Officer's Car

Gang and arson investigators are looking into who torched an officer's personal car and vandalized his patrol car in Lakewood, Wash., the News Tribune reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 30, 2009

N.Y. County Organizes Gang Unit to Combat MS-13

Following a series of vicious gang-related attacks in Suffolk County in recent weeks, some of which victimized innocent bystanders, Suffolk police will reorganize officers assigned to combating gangs across precincts into a single team, Newsday reports.

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