Tag: Gang Prosecution: Page 2

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Newark "Bloods" Street Gang Leader Arrested and Charged

Narik "Spaz" Wilson has been arrested and charged with two counts of being a felon in possession of firearms. He is alleged to be the leader of the Sex Money Murder set of the Bloods street gang that waged a "street war" against a rival gang.

August 31, 2011

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California Latino Gang Accused of Anti-Black Terror Campaign

A federal grand jury has indicted 51 people allegedly associated with the Azusa 13 street gang, accusing them of harassing and terrorizing blacks in the Los Angeles County city of Azusa in incidents dating back to 1992.

June 6, 2011

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7 Mara Salvatrucha Members Face Array of Charges In SF Gang Trial

The seven men are accused of terrorizing neighborhoods with assaults, shakedowns, and four 2008 murders.

April 6, 2011

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Convictions Deal 'Serious Blow' To Latin Kings

Augustin Zambrano, 51, was identified as the "corona" of the Almighty Latin King Nation gang based in Chicago during the six-week trial. Zambrano was convicted on racketeering conspiracy (RICO) and other charges including narcotics trafficking and related violence.

April 6, 2011

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Asian Boyz Founder Gets 8 Consecutive Life Sentences

Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry said the crimes of 37-year-old Marvin Mercado deserve "the greatest sentence this court can impose." Only two of his victims were rival gang members. The remainder were law-abiding citizens.

March 30, 2011

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Calif. Jury Recommends Life for Asian Boyz Shot-Caller

The recommendation was announced Monday for Marvin Mercado, 37, who committed the crimes in the 1990s, yet eluded police for a decade by fleeing to the Philippines. Mercado and his crew committed the crimes "just for fun," an LAPD detective testified.

March 7, 2011

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Feds Round Up 41 Gang Members In 5 Cities

The charges in these separate cases relate to a wide range of alleged illegal activity, including racketeering conspiracy, murder, murder conspiracy, narcotics trafficking, robbery, and gun trafficking. Teams of federal, state, and local law enforcement officers arrested 29 of these defendants today.

February 8, 2011

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L.A. Sheriff's Asian Gang Unit Nabs Korean-American Home Invaders

Six Korean-American men who organized a brutal attack on a middle-aged Korean couple were apprehended by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Asian Gang Team. One by one, the sheriff's Asian gang detectives tracked them down.

February 3, 2011

Gangs

LAPD's CRASH vs. LASD's OSS

You don't become a gang expert overnight. You don't become qualified to testify in court in just a couple of years. LAPD rotated its officers in and out of CRASH gang units and station areas, but the OSS gang deputies remained in OSS and LASD stations for years, allowing them to develop greater, more complete expertise.

December 20, 2010

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N.Y. Bloods Wear Colors To Court To Intimidate Witnesses

"They should not be coming into this courthouse wearing their colors," says Mariela Palomino Herring, the chief of the Queens district attorney's gang violence bureau. "This is our territory, not theirs."

November 28, 2010

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Investigating Gang Homicides

A gang murder investigation requires your best detective skills to solve the crime and protect the witnesses.

October 21, 2010

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Informant Helps Jury Convict MS-13 Members In Charlotte

A federal jury convicted six members of MS-13 on a variety of charges with the help of testimony from a former MS-13 member, an informant who infiltrated the gang and video footage of the gang's criminal acts.

January 26, 2010