Police searched Mark Phipps' home at Thorntree House in the Cargo Fleet Lane area of the town in March.
Phipps, 47, was sentenced to seven years. Leroy Mitchell, 38, from Daubeney Road, London, was jailed for five years.
The pair appeared at Teesside Crown Court where they were found guilty of intent to supply.
Judge Peter Bowers said that Phipps faced a maximum sentence under the three strikes rule for previous drug convictions.
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South Beach man faces deportation to his native India after a justice sentenced him to three years in prison for a felony drug conviction.
Last month, a jury in state Supreme Court, St. George, convicted Ahmed Rasheed of three felony counts of drug possession and other crimes stemming from a June 30, 2010, arrest in his home.
A Staten Island judge imposed sentence on Friday.
Police said the episode was set in motion when Rasheed threatened a male relative and female relative in his seventh-floor apartment on Capodanno Boulevard.
"I'm going to kill you," he said to the male, while telling the female, "I'm going to shoot you."
When cops arrived, they found a loaded gun in a bag alongside a large bag of marijuana, court papers allege. They also discovered several smaller bags of marijuana and crack cocaine and seven oxycodone pills on Rasheed's person, court papers stated.
Officers found another 68 oxycodone pills in a suitcase and 81 Percocet pills in a jacket in a closet, court documents said.
It was revealed at trial that Rasheed boasted of his drug sales and the cash he made from them in a recorded jailhouse telephone conversation, prosecutors said. Rasheed, a native of India, spoke in the Urdu language during the call, according to a spokesman for District Attorney Daniel Donovan.
Besides the felony drug convictions, Rasheed was found guilty of misdemeanor marijuana and criminal-contempt charges, along with a lesser count of harassment. He was acquitted on three felony gun-possession counts.
The criminal contempt charges were levied because Rasheed had violated a court order by trying to contact his wife, via letter, from jail, prosecutors said.
The top gun charges of which he was acquitted carry a maximum sentence of 15 years behind bars. The minimum is three and a half years.
Rasheed's lawyer, Mark J. Fonte said his client's is "extremely happy" he was acquitted on all weapons charges.
"This increases the chances that he will not be deported," Fonte said on Friday.
However, Donovan's spokesman, Peter N. Spencer, said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will take custody of Rasheed, who has a prior conviction, after he serves his sentence. He'll very likely be deported afterward.
Police also seized drugs and weapons, including pistols and machetes.
Kajang police chief Assistant Commissioner Abdul Rashid Abdul Wahab said in the firefight, the suspected drug dealer fired seven shots at policemen and injured one of them. The incident began about 1am.
"The shoot-out at the Flora Apartment in Taman Impian Ehsan lasted three hours. We had no choice but to open fire since he wouldn't budge and continued to shoot at us."
The man had been arrested before for alleged rape in Petaling Jaya.
A 32-year-old woman who was arrested had two previous criminal convictions related to drug offences.
All the suspects, aged between 22 and 47, tested positive for drugs.
Rashid said police seized 110g of heroin, 55g of syabu and 50g of marijuana, weapons, including a semi-automatic Glock 17 pistol and a .22 calibre revolver, as well as two cars - a BMW and a Mitsubishi Evo.
The body was sent to Serdang Hospital for a post-mortem.
A judge in San Antonio on Thursday sentenced 27-year-old Juan "Joker" Gomez after he pleaded guilty to two counts of murder.
The San Antonio Express-News reports Gomez admitted to solicitation of murder for allegedly targeting his former lawyer and a witness while in jail. The charge was then dropped, but considered toward his murder sentence. He must serve 60 years before being considered for parole.
The defense says Gomez thought he was being targeted for a drug gang hit.
Prosecutors say Steven Bustamante and Juan Marcelo Alvarez had nothing to do with gangs and were shot after Gomez called them to the business.
A co-defendant still faces a capital murder charge.
Dean Johnson was shot a number of times while he sat in the back of a friend's car on Moorefield Avenue in Neilstown at around 9pm
Gardaí have described the killing of the young man as a "terrible act".
One shocked neighbour in Neilstown said: "There's a child without a father and a mother without a son
Dean Johnson was sitting in the back of a friends car when he was shot at least four times in the head and chest.
The 20-year-old father of one was rushed to Tallaght hospital but died a short time later.
Although known to gardaí, Johnson was not believed to be involved in any major criminal activity.
They say they have no clear motive but are following a number of lines of inquiry.
The attacker is described as a man in his 20s of stocky build wearing a grey hoody and grey tracksuit bottoms.
After delivering his opening statement on the first day of trial for Jason William Brown and Terra Lynn George in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, Crown prosecutor Peter Eccles stayed the charges against George and announced that she would be the Crown's first witness.
After a brief break, Brown changed his plea to guilty for two of the five charges he faced -- the rest were stayed.
Brown and George were charged with two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking, possession of property obtained by crime and possessing a restricted firearm with ammunition. Brown faced an additional charge of possession of a firearm contrary to an order.
In the fall of 2009 Abbotsford police began investigating Brown's activities and set up surveillance of his Aldergrove home. On the evening of Nov. 12 police executed a search warrant on the house.
A safe was found bolted to the floor in the closet of the master bedroom. After removing the safe and prying it open, officers found two one-kilogram bricks of cocaine, two bags containing 26 grams of cocaine, 493 grams of crystal methamphetamine, $7,700 in Canadian currency, two boxes containing 91 rounds of 9-mm ammunition, a case with a 9-mm semi-automatic handgun inside and an eight-round magazine.
In the office, police found digital scales, a money counter, a video recorder and a monitor for exterior video cameras.
Investigators determined that Brown and George lived in the house after finding personal items and documents belonging to the pair.
Brown admitted to possessing cocaine and meth for the purpose of trafficking and possessing a restricted firearm and readily accessible ammunition.
Eccles said he plans to ask for a six- or seven-year prison sentence. There is a mandatory three-year sentence for the gun charge and Eccles said he wants that to run consecutive to the drug sentence.
"Crown and the Abbotsford Police Department are deeply concerned about handguns," Eccles said.
A sentencing date will be set next week.
Brown is also believed to be a former associate of the East End chapter of the Hells Angels.
When Santos Guzman sought help from a state program for onetime gang members, there was no mistaking his gang affiliation.
His forehead bore the large tattooed inscription "MS-13 Sur," a unit of the feared Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, gang that has tentacles across Central America and the U.S. Two tattooed teardrops trickled down his cheek below his left eye. Huge tattoos on his chest and back gave him an inky sort of body armor. His fingers and legs also sported gang tattoos.
On his sixth visit to a state Tattoo Removal Clinic, Guzman lay face down on a padded exam table. A physician aimed a jet of chilled air at a giant tattoo on Guzman's back, drawing a slight wince on his face. Then with a laser, she traced the outline of the tattoo, gently coaxing the ink out from below the skin.
Guzman wants the 20 or so tattoos on his body to vanish. He gave up the life of a gangbanger long ago but only recently learned that the evidence of his past — such as the ink billboard on his forehead — could be erased. Guzman said he grew tired of trying to hide his tattoos with long-sleeved shirts, and with pancake makeup on his face.
"The culture here is that whoever has tattoos is a criminal," he explained.
Potential employers shut the door on anyone who is tatted up, fearing street gangs that relentlessly extort businesses. When tattooed riders get on buses, fellow passengers often change seats or get off altogether. Gangs have firebombed buses as part of widespread campaigns for extortion and turf.
"People panic when they see these guys," said Gladis Pacheco, a psychologist at the Tattoo Removal Clinic run by the National Council of Public Security. "In this country, it is just a primordial requirement to get rid of one's tattoos."
Tattoos have a mystique in North America and Europe. Those sporting them — from office clerks to actors and on to athletes — feel sexy or empowered. A survey early last decade found that 1 out of 7 U.S. adults have tattoos. Skin art has moved from skank to hip, from taboo to mainstream.
Not so in El Salvador. Tattoos are the province of the two big street gangs, the MS-13 and the 18th Street, and for much of the past two decades, young gangsters allowed the tattoos on their faces to serve as an angry warning to anyone who dared cross them.
That started to change eight years ago, with the first of a series of mano dura, or "hard hand," law enforcement crackdowns to break criminal gangs, whose ranks were swelling from a stream of thousands of Salvadoran gang members deported from the U.S. From July 2003 to June 2004, police arrested some 18,000 gang members, although only 5 percent were given prison terms, said Jeannette Aguilar, a gang expert at the Central American University here.
Following a subsequent crackdown, called super mano dura, gang leaders told members to restrict tattoos to less visible parts of their bodies.
"They aren't getting so many tattoos now," said Gersan Perez Mendez, a veteran commissioner of the National Civil Police. "They definitely don't put them on their hands and faces."
Authorities have captured a 19-year-old California man they say is responsible, along with six others, for the gang rape of an 11-year-old girl inside a park bathroom.
Michael Sykes, a suspected gang member, was arrested Monday morning at a Moreno Valley home, police sources confirm to FoxNews.com.
Police allege that Sykes, along with six juvenile gang members, raped the child in the bathroom at Moreno Valley's Victoriano Park between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. March 10, according to the Riverside Press-Enterprise.
The attack, which was on the south side of the city near Moreno Valley College, wasn't made public until Sunday, and police have not released further details about the incident.
"As a father — even as a police officer — there are crimes that shock us. This is one of them," Capt. John Anderson, chief of the Moreno Valley station, said.
Detectives told the newspaper that the girl was at a shopping center near the park when she was approached by an older girl, who lured her to the bathroom where the six boys and the 19-year-old were waiting.
The attack was in an area where gangs and crime aren't a problem, Anderson said.
The six juveniles were arrested shortly after the rape and booked at Riverside County juvenile hall for investigation of sexual assault on a child. Sykes eluded authorities until his arrest Monday. Each of the suspects will face sexual assault and gang enhancement charges, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's office.
Authorities have so far not released the named of the teens because they are minors. Police sources, however, say the boys are all over 14 and could be charged as adults.
The girl was hit in the chest, and a 35-year-old man also found at the Stockwell Food & Wine shop in Lambeth, was shot in the face.
The two victims are in a critical but stable condition in hospital.The five-year-old was visiting relatives who owned the shop and the man lived above the premises.
Police said two black youths were believed to have run into the shop shortly before the shots were fired.
These criminals have seriously injured two innocent bystanders and must face the consequences of their actions
Detective Chief Inspector Tony Boughton
"The youths had been chased from Broom Grove Road, across Stockwell Road, and into the shop by three other black youths on bicycles," a statement said.
"Once the youths on bikes were outside the shop, one of them fired shots into the shop front."
Officers believe the two intended targets then ran from the shop to chase the three on bicycles, heading back towards the Stockwell Park Estate.
Detective Chief Inspector Tony Boughton: "This is a terrible incident where an innocent child has been seriously injured. We want to hear from the local community, who might have seen these youths cycling around the estate between 9pm and 10pm.
A councillor said there was a "well-known problem with guns and gangs" in the area
"I appeal to those who have information or were involved in this shooting to come forward and assist us with this investigation.
"These criminals have seriously injured two innocent bystanders and must face the consequences of their actions."
Sky reporter Jane Dougall, in Stockwell, said a local man was saying "he came out of his house and saw what he described as five youths - aged between 13 and 15 - on bikes.
"As soon as the gunshots had happened he saw them fleeing into the estate across the road.
"It has been reported that other local people have said that five youths had an argument with the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper had banned them from his shop."
A councillor said the area had a "well-known problem with guns and gangs"
Peter Robbins, one of three Lambeth councillors who represent the area, said: "There is a fairly well-known problem with gangs and guns in Lambeth, it is something that the council and the police are working together incredibly hard to solve.
"Obviously, there is always more you can do and incidents like this really bring that home."
Mr Robbins said the local community was "numb and horrified, and rightly so".
No arrests have been made and the investigation is continuing.
Dawn raids targeting gang members and violent offenders took place in the early hours of this morning, with a number of properties in Wandsworth being searched by police.
As part of the Metropolitan Police’s Operation Connect, 27 Wandsworth homes were searched along with 14 other addresses across six other boroughs during a pan-London “hit day”, in a bid to tackle gang-related activity.
Seventeen Wandsworth men between the ages of 15-35 were arrested for offences including conspiracy to supply class A drugs and possession with intent to supply, and are currently being interviewed at a number of south London police stations.
About £10,000 in cash was seized as well as drugs, various drug dealing paraphernalia such as scales, mobile phones and jewellery which was believed to be stolen.
MPS Territorial Policing Commander Steve Rodhouse, said: "Today’s raids demonstrate our determination to continue to dismantle gang networks that are responsible for a disproportionate amount of criminality in London.
"They also send out a clear message that drug dealing, which can fuel many other gang-related activities, will not be tolerated.”
An assault rifle, a sawn-off shotgun and 1000 rounds of ammunition linked to the Notorious bikie gang have been seized in a raid, say police.
At least one of the guns has been used in a shooting, police believe, and all the guns will be forensically tested.
The SKS assault rifle, the loaded shotgun, a loaded .22 calibre rifle and the ammunition were found during a raid on a storage unit in Packard Avenue, Castle Hill about 3.45pm yesterday, police said.
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The raid was part of Strike Force Raptor's investigations into the gang.
Strike Force Raptor was formed two years ago to target bikie gangs and their alleged criminal dealings.
A home-made firebomb allegedly was placed on the bus that day in early January by members of the Mara 18 street gang to pressure bus drivers to pay gang extortion fees. Nine people eventually died and many more were wounded by the impact of the blast.
Public transportation and bus drivers have become frequent targets in the rampant violence of Guatemala City, where organized crime rings, street gangs and drug cartels operate on a large scale but prosecution rates remain low.
In 2010, 130 bus drivers and 53 bus helpers who collect tolls were murdered, according to statistics released by the Guatemalan daily paper El Periódico. Drivers paid more than $1.5 million dollars in extortion money to organized crime in the same time period, according to police figures released earlier this year.
"There is a general impunity problem in Guatemala," Claudia Paz, Guatemala's attorney general, said through an interpreter. "We have a system of justice that has historically been weakened, that can't cope with violence and has permitted the number of deaths and homicides to rise."
On a national scale, the country has a homicide rate of more than 48 per 100,000 inhabitants. It's one of the highest homicide rates in the hemisphere— in the United States in 2009, the rate was 5 in 100,000, and in Mexico it was 14 per 100,000 people.
Many of those crimes occurs in Guatemala City, and the case of bus drivers reveals much about how gangs use public, violent crimes as a means to intimidate others --and cash in.
There is no single authorized public transportation system for buses in the city, so bus drivers often rent from a bus owner or buy their own vehicle and receive subsidies from the government to help provide transportation. This cash, and the money received from passengers, makes them targets.
Rubén Aquino is a former driver in Guatemala City who used to work for a company that began receiving threats from a gang through one of the company's bus helpers. The company began paying the gang $150 a month, but the harassment didn't stop for the drivers.
"I was attacked. They shot against the bus I used to drive. One day, they threatened me. If I didn’t pay them [$13] a day, they would kill me," Aquino said. "I was afraid and stopped circulating. There was too much to pay and it made no sense to work that way."
The Urban Bus Service Companies Association, which deals with industry concerns, has tried hiring private security for buses but found they could not afford to guard all the routes. There has also been a push to switch to new buses that have a prepaid system that allows payment without the exchange of cash. But for now, many of the old buses still roam the roads.
Vacaville police have linked the shooting that claimed the life of 18-year-old Gumercindo "Joel" Pena on Sunday to a suspected retaliation shooting Tuesday night and authorities say that both are likely gang related.
Police identified the victim of the second shooting as 20-year-old Jose Rosales of Vacaville. Rosales suffered a single gunshot wound to the head and was taken to Kaiser Hospital in Vacaville at about 8 p.m. Hospital staff notified authorities about Rosales' injury, who was then transported to a Sacramento-area hospital for further treatment.
According to Vacaville police Sgt. Jeff King, "Tuesday's shooting was a retaliation to Sunday's homicide," and one of a number of identified acts of violence between the Norteño and Sureño street gangs through the years. The rivalry between the two gangs has been ongoing for more than 20 years, King said, but sometimes the violence between the groups is more visible than others.
In a press release issued Thursday by the Vacaville Police Department, police identified Rosales as a known Sureño gang associate who has had "numerous contacts" with authorities. In addition to a past arrest on minor charges, police said that Rosales has also been in contact with known Sureño gang members.
Police have not confirmed the exact location of Tuesday's shooting and said that Rosales has changed his story about the events surrounding and leading up to it several times. Rosales has been unable or
unwilling to identify the person who shot him to detectives investigating the case, police said.
According to authorities, Rosales' injury is not life-threatening and he is expected to be released from the hospital soon.
While police do not consider an "associate" in the same realm as a full-fledged gang member, King said that it's only "one step away."
Farrugia jailed for Moran manslaughter: "A man who pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Melbourne underworld figure Des ‘‘Tuppence’’ Moran has been sentenced to four years’ jail.
Michael Sam Farrugia, 46, of Myrniong, pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court last month to one count of manslaughter. Mr Moran was shot dead at a deli on Union Road, Ascot Vale, on June 15 last year.
Farrugia has made two statements about what happened and has also given an undertaking to become a prosecution witness in the murder trial of three co-accused.
Advertisement: Story continues below The co-accused are Moran’s sister-in-law Judy Moran, her relative Suzanne Kane and Kane’s de facto husband, Geoff Armour. The Crown has alleged that Armour was the gunman. All three will face trial in January.
In sentencing him today in Victoria’s Supreme Court, Justice Lex Lasry told Farrugia there was no question that ‘‘the information in your statements is of great importance in this case’’.
‘‘In the trial of your three accomplices, the Crown will place substantial weight on your evidence.
'‘There is no question that you are entitled to a substantial discount for the information you have provided in your statements and for your willingness to give evidence in the forthcoming trial.’’
Justice Lasry added: ‘‘I do regard your plea as indicative of your willingness to take responsibility for what you did and a level of remorse and I take it into account on that basis’’."
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Michael Sam Farrugia, 46, of Myrniong, pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court last month to one count of manslaughter. Mr Moran was shot dead at a deli on Union Road, Ascot Vale, on June 15 last year.
Farrugia has made two statements about what happened and has also given an undertaking to become a prosecution witness in the murder trial of three co-accused.
Advertisement: Story continues below The co-accused are Moran’s sister-in-law Judy Moran, her relative Suzanne Kane and Kane’s de facto husband, Geoff Armour. The Crown has alleged that Armour was the gunman. All three will face trial in January.
In sentencing him today in Victoria’s Supreme Court, Justice Lex Lasry told Farrugia there was no question that ‘‘the information in your statements is of great importance in this case’’.
‘‘In the trial of your three accomplices, the Crown will place substantial weight on your evidence.
'‘There is no question that you are entitled to a substantial discount for the information you have provided in your statements and for your willingness to give evidence in the forthcoming trial.’’
Justice Lasry added: ‘‘I do regard your plea as indicative of your willingness to take responsibility for what you did and a level of remorse and I take it into account on that basis’’."
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Street gang boss pleads guilty to drug charges: "It took less than four months for Emmanuel Zephir to find himself at the centre of a major drug trafficking ring after serving a five-year prison term for killing a man.
Details of Zephir's quick ascent from leaving a federal penitentiary in January 2006 to running a drug ring that sold 250 grams of cocaine a week were made public at the Montreal courthouse yesterday as Zephyr, leader of the Syndicate street gang, pleaded guilty to seven charges filed in Project Axe, the Montreal police investigation that led to the arrests of 55 people early in 2009.
Zephyr, 38, had served the prison term for killing a rival gang member in June 1999 during a party at a reception hall in St. Leonard.
The killing is just part of a criminal past that includes an episode in which Zephyr once pushed a man he believed was a police informant out of a moving car.
Zephyr appeared bored yesterday as he pleaded guilty to conspiring to traffic in cocaine, trafficking cocaine, producing crack cocaine, and four related charges."
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Details of Zephir's quick ascent from leaving a federal penitentiary in January 2006 to running a drug ring that sold 250 grams of cocaine a week were made public at the Montreal courthouse yesterday as Zephyr, leader of the Syndicate street gang, pleaded guilty to seven charges filed in Project Axe, the Montreal police investigation that led to the arrests of 55 people early in 2009.
Zephyr, 38, had served the prison term for killing a rival gang member in June 1999 during a party at a reception hall in St. Leonard.
The killing is just part of a criminal past that includes an episode in which Zephyr once pushed a man he believed was a police informant out of a moving car.
Zephyr appeared bored yesterday as he pleaded guilty to conspiring to traffic in cocaine, trafficking cocaine, producing crack cocaine, and four related charges."
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Portland man charged with gang-related Gresham murder | kgw.com | KGW Home: "18-year-old Portland man was arrested in connection with a shooting death early Saturday morning, Gresham Police said. Investigators believed the shooting was gang-related.
Police received reports of a shooting near NE 172nd Avenue and E Burnside Street just after midnight Saturday morning.
The 24-year-old victim was pronounced dead at the scene soon after investigators and medical personnel arrived.
Police stopped a suspect vehicle shortly afterward on NE 181st Avenue, near Interstate 84. Officers detained four people to investigate their involvement in the shooting.
“As a result of the interviews and investigation,” Officer Adam Baker said, “Gresham Police arrested 18-year-old Miguel Ibarra-Romero, of Portland.'
He was charged with one count of murder and lodged at the Multnomah County Detention Center.
The victim’s identity has not been released."
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Police received reports of a shooting near NE 172nd Avenue and E Burnside Street just after midnight Saturday morning.
The 24-year-old victim was pronounced dead at the scene soon after investigators and medical personnel arrived.
Police stopped a suspect vehicle shortly afterward on NE 181st Avenue, near Interstate 84. Officers detained four people to investigate their involvement in the shooting.
“As a result of the interviews and investigation,” Officer Adam Baker said, “Gresham Police arrested 18-year-old Miguel Ibarra-Romero, of Portland.'
He was charged with one count of murder and lodged at the Multnomah County Detention Center.
The victim’s identity has not been released."
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List of "rules" found in street gang leader's home: "Sentencing arguments have begun in a drug trafficking case involving the reputed leader of one of the more notorious street gangs in Montreal.
Chenier (Big) Dupuy, 34, was described by a Montreal police street gang expert as the leader of the BoGars, a gang that has been present in Montreal North for years. A personal note found at a residence in Laval where Dupuy was living when he was arrested for trafficking in cocaine in 2008 indicates he had plans to expand his gang’s reach well beyond Montreal North.
The note reads like a to-do list but is titled “Ten Rules to Follow” – despite the fact there are actually 11. At least one rule was philosophic. It read “Rule the order within disorder.”
Rule number nine for Dupuy was “expansion mtl, l.a., Stl, ont.”"
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Chenier (Big) Dupuy, 34, was described by a Montreal police street gang expert as the leader of the BoGars, a gang that has been present in Montreal North for years. A personal note found at a residence in Laval where Dupuy was living when he was arrested for trafficking in cocaine in 2008 indicates he had plans to expand his gang’s reach well beyond Montreal North.
The note reads like a to-do list but is titled “Ten Rules to Follow” – despite the fact there are actually 11. At least one rule was philosophic. It read “Rule the order within disorder.”
Rule number nine for Dupuy was “expansion mtl, l.a., Stl, ont.”"
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Hitman link to top Hollywood agent's murder - Americas, World - The Independent: "It was meticulously planned, and the person who pulled the trigger may very well have been a professional contract killer. Those are the sombre conclusions of police investigating the murder of Ronni Chasen, the veteran Hollywood
publicist who was gunned down on her way home from a film premiere two weeks ago.
The 64-year-old was shot as she drove her Mercedes through Beverly Hills late at night. The initial coroner's report, which has been obtained by the Los Angeles television station KTTV, reveals her assailant used at least one hollow-pointed bullet, a type preferred by hitmen since it causes maximum internal damage.
At least four, and perhaps as many as seven, shots were fired into the passenger-side window from a vehicle which pulled up alongside Ms Chasen's car as she waited at traffic lights on the junction between Sunset Boulevard and Whittier Drive"
publicist who was gunned down on her way home from a film premiere two weeks ago. The 64-year-old was shot as she drove her Mercedes through Beverly Hills late at night. The initial coroner's report, which has been obtained by the Los Angeles television station KTTV, reveals her assailant used at least one hollow-pointed bullet, a type preferred by hitmen since it causes maximum internal damage.
At least four, and perhaps as many as seven, shots were fired into the passenger-side window from a vehicle which pulled up alongside Ms Chasen's car as she waited at traffic lights on the junction between Sunset Boulevard and Whittier Drive"
La Familia arrest: Mexico police arrest La Familia regional boss - latimes.com: "Federal police say they have arrested Jose Alfredo Landa Torres, known as 'Skinny,' the regional boss of a gang that dominates western Michoacan. La Familia has become a major trafficker of methamphetamine."
Gang member sentenced to 36 years WAVY.com Norfolk, Va.: "Gang member Eric Drandell Ward, 28, was sentenced in Norfolk federal court to serve 29 years in prison for his racketeering acts and 7 years in prison for possessing a firearm during a crime of violence, according to a statement from the United States Attorney's Office.
According to court documents, Ward was a mid-level leader of the Bounty Hunty Hunter Bloods/Nine Tech Gangster street gang that operated in neighborhoods in Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Chesapeake.
Ward pleaded guilty in July to one RICO count and one count of possessing a firearm during a crime of violence. The RICO count includes two racketeering acts that Ward participated in as a gang member, which included a home invasion robbery and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.
According to court documents, in June 2007, six Bounty Hunter gang members drove to a home in Chesapeake armed with a gun to commit a home invasion robbery. Several weeks, earlier, Ward visited the victim's residence to inquire about renting the home. During a walk-thru of the residence, Ward noticed a safe in the master bedroom. Ward relayed this information to his fellow gang members, resulting in the robbery plans. The gang members decided Ward would not go to the robbery because he would be easily recognized."
According to court documents, Ward was a mid-level leader of the Bounty Hunty Hunter Bloods/Nine Tech Gangster street gang that operated in neighborhoods in Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Chesapeake.
Ward pleaded guilty in July to one RICO count and one count of possessing a firearm during a crime of violence. The RICO count includes two racketeering acts that Ward participated in as a gang member, which included a home invasion robbery and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.
According to court documents, in June 2007, six Bounty Hunter gang members drove to a home in Chesapeake armed with a gun to commit a home invasion robbery. Several weeks, earlier, Ward visited the victim's residence to inquire about renting the home. During a walk-thru of the residence, Ward noticed a safe in the master bedroom. Ward relayed this information to his fellow gang members, resulting in the robbery plans. The gang members decided Ward would not go to the robbery because he would be easily recognized."
Kenneth Noye road rage murder conviction referred to court of appeal UK news guardian.co.uk: "road rage killer Kenneth Noye was today granted a fresh chance to appeal against his conviction for murder.
The 63-year-old was jailed for life at the Old Bailey in 2000 for stabbing 21-year-old Stephen Cameron on the M25 at Swanley, in Kent, in 1996.
But the Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred his conviction to the court of appeal because of questions over the pathologist's evidence.
In June, Noye failed in a legal bid to have his sentence reduced."
The 63-year-old was jailed for life at the Old Bailey in 2000 for stabbing 21-year-old Stephen Cameron on the M25 at Swanley, in Kent, in 1996.
But the Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred his conviction to the court of appeal because of questions over the pathologist's evidence.
In June, Noye failed in a legal bid to have his sentence reduced."
Gang member Eric Drandell Ward, 28, was sentenced in Norfolk federal court to serve 29 years in prison for his racketeering acts and 7 years in prison for possessing a firearm during a crime of violence, according to a statement from the United States Attorney's Office.
According to court documents, Ward was a mid-level leader of the Bounty Hunty Hunter Bloods/Nine Tech Gangster street gang that operated in neighborhoods in Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Chesapeake.
Ward pleaded guilty in July to one RICO count and one count of possessing a firearm during a crime of violence. The RICO count includes two racketeering acts that Ward participated in as a gang member, which included a home invasion robbery and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.
According to court documents, in June 2007, six Bounty Hunter gang members drove to a home in Chesapeake armed with a gun to commit a home invasion robbery. Several weeks, earlier, Ward visited the victim's residence to inquire about renting the home. During a walk-thru of the residence, Ward noticed a safe in the master bedroom. Ward relayed this information to his fellow gang members, resulting in the robbery plans. The gang members decided Ward would not go to the robbery because he would be easily recognized.
When the gang arrived at the home, they knocked on the door, and when the victim answered, they forced their way in. At gunpoint, they demanded money from the safe. The victim began to scream and was hit several times on the head with a gun. Neighbors heard the victim's screams, and gang members fled the scene. In their haste leaving, they accidentally dropped a gun in the victim's front yard, which was recovered by Chesapeake Police.
The other racketeering act involves Ward's daily activity as a gang member in selling illegal narcotics in the Huntersville and College Square neighborhoods of Suffolk, according to court documents.
According to court documents, Ward was a mid-level leader of the Bounty Hunty Hunter Bloods/Nine Tech Gangster street gang that operated in neighborhoods in Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Chesapeake.
Ward pleaded guilty in July to one RICO count and one count of possessing a firearm during a crime of violence. The RICO count includes two racketeering acts that Ward participated in as a gang member, which included a home invasion robbery and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.
According to court documents, in June 2007, six Bounty Hunter gang members drove to a home in Chesapeake armed with a gun to commit a home invasion robbery. Several weeks, earlier, Ward visited the victim's residence to inquire about renting the home. During a walk-thru of the residence, Ward noticed a safe in the master bedroom. Ward relayed this information to his fellow gang members, resulting in the robbery plans. The gang members decided Ward would not go to the robbery because he would be easily recognized.
When the gang arrived at the home, they knocked on the door, and when the victim answered, they forced their way in. At gunpoint, they demanded money from the safe. The victim began to scream and was hit several times on the head with a gun. Neighbors heard the victim's screams, and gang members fled the scene. In their haste leaving, they accidentally dropped a gun in the victim's front yard, which was recovered by Chesapeake Police.
The other racketeering act involves Ward's daily activity as a gang member in selling illegal narcotics in the Huntersville and College Square neighborhoods of Suffolk, according to court documents.
BBC News - Two men jailed for gun murder bid in Glasgow: "Two men have been jailed for shooting the brother of a notorious Scottish gangland figure at his Glasgow home.
Christopher Bailiff, 34, and James MacPherson, 43, admitted attempting to murder 48-year-old Eddie Boyd at his house in Pollok in September last year.
At the High Court in Edinburgh, Bailiff was jailed for 10 years and MacPherson was jailed for 13 years.
Mr Boyd's brother Stewart 'Specky' Boyd was a major gangland figure, who was killed in a crash in Spain in 2003.
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The court heard how Mr Boyd's partner and seven-year-old daughter were in the house when Bailiff and MacPherson burst in.
Five bullets hit Mr Boyd, severing his spine and causing other serious injuries. He now uses a wheelchair and will never walk again.
The family dog, Taz, was shot and killed after barking and growling at the men."
Christopher Bailiff, 34, and James MacPherson, 43, admitted attempting to murder 48-year-old Eddie Boyd at his house in Pollok in September last year.
At the High Court in Edinburgh, Bailiff was jailed for 10 years and MacPherson was jailed for 13 years.
Mr Boyd's brother Stewart 'Specky' Boyd was a major gangland figure, who was killed in a crash in Spain in 2003.
Continue reading the main story
Related stories
Two men admit shooting murder bid
Police vow to catch city gunmen
The court heard how Mr Boyd's partner and seven-year-old daughter were in the house when Bailiff and MacPherson burst in.
Five bullets hit Mr Boyd, severing his spine and causing other serious injuries. He now uses a wheelchair and will never walk again.
The family dog, Taz, was shot and killed after barking and growling at the men."
Police have nabbed 42 people for narcotic, gang and other offenses and seized guns, drugs and cash during a five-month-old partnership with federal drug and immigration officials, officers announced Wednesday.
In a packed roll call room at the Santa Cruz Police Department, investigators displayed 10 guns and numerous plastic bags filled with about $25,000 cash plus chunks of cocaine, methamphetamine, ecstasy and marijuana gained in an effort dubbed Operation Southern Exposure. The name reflects the gangs the operation targets.
Santa Cruz police entered a partnership with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Drug Enforcement Agency in May, after a spike in violence that included murders of two Santa Cruz teens who crossed the path of alleged gang members.
“We are completely thrilled with the results to date,” DEA agent Amie Clarke said. “There have been some significant arrests.”
Of the 42 people arrested, nine were detained by immigration officials, six were Mara Salvatrucha gang members and three were Sureño gang members, said Joe Vincent, a special agent in a San Jose ICE office serving four counties.
Sergeant Pedro Gallego warned that the Latin Kings and the Ñetas, who used to have a higher presence in Spain were only ‘sleeping’ now, but would see a resurgence in activity as the economic crisis bites and youth unemployment rises. Members are attracted to join the gang because of its lifestyle, status and quick access to sex and drugs.
Gallego has published a book with the conclusions of his study La Mara al Desnudo.
The book explains that the tattoos of the Mara gang members are important and represent secret codes between them.
Dragons, tombs and sex scenes tattooed across the entire body are common place for the gang considered to be much more dangerous than the Sicilian Mafia or the Camorra from Naples.
Gang crime is an epidemic – judge (From Worcester News): "rise in the number of crimes being committed by Eastern European gangs in Worcester has been branded an epidemic by a judge.
District judge Bruce Morgan was speaking at Worcester Magistrates Court as he sentenced a gang of four to several months in prison for stealing perfumes worth £750 from the city’s Superdrug shop.
As reported in your Worcester News yesterday, Mr Morgan had told the court he was “deeply concerned” about gangs coming to Britain with the sole purpose to commit crimes against vulnerable people, as he sentenced 19-year-old Ceca Dadic to six months in custody.
In court yesterday, Mr Morgan said: “These gangs come for one of two reasons – either to plunder the stalls for expensive items or to steal from the handbags of the vulnerable.”"
District judge Bruce Morgan was speaking at Worcester Magistrates Court as he sentenced a gang of four to several months in prison for stealing perfumes worth £750 from the city’s Superdrug shop.
As reported in your Worcester News yesterday, Mr Morgan had told the court he was “deeply concerned” about gangs coming to Britain with the sole purpose to commit crimes against vulnerable people, as he sentenced 19-year-old Ceca Dadic to six months in custody.
In court yesterday, Mr Morgan said: “These gangs come for one of two reasons – either to plunder the stalls for expensive items or to steal from the handbags of the vulnerable.”"
Brian Hanlon was driving on Maryhill Road at about 2330 BST on Sunday when his Audi S4 was forced off the road by another vehicle outside Kelvin Campus.
The 26-year-old, who was then attacked with weapons including a hammer, suffered head and groin injuries.
His twin brother James was reportedly injured by a power drill in a gangland attack last week.
Both were said to have been associates of Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll, who was murdered in a suspected gangland attack seven months ago.
The 29-year-old was shot several times in broad daylight while he was parked at Asda in Robroyston.
Ch Insp Grahame Clarke from Strathclyde Police said the latest attack took place after Mr Hanlon's car left the road and crashed into a wall.
"The occupant of the vehicle then left and was subjected to a very brutal and sustained attack at the roundabout, by about six or seven males," he said.
"There is no doubt the intent was to kill him."
He said there had been a good response from the public so far but the force was still looking for people to come forward who saw the cars involved; a dark-coloured 4x4 and a new shaped silver BMW 5 series.
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