Migrant Gets 20 Years for Scallop Boat Murder
BOSTON – It was murder on the high seas aboard a Massachusetts based scallop boat in 2018 and today, four years later, the Virginia man who committed the crime is finally heading…
MS-13 Gang Member Extradited from El Salvador to Face Racketeering and Murder Charges on Long Island
LONG ISLAND, NY (PRESS RELEASE – DOJ) – José Jonathan Guevara-Castro, also known as “Suspechoso” (Guevara-Castro), an alleged member of the violent transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the…
Bloods Gang Member Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for His Role in a 2012 Murder in Baldwin Harbor and Multiple Violent Crimes
Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Richard Michel, also known as “G-Light” and “Gangsta Light,” the leader of the Red Lane Gorillas “set” of the Bloods street gang, was sentenced…
Millstone Township Man Who Shot Friend Released From Prison, Re-Arrested for Murder
MILLSTONE TOWNSHIP, NJ – The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office has charged a Millstone man with first-degree murder for a shooting that took place in early July. That victim died this weekend and…
Baltimore Stabbing Murder Suspect Arrested
BALTIMORE, MD – Police have arrested a man for aggravated murder for a stabbing he committed on Cranston Avenue on June 25th. The murder took place at approximately 10:40 a.m. Officers responded…
Superseding Indictment Charges Murder-For Hire Of Nashville Man & Woman
NASHVILLE – Four men indicted in December in a kidnapping conspiracy that resulted in the murders of a Nashville man and woman in March 2020 have now been charged with murder for…
Members Of Bronx Street Gang And Their Hitman Charged With Racketeering, Firearms Offenses, And Murder
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and Frank…
Members Of Bronx Street Gang And Their Hitman Charged With Racketeering, Firearms Offenses, And Murder
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and Frank…
Pittsburgh Heroin Dealer Sentenced to Life in Prison Plus 80 Years for Murdering a Federal Witness
PITTSBURGH – Price Montgomery has been sentenced in federal court to life in prison plus 80 years after having been found guilty at trial of retaliation against a witness by murder for…
Newport News, VA Murder Suspect Captured Fleeing Dulles Airport to Jamaica
STERLING, Va. – Federal and local law enforcement arrested a Newport News, Va., murder suspect this morning who attempted to flee the United States on Monday at Washington Dulles International Airport. Adrian…
Final Cherry Hill Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Participating in Racketeering Conspiracy Including Murdering an Individual Believed to be a Rival Gang Member
Baltimore, Maryland – Travis Alewine, a/k/a “Sticks,” age 30, of Baltimore, Maryland pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise in connection with his membership in the “Hillside” gang,…
Hamburg Man Who Killed Sister, Fractured 91-year-old Mother’s Skull Arraigned for Murder
HAMBURG, NY – 64-year-old Michael A. Osuch has been arraigned for the brutal killing of his sister and an assault of his 91-year-old mother that left her with a fractured skull. According…
Drug Dealing Pilot from Southern Oregon who Attempted to Hire a Hitman to Kill Associate Sentenced to Federal Prison
MEDFORD, Ore.—A Josephine County, Oregon man who distributed marijuana throughout the U.S. using his private airplane and who hired a hitman to kill a drug trafficking associate was sentenced to federal prison…
Long Island MS-13 Gang Associate Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Murdering a 15-Year-Old Boy in Freeport
Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Eduardo Portillo, also known as “Firuli” and “Tito” (Portillo), an associate of the violent transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the…
Buffalo Man Who Shot at Two Before Fleeing on like Pleads Guilty to Attempted Assault
BUFFALO, NY – A man who fired shots from his illegal gun at two men in Buffalo before fleeing the scene on his bike is getting off easy after pleading guilty to…
Fourth Circuit Upholds Multiple Life Sentences for Raleigh Gang Leaders Convicted on RICO charges and Gang-Related Murders
RALEIGH, N.C. – A three-judge panel from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a unanimous, published opinion affirming the trial convictions and multiple life sentences for gang leaders who were…
Female MS-13 Gang Associate Pleads Guilty to 2019 Murder of 15-Year-Old in Central Islip
Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Lidia DelCarmen-Rodriguez, an associate of the Leeward Locos Salvatruchas clique of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, a transnational criminal organization, pleaded…
Danbury Man Involved in Murder and Arson Scheme Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GEORGE RIVERA, also known as “Pito,” 33, of Danbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill…
Bridgeport Man Involved in Murder and Arson Scheme Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JASON SCOTT, also known as “Hood,” 39, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill…
Two Men Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Participating in Murder and Arson Scheme
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LUIS MERCADO, also known as “Pops,” 55, of Bridgeport, and LUIS MEJIAS, also known as “Kermit,” 35, of Waterbury,…