Bridgeport gang member gets 40 years for fatal shooting and gang-related violence
BRIDGEPORT, CT – A 30-year-old member of a violent Bridgeport street gang was sentenced Monday to 40 years in federal prison for his role in a racketeering conspiracy that included murder, drug…
Jury Finds Gang Member Guilty of Firearms Offenses and Trafficking Large Quantities of Multiple Drugs
PITTSBURGH – After deliberating 9½ hours, a federal jury of four men and eight women found Duane Eugene Cash, Jr. guilty of four counts of various violations of federal narcotics and firearms…
MS-13 Gang Leader Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy and Conspiring to Commit Multiple Murders
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis today sentenced El Salvadorian national Junior Noe Alvarado-Requeno, a/k/a “Insolente” and “Trankilo,” age 24, of Landover, Maryland to life in federal prison, for conspiring…
White Supremacist Gang Member with Multiple Prior Convictions Pleads Guilty in Project Safe Neighborhoods Case
VALDOSTA, Ga. – A documented member of a white supremacist organization that is sometimes affiliated with the Ghost Face Gangsters pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm in a Project Safe Neighborhoods case.…
Bridgeport Gang Member Involved in Multiple Shootings Sentenced to More Than 17 Years in Prison
UNDREA KIRKLAND, also known as “Spooda,” 25, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 210 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of…
Mexican Posse Gang Members Sentenced to Federal Prison for Narcotics Trafficking
United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on April 21, 2022, U.S. District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller sentenced two Milwaukee men, both of whom identified as…
Border Patrol Agents Arrest Criminal Sex Offenders and Gang Members in RGV
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector agents arrested a Mara-Salvatrucha (MS-13) and a 18th Street gang member and two convicted sex offenders. On April 20, Rio Grande City Station agents encountered…
Here’s How Many Gang Members Have Been Caught Trying To Exploit Biden’s Border Policies
Here’s How Many Gang Members Have Been Caught Trying To Exploit Biden’s Border Policies Jennie Taer on April 20, 2022 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers apprehended nearly 500 migrants affiliated with…
MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to 50 Years in Federal Prison for a Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Multiple Murders
Baltimore, Maryland – Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar yesterday sentenced Jose Joya Parada, a/k/a “Calmado,” age 20, to 50 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release,…
Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Nationwide “Felony Lane Gang” Conspiracy
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Tyrone Parker, age 40, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, pled guilty today in federal court in Syracuse to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced United…
Gang Member Arrested Attempting Illegal Entry in the Mountains
OCOTILLO, Calif. – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Sector arrested a gang member early Saturday morning in the Jacumba Wilderness Region. At 12:10 a.m., agents assigned to the…
Longtime Leader of South Los Angeles Street Gang Found Guilty of RICO Conspiracy, Including Participating in Rival’s Murder
LOS ANGELES – A federal jury today found a long-time senior leader of the South Los Angeles-based East Coast Crips (ECC) street gang guilty of federal criminal charges for conspiring to…
Gang Member Convicted for Shooting, Killing Father Who Took Back Son’s Stolen Baseball Cap
NEW YORK, NY – Adonis Barnett, 22, of Flatbush has been convicted of first-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting a 38-year-old father after he retrieved a baseball cap that members of the defendant’s…
Nineteen Members and Associates of Violent Dorchester Gang Charged with Racketeering, Drug and Firearm Offenses
BOSTON – Nineteen members and associates of Cameron Street, a violent criminal organization based in Dorchester, have been charged in a 39-count indictment with various crimes including racketeering (RICO) conspiracy, gun and…
Gangster Disciples Gang Member with Armed Robbery Conviction is Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Possessing Loaded Gun
VALDOSTA, Ga. – A gang member recently released from prison for armed robbery when he was arrested in possession of a loaded Glock semi-automatic pistol during an investigation into an alleged gunfire incident…
RGV Agents Apprehend Five Gang Members
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents arrest two Mara-Salvatrucha (MS-13), a Sureno, and two 18th Street gang members in two days. On April 11, McAllen Border Patrol…
Member of Philadelphia ‘Hilltop’ Drug Gang Sentenced to Over Seven Years in Prison
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Hyneef Harvey, 30, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison, and six years of supervised release…
Fergus Fall, MN, Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Violent Gang Robberies
FARGO – Interim United States Attorney Nicholas W. Chase announced that on April 12, 2022, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Peter D. Welte sentenced Abbot William Aho, a/k/a Boogie, age 26, Fergus…
Multiple Criminal Migrants and Gang Members Arrested
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector agents arrested three gang members, three convicted sex offenders, and a Romanian national with a criminal history of financial crimes and identity fraud. On April…
Former Portland Gang Member Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegal Firearm Possession
PORTLAND, Ore.—A former member of Portland’s Hoover Criminal Gang was sentenced to federal prison today for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Javontae Nabien Gibson, 28, of Portland, was sentenced…
MS-13 Gang Associate Convicted of Racketeering and the Murders of Four Young Men in a Central Islip Park in 2017
A federal jury in Central Islip returned a guilty verdict today against Leniz Escobar, an associate of the Leeward Locos Salvatruchas (“Leeward”) and Brentwood Locos Salvatruchas (“Brentwood”) cliques of La Mara Salvatrucha,…