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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Yakima, Washington – Chief U.S. District Judge Stanley Bastian has sentenced David Reyes, 30, of Kennewick, Washington, to 120 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl, and…
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY – Several members of the Westchester based G-Bloods gang have been sentenced to prison for their role in the murder of a witness of a shooting in 2019. The Westchester…
Three Universal Aryan Brotherhood gang members were sentenced this week in federal court for conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise that committed acts of murder, kidnapping, the trafficking of methamphetamine and firearms,…
LAHEEM JONES, also known as “Heemie,” 27, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 190 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of…
NEW BERN, N.C. – A Rocky Mount man was sentenced today to 52 months in prison for possessing a handgun as a convicted felon. On November 16, 2021, Raekwon Laderek Briggs pled…
Portland, ME – The U.S. Marshals Service, Maine Violent Offender Task Force announces the arrest of Robert Santana, 26, of Lawrence, Massachusetts. Santana was being sought by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On March 31, 2022, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging 20 violent gang members from the municipality of Cabo…
Two criminal complaints were unsealed today in federal court in the Eastern District of New York charging six defendants with conspiring to bribe correction officers employed by the New York City Department…
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents arrested six subjects with gang affiliations in three days. On April 2, 2022, Rio Grande City Border Patrol agents working in Roma,…
BROOKLYN, NY – The New York City Police have arrested a 16-year-old and said the attack on an Orthodox Jewish man Friday night during the sabbath was gang-related. A group of young…
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector agents arrested multiple gang members and criminal migrants with extensive criminal histories including murder and sexual assault convictions and charges. On March 28, Weslaco Border…
NASHVILLE – A 21-count superseding indictment unsealed Wednesday charges 12 individuals with conspiring to violate federal firearms statutes, including dealing in firearms without a license; transporting and receiving firearms into another state;…
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ricky J. Patel, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Department of Homeland Security…
Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Keechant L. Sewell, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), and Ricky J. Patel, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge…
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents arrested four Mara-Salvatrucha (MS-13) and an 18th Street gang members over several days. On March 21, McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) agents…
DIOMIE BLACKWELL, also known as “Yamo,” 25, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 180 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of…
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Timothy Foley, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division (“DEA”), Kevin P. Bruen, the…
WASHINGTON – Three members of a violent criminal gang were convicted today in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) by a federal jury for RICO conspiracy, murder, attempted murder, robbery, and drug dealing.…
Earlier today, a superseding indictment was unsealed in federal court in Central Islip charging 11 members of the violent transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, with racketeering…
Tampa, Florida – United States District Judge Thomas P. Barber today sentenced Keon Moore (30, Tampa) to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm or ammunition as…
OCOTILLO, Calif. – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Sector arrested a gang member Tuesday morning in the Jacumba Wilderness region. At approximately 7 a.m., agents encountered an undocumented…