homicides

Two NYC suspicious death investigations ruled homicides

NEW YORK, NY – Police in New York City have announced two suspicious death cold cases from 2022 that have been ruled homicides and are now being investigated as such. According to police, Julio Cesar Ramirez, 25, was found dead in the area of Ludlow and Stanton Street on the Lower East Side on Thursday, April 21, 2022, at approximately 3:45 am. Police responded to a 911 call, and upon arrival, responding officers encountered an unidentified adult male, unconscious and unresponsive, with no obvious signs of trauma observed. EMS also responded to the scene and pronounced the aided male deceased

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Leader of Baltimore Eight Tray Gangster Crips Sentenced to More Than 37 Years in Federal Prison for Racketeering and Drug Conspiracy Charges, Including Three Homicides and Three Non-Fatal Shootings

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Trayvon Hall, a/k/a “Tru,” and “G Tru,” age 31, of Baltimore, yesterday to 454 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for racketeering and drug conspiracy charges, related to his activities as the leader of the Eight Tray Gangster (ETG) Crips gang in Baltimore.  Judge Bennett also sentenced ETG Crips member Marcus Williams, a/k/a “Gangsta C,” and “GC,” age 34, of Baltimore to 87 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, on the same charges. The sentences were announced by United States Attorney

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Police probe deaths of four University of Idaho students as homicides

(Reuters) -Police in northwestern Idaho have opened a homicide investigation into the deaths of four University of Idaho students whose bodies were found in a house near campus. Officers found the four dead inside the home in Moscow, a city of 25,000 people in northwestern Idaho, after being called there for an unconscious individual shortly before noon on Sunday, the Moscow Police Department said in a statement. Police said they had opened a homicide investigation, but released few details. They said no one was in custody and said they do not “believe there is an ongoing community risk.” The university

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Leader of Baltimore Eight Tray Gangsta Crips Pleads Guilty to Federal Racketeering and Drug Conspiracy Charges, Including Three Homicides and Three Non-Fatal Shootings

Baltimore, Maryland – The leader of the Eight Tray Gangsta (ETG) Crips gang in Baltimore, Trayvon Hall, a/k/a “Tru,” and “G Tru,” age 31, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to racketeering and drug conspiracy charges.   The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron; Special Agent in Charge Thomas J. Sobocinski of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Field Office; and Commissioner Michael Harrison of the Baltimore Police Department. The ETG Crips were a violent subset of the Crip gang that originated in California in the 1970s, eventually operating on the streets

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Homicides Among Young African-Americans Soared In 2020, New Data Reveals

Homicides Among Young African-Americans Soared In 2020, New Data Reveals Carl DeMarco on August 10, 2022 Recently released statistics by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed a massive increase in youth homicides in 2020, of which African-American youth made up the largest margin. Youth homicides were up 47% across the nation, the CDC reported Monday. The homicide rate among African-American youth was nearly 15 times higher than that of white Americans and five times the rate of Hispanics. Between 2019 and 2020, the homicide rate for African-Americans between the ages of 15-19 increased by 37.38%, according to

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SFPD Chief Scott available TODAY at 4:30 p.m. for interviews regarding multiple arrests made in connection with two homicides and violent crimes in San Francisco 008-22

Media Advisory   In response to requests for interviews, San Francisco Police Chief William Scott and Lt. Kelvin Sanders will be available at San Francisco Police Headquarters at 4:30 p.m. today to make a statement and field questions regarding multiple arrests made by SFPD. These arrests were made in connection with two homicides and recent violent crimes in San Francisco. WHAT: Media availability with Chief William Scott WHEN: Saturday, June 4, 2022, at 4:30 p.m. PDT WHERE: San Francisco Police Headquarters1245 3rd Street (at China Basin Street) San Francisco WHO: Chief William Scott and Lt. Kelvin Sanders (Officer in Charge

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Defendants Plead Guilty in Two Unrelated Homicides

Two men have pleaded guilty this week in federal court in two unrelated murder cases that occurred in Mayes and Craig Counties, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. On Wednesday, Daren Gilson Puffinbarger, 32, pleaded guilty to second degree murder in Indian Country. Puffinbarger shot Muscogee Nation citizen Lucas Sanders in the head six times while the victim lay in bed then set fire to the victim’s body. The crime occurred on Aug. 18, 2021.  Agents located two small propane torch kits in the bedroom, one on the bed and the other sitting upright on the floor next to the bed,

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El Salvador invokes emergency powers after surge in homicides

By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR – El Salvador’s Congress approved on Sunday emergency powers that temporarily suspended some constitutional protections after the Central American country recorded a sharp rise in killings attributed to criminal gangs. Police reported a total of 62 homicides on Saturday in the nation of some 6.5 million people. It was the highest daily toll of homicides so far this century, according to Celia Medrano, a longtime human rights advocate. In response, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele asked Congress to approve the emergency measures, which include restrictions on free assembly and the inviolability of correspondence and communications,

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Police Union Slams Local Govt’s Budget Reform Amid Record Annual Homicides

The Washington, D.C., police union blamed the city’s recent surge in homicides on police reform measures implemented in the wake of George Floyd’s death. “Homicides are up 13% over last year’s alarming 20% increase,” police union chairman Gregg Pemberton said in a Tuesday statement. “In Ward 4 … homicides have increased 89% this year. Armed robberies in Ward 2 are up 188% and in Ward 6 up 72%. Year to date, there have been over 360 carjackings in D.C. Well more than one per day,” he said. The Washington, D.C., police department has had over 225 officers turn in their

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