Reputed Bloods gang member charged with Bound Brook murder asks to move trial

A reputed Bloods gang member charged with fatally shooting a Teaneck man near the Bound Brook train station last year has asked a Superior Court judge to hold his trial somewhere else. James Ford, representing himself in a Somerville courtroom today, said he’s concerned by the publicity of the case and by what he called a violation of his due process rights. "It’s clear I won’t receive true justice here," he told Judge Julie Marino. Ford,...

Gang members indicted for murder in Dodge City

Federal prosecutors in Kansas unsealed charges Friday against 23 members of a Dodge City, Kan., street gang, including counts alleging racketeering and murder. Members of the Nortenos allegedly killed Israel Peralta and wounded another man near a Dodge City trailer park in June 2009, said U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom. “They engaged in drug trafficking, robbery and even murder for the purpose of expanding their power, wealth and influence,”...

Greenville Gang Member Arrested For Shooting

A gang member in Greenville is behind bars today, accused of shooting a fellow gang member one week ago. Greenville police say Rontrell Hooks was arrested Wednesday night. Police officer Drueschler located Hooks on Frontgate Dr. around 10:40 p.m. Police say Hooks ran but was captured after a brief foot chase. Hooks is now charged with Assault With a Deadly Weapon With Intent to Kill for the shooting of Jamar Clark on River Bluff Drive...

Lorain police keep heat on gang members

Although it’s only been two weeks since police started sweeping gang members off the streets, several people in the city are seeing a change in the city. “I think we noticed the difference,” Lt. Mark Carpentiere said. “There’s been no shootings or any other gang related violence. It’s been quiet as far as that’s concerned.” Police have in custody 18 of the 22 targeted members of a gang called MOB for Member of Bloods or Money over Bitches....

Bust of gang offers hope for Dodge City immigrants

The scars on Jose Aguilar’s hands are pretty standard stuff for a man who’s made a rough living carving up cattle. He dismisses them as “nada” — nothing. It’s the mark on his scalp, where he was clubbed with a tire iron, that leaves a lasting mark on his psyche. Aguilar is like so many immigrant workers in town who provide easy prey for American born-and-bred Latino gang bangers. He’s in the country illegally. He speaks virtually no...

Pocahontas the stripper wanted over shooting and robbery in Texas

A stripper known as Pocahontas was on the run after being charged with murder for setting up a robbery in which a man was shot and killed by her two accomplices. Luerissie Ashley Ross, 20, arranged to meet Budrohoe Briscoe on February 17 in Houston, Texas after texting him photographs of herself. Mr Briscoe had gone with a friend to pick up the stripper who he described as a 'friend' at an apartment complex. The 20-year-old woman...

Shootings not my fault, says ex-bikie Wissam Amer

THE man believed by police to be the central figure in a bikie feud has declared he is not at fault for Sydney's spate of drive-by shootings and says they are the "act of a coward". Wissam Amer, 28, broke his silence to The Sunday Telegraph to say he was not at the heart of the current shootings between the Hells Angels and Nomads outlaw motorcycle gangs. Last week The Sunday Telegraph revealed police believe Amer was the source of the...

US blacklists sons of Mexico drug lord Joaquin Guzman

The US treasury department has put two sons of Mexico's most wanted man Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman on its drugs kingpin blacklist. The move bars all people in the US from doing business with Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar and Ovidio Guzman Lopez, and freezes any US assets they have. Joaquin Guzman, on the list since 2001, runs the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel. Mexico has seen an explosion of violence in recent years as gangs fight for...

Female Hit Squad Leader Linked to 20 Murders Arrested

 In this photo taken Monday, May 7, 2012, Maria Jimenez, nicknamed "La Tosca," or "the rough one" is presented to the media in Monterrey, Mexico. (AP Photo) Mexican police say they have arrested a female drug cartel assassin whose hit squad carried out at least 20 murders, including a hit on a policeman.Maria Jimenez, AKA La Tosca, or "The Tough...

Reputed gang member who allegedly held open the sliding door of a van so fellow gang members could gun down a rival was found guilty today of first-degree murder.

 Ruben Hernandez, 28, who already is serving a lengthy sentence for another gang-related homicide, was found guilty of the 2005 slaying of Michael Moore, 30, of Aurora, and the attempted murder of Moore’s passenger, who was wounded in the shooting. Moore was killed Nov. 28, 2005, near the intersection of Galena and East boulevards in Aurora, when the van pulled alongside his car and someone inside opened fire, according to authorities....

FBI offers up to $100,000 for info leading to capture of Eduardo Ravelo

Eduardo Ravelo, born on October 13, 1968 was added as the 493rd fugitive to the FBI 10 most wanted list on October 20, 2009. He is originally from Mexico, however he holds permanent residency status in the United States which gives him free movement across the border. An FBI informant and former lieutenant in the Barrio Azteca, a prison gang active in the U.S. and Mexico, testified that Ravelo told him to help find fellow gang members...