NYPD detective suspended after kidnapping victim found in his garage

17-year veteran of the New York Police Department has been suspended without pay after a kidnapping victim was found tied up in his garage. The New York Post reports Ondre Johnson, a detective with the Brooklyn north gang unit, was being questioned in connection with the incident and was forced to surrender his gun and badge. A source tells the Post the 25-year-old victim was snatched off the street on July 26. The victim's friends then...

Jamie “Iceman” Stevenson is back on the streets

Jamie “Iceman” Stevenson is back on the streets – less than halfway through his prison sentence for laundering £1million of drugs cash. Scotland’s most powerful mobster has been enjoying meals at expensive restaurants and socialising with pals after being allowed home for a week each month. Stevenson – who was also accused of shooting dead his best friend in an underworld hit – was put behind bars in September 2006 when he was arrested...

Four Dead in Gang Related Shooting

Police in Alice are investigating a shooting that occurred near Reynolds Street. According to investigators, it all started on South Nayer Street where police say Isaac Vela was standing on the side of the road waiting for a ride. A vehicle -- with four people inside passed by. One of the passengers, police say, shot Vela in the face. The vehicle fled the scene, but the driver only made it a few blocks before he lost control of the vehicle....

Tulisa's Friend, 21, Shot Dead In Gangland Hit

Reece James, 21, a close friend of Tulisa Contostavlos has been shot dead in a reported gangland attack. The 21-year-old, who appeared with Tulisa in a video for rapper Nines, was shot in the head in a "pre-planned and targeted" hit, 100 miles from his home in London, reports the UK's Sun newspaper. Police found James' body in Boscombe, Bournemouth, at around 2.30am near where Somali drug gangs are said operate. A 22-year-old man was arrested....

Two dead in shooting at Toronto street party, 21 injured

Two people were killed and 21 others injured in what may have been a gang-related shootout at a Toronto street party late on Monday evening, raising fears of violent retaliation in Canada's largest city. In the second high-profile shooting in Toronto in less than two months, a 14-year-old girl and a 23-year-old man were killed. Police said a toddler was grazed by a bullet and is expected to recover, while another victim was in critical...

alleged gangster suspected of fatally shooting two women in a Chinatown apartment last month was plucked off a Hong Kong-bound flight at JFK Airport

DANIEL SHAPIROHORROR SCENE: Firefighters outside the apartment where two women were shot to death June 29. An alleged gangster suspected of fatally shooting two women in a Chinatown apartment last month was plucked off a Hong Kong-bound flight at JFK Airport yesterday, moments before the jet was to take off, The Post has learned.The man, whose name...

Police say suspect sought in retaliatory gang shooting in Round Lake Park

Round Lake Park police are searching for a man suspected in what they believe was a gang-related retaliatory shooting. Police Chief George Filenko said a 19-year-old man was shot in his left leg while on a deck behind a home in the 400 block of Highmoor Drive. He said the victim was with at least three other individuals when four or five shots were fired at the group about 9:15 p.m. Monday. Filenko said the victim was reported in stable...

Year-long investigation leads to arrest of Livermore man in connection with 2011 gang shooting

second suspect in a 2011 gang shooting has been arrested and charged after an investigation that lasted more than a year, police said. Jesus Ramon Gonzalez, 18, was in Alameda County Juvenile Hall on another offense when police arrested him July 4 in connection with the shooting, Officer Steve Goard said. Gonzalez and 21-year-old Thomas Melching were the chief suspects in a shooting that occurred near Chestnut and North I streets on March...

Oxnard police investigate two shootings that leave one person dead

Police were investigating two shootings Monday night in Oxnard that left one man dead and another in critical condition. The shootings occurred about 8:50 p.m. about 250 feet apart in the 2500 block of Greenbrook Drive and the 1800 block of O'Neill Place, Oxnard police said. Authorities think the same shooters were involved in both incidents. Police responded to reports of gunshots and found Oxnard resident Jose Gonzales, 19,...

Two arrested in Plymouth shooting that left 3 dead, including Scranton Prep student

15-year-old Scranton Preparatory School student was among those brutally shot dead by two teenage brothers in Plymouth Saturday night, eliminated so as to not leave witnesses to a drug deal gone bad, police said. Shawn James Hamilton, 18, and Sawud Davis, 16, face three counts of criminal homicide in the deaths of 15-year-old Lisa Abaunza of Duryea and Bradley James Swartwood, 21, and Nicolas Robert Maldonado, 17, both of 401 First St.,...

Suspect in Good Samaritan shooting faces more than 300 years in prison

One of the men who pleaded guilty to the 2010 shooting of a "Good Samaritan" who rushed to the aid of a pregnant woman being robbed at gunpoint will find out Tuesday how long he will spend in prison. Jonathan Murray, 22, pleaded guilty in April to charges of criminal street gang activity and three counts of armed robbery. This is the first time criminal street gang activity has been adjudicated in Baton Rouge. The law states the...

Gang Members Accused of Killing Disabled Man Face Murder Charges

 Two reputed gang members accused of killing a developmentally disabled man in Lincoln Acres last year strictly for the thrill of it are scheduled to appear in court in Chula Vista Monday for a preliminary hearing being held to determine if they will have to stand trial for murder. Humberto Emanuel Galvez, 19, and Juan Ignacio Gomez, 21, are charged with murder in the slaying of 21-year-old Jordan Hickey on April 29, 2011. The defendants...

FBI seeks public's help to find wanted member of Yonkers' Strip Boyz gang

The FBI is asking the public for help in finding a member of the Strip Boyz street gang known as "Flint Money." Melvin A. Dias is wanted for his alleged involvement in the distribution of crack cocaine and marijuana, the FBI said today. He was indicted June 20 along with other members of the violent street gang that operated in and around the Schlobohm Housing project. Teams of FBI agents and Yonkers police swept through Yonkers early...

Gang-related deaths are on the rise in Denver

Six young men. That's how many have lost their lives in gang-related murders this year between January and May, according to the Denver Police Department. Though there's been much speculation that 21-year-old Rollin Oliver, who was arrested in connection with the murder of Denver police officer Celena Hollis on June 24, was a gang member, the police department and Mayor Michael Hancock have been hesitant to confirm that. Related Content...

Teen Gang Banger Donald Ray Dokins Arrested for Shooting of 2-Year-old Angel Cortez Nava

The Los Angeles Police have made an arrest in the gang related slaying of a 14-month-old boy near the South LA neighborhood of Watts last month. Donald Ray Dokins, an alleged member of the Fudgetown Mafia Crips, stands accused of firing the shot that took young Angel Cortez Nava’s life on June 4th, according to the LA Times. Police believe that Dokins fired on Angel’s father, Mauro Cortez, because the leader Cortez was wearing a purple...