By Henry K. Lee (SF Chronicle)
September 30, 2009
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with murder in the slaying of another teenager near a troubled Oakland apartment complex, authorities said Tuesday.
The suspect, whose name was withheld because of his age, was charged Monday with murder, assault with a deadly weapon and a gun enhancement in the [...]
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from Associated Press
September 30, 2009
FAIRFAX, Va. – Fairfax City police have charged a Prince William County father and his 17-year-old daughter with recruiting students to a gang.
A police affidavit alleges that 43-year-old Theodore Olds directed the local Elm Street Piru set of the Bloods.
It states that an informant and two Fairfax High School students [...]
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Alex Alonso for Streetgangs.Com
September 30, 2009
Last month Nipsey Hussle had an album release party for Bullets Ain’t Got No Name Vol. 3 Mixtape at club Mood in Hollywood. We caught up with his manager, Steve Lobel, from A2Z Entertainment and he talked about Nipsey Hussle’s new album coming out soon called South Central State [...]
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By Ruben Vives (LA Now/LA Times)
September 30, 2009
A man suspected of kidnapping his 5-year-old son after fatally shooting the boy’s mother and another man was shot tonight by Anaheim police, authorities said.
Anthony Castillo, 31, encountered officers at Juno Avenue and Loara Street about 6 p.m. He was armed with a handgun when he was shot [...]
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By Richard Winton (LA Now/LA Times)
September 30, 2009
The family of an unarmed man fatally shot by a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who was chasing him filed a legal claim against the county today, saying the department had a propensity for such shootings, and a change in policy is needed to stop deputies from firing [...]
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Alex Alonso
September 29, 2009
Criminology researchers from California State University, Fresno (M. Jason Kissner, J.D., Ph.D.) and Arizona State University (David C. Pyrooz, M.S.) explored differences between gang and non-gang inmates within a large county jail in California. The researchers were interested in comparing the effects of personality characteristics (self-control) and social learning influences (family gang [...]
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Alex Alonso
September 28, 2009
When Sarah Kruzan was eleven, a 31-year old pimp recruited her into the life of prostitution and he put her on the streets when she was 13. Coming from a broken family, she looked at this abuser as a father figure but after several years of abuse, she murdered her pimp [...]
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By Dan McDonald (MetroWest Daily News)
September 28, 2009
Twenty-two seconds of pain separates an 18-year-old man from the straight and narrow.
As a self-described founding member of the Southside gang known as the Deuces, the man, who requested anonymity for fear of violent retribution, is contemplating leaving gang life behind. But he finds himself boxed in by [...]
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from Associated Press
September 28, 2009
CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago police say they’re bolstering security around a high school on the city’s South Side after a student was beaten to death.
But they are declining to give details on the security plan for Fenger High School.
Family members believe Derrion Albert was beaten on his way from school on [...]
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By Corina Knoll and Ari B. Bloomekatz (LA Times)
September 28, 2009
Police said a shooting that killed a 4-month-old boy and wounded two others in Van Nuys early Sunday was prompted by an argument between rival gang members.
The baby, Andrew Garcia, was being fed by a family friend holding him in a car parked on Kittridge [...]
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