By Lora Neng WWW.STREETGANGS.COM STAFF WRITER June 15, 2011 Main Street Mafia Crips leader Ladell Rowles was named in a criminal complaint for directing six fellow gang members to kidnap and a rob a man of a purported Shaquille O’Neal sex tape. The victim, Robert Ross, was a former member of the street gang befriended [...]
Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer June 4, 2011 | 4:20 a.m. In a closed door hearing, a parole commission determined that there was not enough evidence to charge Giovanni Ramirez, 31, in the beating of Bryan Stow, 41, that took place in the Dodger Stadium parking lot on opening day. Ramirez remains in custody for [...]
Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer June 1, 2011 | 3:55 a.m. When the case against Giovanni Ramirez in the beating of Bryan Stow was looking weak, the increased publicity caused investigators in Henderson, Nevada to link him to yet another crime that occurred earlier this year. According to an incident report, first acquired by KCAL9 [...]
Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer May 26, 2011 | 2:25 a.m. On Sunday the Los Angeles police department announced the arrest of Giovanni Ramirez, 31, in connection to the beating of Bryan Stow at Dodger Stadium on opening day. The beating of Stow has quickly become a national story and has revealed, once again, how [...]
Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer May 23, 2011 | 10:25 p.m. UPDATE: May 24, 2011 – At the request of the LAPD, the mug shot of Giovanni Ramirez has been redacted so that the integrity of their scheduled witness line-up is not compromised. UPDATE: May 25, 2011 – The mugshot of Giovanni Ramirez has been [...]
By Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer May 23, 2011 | 5:31 p.m. Even though 6,000 hours were spent investigating the Bryan Stow beating at Dodger Stadium by 20 Los Angeles Police Detectives, it was a tip by a parole agent that led to the arrest of Giovanni Ramirez, 31, of Los Angeles. Recent tattoo work [...]
Streetgangs.com Staff May 22, 2010 | 3:25 p.m. Police officers of the LAPD made an arrest in the beating of San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow, 42, who was attacked at Dodger Stadium on opening day. After the game, 2 Dodgers fans, that have been described as Hispanic and in their 20s, confronted Stowe who [...]
By Lora Neng STREETGANGS.COM STAFF WRITER September 22, 2010 Los Angeles Clippers point guard Baron Davis executive produced “Crips and Bloods: Made in America,” a documentary of gang life in L.A. that is up for an Emmy Nomination. This personal project parallels his escape from that world by committing to basketball. Feeling an obligation to [...]
By Alex Alonso STREETGANGS.COM STAFF WRITER June 27, 2010 | 3:07 p.m Rocky Marciano retired undefeated at 49-0, but of his 6 greatest opponents, all of them were older than him, with three of his opponents about 39 years old. He never beat a champion or former champion who was in their 20s. For example [...]
Crowds hurl bottles and other objects at police, smash marquees, jump on vehicles, break windows and light a small fire along Figueroa Street. At least one person is beaten unconscious. By Sam Allen and Kate Linthicum (Los Angeles Times) June 18, 2010 Despite a massive Los Angeles police presence Thursday night, sporadic violence broke out [...]
Posted Mon., May 1, 2010, 11:47 pm By Alex Alonso STREETGANGS.COM STAFF WRITER LAS VEGAS – The would-be fight of the year turned out to be a one sided boxing exhibition with Floyd Mayweather Jr. (41-0;25 KOs) solidifying his position as the world’s best fighter on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Arena in Las [...]
By Richard Winton and Alexandra Zavis (LA Times) February 4, 2010 The shooting death last May of high school football star Dannie Farber Jr. left his family, friends and teammates in disbelief and authorities mystified. For months, investigators struggled to determine the identity of the young man in a hooded sweat shirt and baseball cap [...]
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Los Angeles Riots property damage from 1992 and 1997
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