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Riverside police officers targeted with threat to blow up police car

Riverside police officers targeted with threat to blow up police car

by Shelby Grad (LA Times)
March 20, 2010

Riverside County authorities are investigating yet another threat received Friday against police officers in Hemet.
On Friday afternoon, someone called 911 saying a police car would be blown up in the next two days as revenge for a law-enforcement sweep earlier this week of a local motorcycle gang.
Authorities said they [...]

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More Ex-cons On The Streets, Face Fewer Job Prospects In The US

More Ex-cons On The Streets, Face Fewer Job Prospects In The US

from Wall Street Journal
March 20, 2010

Out of prison after serving 7 1/2 years for drug-dealing and armed robbery, Cedric Petteway is struggling to find a job in the worst economy in decades, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.
The 32-year-old father of two says he has submitted more than 500 resumés for entry-level jobs in the [...]

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In just 24 hours, 763 pounds of drugs are seized at 2 border crossings

In just 24 hours, 763 pounds of drugs are seized at 2 border crossings

by Tony Barboza (LA Times)
March 19, 2010

Customs officers intercepted 12 alleged drug smugglers in a 24-hour period at the San Ysidro and Otay Mesa border crossings and seized 763 pounds of marijuana, methamphetamine and cocaine worth an estimated $1.16 million, authorities said Friday.
The spate of arrests took place between 6 a.m. Thursday and 6 a.m [...]

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Police departments form gang task force in South Bay

Police departments form gang task force in South Bay

by Mark Gomez (SJ Mercury)
March 19, 2010

When a group of gang members from Mountain View crashed a Sunnyvale girl’s 16th birthday party last summer and got into a verbal fight with another guest over disrespect, they responded by stabbing the 18-year-old man to death, according to police.
Sunnyvale cops acted quickly and arrested the suspected gang [...]

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Video: Alleged Gang Member Mother in Georgia Speaks Out

Video: Alleged Gang Member Mother in Georgia Speaks Out

By Fraendy Clervaud (WJBF News)
March 19, 2010

Augusta, GA—Tahlea Manson: “When I go home at night, I think about all the things we have done.”
Tahlea Manson says this is the first time she can speak publicly on behalf of her son, Brandon Manson.
Manson: “I don’t want to see my son behind bars. I don’t want to [...]

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District clears S. Phila. student of gang charge

District clears S. Phila. student of gang charge

Jeff Gammage (Philly Inquirer)
Mar. 19, 2010

City school district officials formally acknowledged yesterday that 17-year-old Hao Luu was not connected to a street gang – an allegation that was used to ban him from South Philadelphia High.
Evelyn Sample-Oates, the district’s vice president for communications, said a letter had been placed in Luu’s file to acknowledge his [...]

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Nerves frayed at Calif police department targeted by series of booby trap attacks

Nerves frayed at Calif police department targeted by series of booby trap attacks

THOMAS WATKINS (Associated Press)
March 19, 2010

HEMET, Calif. (AP) — Police in this picturesque city in rural Riverside County have been on edge in recent weeks. Someone is trying to kill them.
First, a natural gas pipe was shoved through a hole drilled into the roof of the gang enforcement unit’s headquarters. The building filled with flammable [...]

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Suspected gang members rounded up in El Paso

Suspected gang members rounded up in El Paso

The Associated Press
March 19, 2010

EL PASO – More than 200 federal, state and local law enforcement officers swept through El Paso on Thursday, picking up suspected members of the Barrio Azteca gang in an effort to find new leads into the killings of three people who had ties to the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juárez [...]

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$200,000 Reward For Those Who Have Tried To Kill Calif. Anti-Gang Police

$200,000 Reward For Those Who Have Tried To Kill Calif. Anti-Gang Police

Mark Memmott (NPR)
March 19, 2010

After three attempts on the lives of officers working on a Riverside County, Calif., anti-gang task force, authorities are now offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.
The Los Angeles Times and Riverside Press-Enterprise report that since December in Hemet, Calif.:
– A utility line [...]

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Mexico border city relives nightmare of violence

Mexico border city relives nightmare of violence

By Ken Ellingwood (LA Times)
March 18, 2010

Residents of this scruffy border town thought they had seen the worst of the violence five years ago, when rival drug gangs staged wild gunfights in the streets and a new police chief was slain just hours after being sworn in.
The warfare gave way to an uneasy calm after [...]

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Officers round up suspected El Paso gang members in effort to find leads into Juarez killings

Officers round up suspected El Paso gang members in effort to find leads into Juarez killings

by Christopher Sherman (Associated Press)
March 18, 2010

More than 200 federal, state and local law enforcement officers swept through El Paso on Thursday, picking up suspected members of the Barrio Azteca gang in an effort to find new leads into the killings of three people with ties to the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez last weekend.
“The [...]

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Hero shot in Long Beach holdup sues bank

Hero shot in Long Beach holdup sues bank

Richard Camp tackled the robbery suspect at the Farmers & Merchants Bank and was wounded in the thigh. He thought the bank would help him financially during his recuperation, but it hasn’t.
My-Thuan Tran
March 18, 2010

Richard Camp was hailed as a hero when he tackled a gunman suspected of trying to rob a Long Beach bank [...]

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