Los Angeles – Jamiel Shaw Sr. speaks to the media after the death sentence of Pedro Espinoza, the 18th Street gang member convicted of killing his son, Jamiel Shaw Jr. Date: November 2, 2012 Posted: April 1, 2013 Edited by: Rafael Gamboa Location: Downtown Los Angeles, Criminal Courts Building Related stories: Pedro Espinoza is sentenced [...]
Los Angeles – Prosecutors Allyson Ostrowsky and Robert Grace address the media after Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ronald Rose sentenced Pedro Espinoza to death for the 2008 murder of Jamiel Shaw Jr. Date: November 2, 2012 Posted: March 31, 2013 Location: Downtown Los Angeles, Criminal Courts Building Related stories: Jamiel Shaw Sr. addresses media [...]
In 2008, Pedro Espinoza, 19, shot and killed Jamiel Shaw, 17, during a chance encounter on 5th Avenue where Shaw lived. Espinoza had saw Shaw walking on 23rd Street and noticed him to be a Blood gang member, a rival to the gang Espinoza was from, 18th Street. After an exchange of words, Espinoza shot [...]
Four family members of Jamiel Shaw Jr, 17, who was killed by 18th Street gang member Pedro Espinoza, 19, in 2008 during the ongoing conflict between several Bloods sets and several factions of 18th Street made Victim Impact Statements in open court during sentencing. Althea Shaw (Aunt), Hector Davis (Uncle), Anita Shaw (Mother) and Jamiel [...]
Streetgangs.com Staff Writer January 13, 2013 | 1:15 p.m. PST LOS ANGELES – A federal criminal defense attorney was sentenced last Thursday to seven years in federal prison for his conviction on racketeering and money laundering offenses committed on behalf of 18th Street gang members from Los Angeles which included Mexican Mafia members. Isaac Guillen, [...]
Home > Hispanic Gangs > City of Los Angeles > San Fernando Valley > North Hollywood North Hollywood, nicked named NoHo is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley section in the City of Los Angeles. The borders of North Hollywood are Moorpark Street and the Ventura Freeway (south), Burbank Boulevard and Coldwater Canyon Avenue [...]
KENNETH OFGANG (Metropolitan News-Enterprise) | December 3, 2012 Four gang members were properly convicted of the murder of a fellow member who was killed when a rival gang member shot at them in self-defense, the Court of Appeal for this district ruled Friday. Div. Eight affirmed the convictions of Josue Mejia, Adam Perez, Carlos Hernandez, [...]
By Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer November 9, 2012 | 2:09 a.m. Last Friday, Judge Ronald Rose upheld the jury’s sentence of death against Pedro “Darky” Espinoza who was convicted in the 2008 first degree murder of Jamiel Shaw. Many observers who had been watching this trial anticipated that this sentence was inevitable because of [...]
Clanton 14th Street is a predominately Hispanic gang originally from Los Angeles’ eastside. The original Clanton varrio started in the early 1920s on Clanton Street which was located between San Pedro and Central Avenue. The territory of Clanton varrio once went from Olympic Blvd (north) to Santa Barbara Avenue (south) which is now known as [...]
By Victoria Kim (Los Angeles Times) | May 24, 2012 A 23-year-old gang member who shot and killed a high school football star he mistook for a rival gangster in 2008 should be put to death, a Los Angeles jury decided Wednesday. Jurors reached the verdict after about a week of testimony in the penalty [...]
By Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer May 21, 2012 | 7:59 p.m. Incarcerated El Salvadoran gang members have speared headed a peace process to reduce tensions between 18th Street and Mara Salvatrucha in their country. The Catholic Church has been an instrumental arm in the process along with Raul Mijango, a former FMLN commandante and [...]
By Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer May 9, 2012 | 4:09 p.m. LOS ANGELES – After about 4 hours of deliberations the jury found 18th Street gang member Pedro Espinoza guilty of 1st degree murder in the 2008 killing of Jamiel Shaw Jr. While walking home in the Washington Heights neighborhood, Shaw crossed paths with [...]
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