Sunday, May. 31, 2009 By Adam Ashton, The Modesto Bee Modesto City Councilman Dave Lopez gathered some cash, some brains and some muscle over the past couple of months to carry out his new anti-graffiti campaign. He expects to launch Partners in Paint by the end of the summer with teams of high school students […]
Saturday, May. 30, 2009 Bee Staff Reports OAKDALE — Police broke up a fight in a park between eight or nine Sureño and Norteño gang members Friday evening. The Norteños, armed with baseball bats, started the brawl around 7:40 p.m. when they confronted the Sureños at Brennan Park, police said. The only injuries were small […]
Alex A. Alonso for StreetGangs.com May 29, 2009 The Mansfield Gangster Crips, a West LA neighborhood, have memorialized the slain rapper Roderick “Dolla” Burton on the walls of their West LA neighborhood. Although Dolla was based in Atlanta, he had ties to this Los Angeles neighborhood. The Mansfields are aligned with other Tray neighborhoods throughout […]
Rapper COREY MILLER will spend the next 10 years behind bars after pleading no contest to charges of second degree murder dating back to 2002. Miller, formerly known as C-Murder, was hit with the charges following the death of a 16 year old during a brawl at a New Orleans, Louisiana nightclub in 2002. He […]
By Alex Alonso (Streetgangs.com) May 27, 2009 The District Attorney dismissed the gang injunction against 63 named defendants in an injunction served against members of the Varrio Orange Cypress earlier this year. Because the prosecution never proved if the named members were actually members of the gang, the DA decided to dismiss the case. The […]
The school somberly recalls Dannie Farber Jr., who was shot to death at a restaurant in an apparent gang attack. By Raja Abdulrahim, Los Angeles Times May 27, 2009 Narbonne High School football coach Manuel Douglas gathered his varsity team Tuesday morning to talk about losing their teammate Dannie Farber Jr. He said the last […]
Ramon Huerta spent two nights in a federal lockup in downtown L.A. before questions raised by his daughter and a reporter set him free. By Scott Glover, Los Angeles Times May 26, 2009 As Ramon Huerta stood shirtless and shivering in the frontyard of the Pico Rivera house he’s called home for more than four […]
Authorities charge 147 members and associates in a massive racketeering case with racially motivated attacks designed to drive African Americans out of Hawaiian Gardens. By Scott Glover and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times May 22, 2009 Federal authorities Thursday accused a south Los Angeles County street gang of a litany of crimes, including the murder […]
By THOMAS WATKINS – 23 hours ago The Associated Press HAWAIIAN GARDENS, Calif. (AP) — A Latino street gang waged a racist campaign to eliminate the city’s black residents through attempted murders and other crimes, according to federal racketeering indictments unsealed Thursday. Five indictments charged a total of 147 members and associates of the Varrio […]
By Sue Doyle, Daily News Staff Writer Updated: 05/21/2009 09:54:53 PM PDT Authorities arrested more than two dozen suspected gang members and probation and parole violators during a sweep Thursday of Canoga Park homes. Seventeen suspects were arrested on suspicion of felony charges, while 10 others were picked up for misdemeanors. Among the suspects were members […]
May 21, 2009 By Michael Webster Syndicated Investigative Reporter U.S. Attorney Thomas P. O’Brien, stated at a news conference today that these arrests were the “largest gang takedown in United States history.” The notorious Varrio Hawaiian Gardens gang was targeted following the murder of Los Angeles sheriff’s Deputy Jerry Ortiz four years ago. The early […]
Posted by Michael Winter at 07:56 PM/ET May 21, 2009 In what’s being called the ?largest gang takedown in United States history,? federal and California authorities today arrested 147 suspected members of a Latino gang that waged “a war” against the Los Angeles Sheriff?s Department and conducted a “systematic” campaign of hate crimes allegedly to […]