Sacto 9-1-1: Verdict in Siackasorn murder trial to be announced at 3:30 p.m.

Sacto 9-1-1: Verdict in Siackasorn murder trial to be announced at 3:30 p.m.: "verdict in the Jimmy Siackasorn murder trial, and it will be announced at 3:30 p.m. today, court officials said. Siackasorn, 19, is accused in the Dec. 19, 2007, shooting death of Sacramento sheriff's Det. Vu Nguyen, 37.
The panel has deliberated a little more than 2 1/2 days since prosecution and defense attorneys concluded their final arguments April 19.
An admitted member of a south Sacramento street gang, Siackasorn did not dispute during his Sacramento Superior Court trial that he shot and killed the deputy during a foot chase on the cold and rainy afternoon"

Read more »

Texas Gang Leader Convicted on Firearms Charge

Texas Gang Leader Convicted on Firearms Charge: "Cristobal Meza, III, 34, of Wichita Falls, Texas, was convicted at trial last week by a federal jury in U.S. District Court in Wichita Falls on two counts of an indictment charging firearms offenses, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. Meza, an armed career criminal, is a leader in the Varrio Carnales street gang that operates in Wichita Falls and a member of Barrio Azteca, a violent prison gang."

Read more »

2 arrested in Englewood heroin seizure - Chicago Breaking News

2 arrested in Englewood heroin seizure - Chicago Breaking News: "Two people were arrested Saturday in connection with a heroin seizure and confiscation of three rifles and two handguns in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, Chicago police said.
A 16-year-old was charged as a juvenile with manufacture/delivery of over 15 grams of heroin, a felony. Gene Smith, 39, of Ford Heights was charged with soliciting unlawful business, a misdemeanor.
Officers saw Smith in the area of West 68th Street and South Perry Avenue directing individuals to the juvenile, who retrieved the narcotics at an abandoned building once the individuals gave the teen money for them, police said. Smith and the juvenile were eventually taken into custody and the narcotics -- valued at more than $1,700 -- were confiscated, police said."

Read more »

Bexley Times - Teens deny part in mafia gang's throat slashing

Bexley Times - Teens deny part in mafia gang's throat slashing: "TEENAGE gang known as the 'Black Mafia' slit a man's throat after smashing their way into a 16th birthday party, a court heard. Up to 17 youths battered down the front door of the house in Bellingham, Lewisham, in the early hours of the morning. Most of the partygoers managed to flee upstairs to the bedrooms or into the garden, but 26 year-old Dameon Phillips was caught on the stairs. He was left bleeding heavily from his neck and had to have extensive treatment in hospital, jurors at the Old Bailey were told on Tuesday. Nine alleged gang members, aged between 15 and 18, are standing trial, including seven youths, from Blackheath, Catford and Lewisham, who can not be identified. They deny wounding with intent and violent disorder."

Read more »

Our Towns - Just Beyond Yale, a Million Miles Away - NYTimes.com

Our Towns - Just Beyond Yale, a Million Miles Away - NYTimes.com: "“That’s where they shot my nephew,” he says. He peers out at the Dixwell Mini-Market, in the heart of the Corridor, the city’s high-crime area. In the past two weeks, five black men were murdered over eight days. There have been 11 homicides in the city this year, 17 since October, 14 in the Corridor.
Tywan Turner wasn’t really the nephew of Mr. Abdussabur, a New Haven police officer who heads Ctribat Institute for Social Development, a gun violence prevention program that works with children in troubled New Haven neighborhoods, takes them camping in the summer, gives them a home beyond the streets. But Mr. Turner had been a beloved participant in the program, so his murder at age 19 felt like a death in the family. He had left a cookout at a friend’s house on Saturday, walked to the store for cigarettes and was shot at least four times. It was the second homicide that day.
“Awesome kid, a sweetheart, like my kids,” says Mr. Abdussabur, 43, who grew up in the neighborhood and ran track at the University of West Georgia. “Respectful, handsome, nice smile. Not a fighting kid, very laid back, very smart. Someone was in a dispute with his brother and retaliated against him.”"

Read more »

Teenage Girl Shot In Neck Fights For Her Life - Yahoo! News UK

Teenage Girl Shot In Neck Fights For Her Life - Yahoo! News UK: "teenager was wounded at a takeaway restaurant in Hoxton Street, Hackney, at about 7pm on Wednesday.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: 'The girl had received a gunshot wound to the neck and was taken to hospital where she is in a critical condition.'
Police could not confirm if the girl was inside or outside the takeaway when she was shot.
The shooting is being dealt with by detectives from the Met's Operation Trident - the unit which investigates gun crime in the black community.
Police said it was too early in the investigation to say if the shooting was gang-related. No arrests have been made."

Read more »

Gov't accused of paying lip service to the gang problem

Gov't accused of paying lip service to the gang problem: "'Every time there is a shooting they have a press conference throw out a few ideas and that is the last we hear of them.' BDA MP Mark Pettingill said he had yet to see evidence of a co-coordinated action plan to deal with the problem. Both men suggested a cross-party working group be set up to look into the issue.
Mr. Moniz believes a task force of experts should be assembled to investigate Bermuda's gang problem and make recommendations. He added: 'They don't seem to have any clue or any political will to do anything. They say something about SWAT teams, nobody knows what it means and you never hear it mentioned again. They talk about sending prisoners abroad and they haven't discussed it with anybody at the U.S. Consulate or in the Governor's office."

Read more »

Laws, Life, and Legal Matters - Court Cases and Legal Information at Leagle.com - All Federal and State Appeals Court Cases in One Search

Laws, Life, and Legal Matters - Court Cases and Legal Information at Leagle.com - All Federal and State Appeals Court Cases in One Search: "On the night of November 26, 2007, Juan Garcia drove up to his house. His wife Patricia Popoca was sitting next to him. Her three children were in the back seat of the car. When Garcia parked, a man approached the car, opened the driver's door and produced a gun. Garcia, a former member of Barrio Mojados or the B.M.S. gang, pleaded with the man not to shoot him in front of his family to no avail. The man shot Garcia six to eight times and then walked away. Popoca did not see anyone other than the shooter. However, her 11-year-old child saw another man standing near the passenger side of the car, who fired his gun at the same time, before he fled. Garcia suffered six gunshot wounds and died. Popoca's leg was struck by a bullet that passed through her thigh. She was treated at the hospital.
Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department found expended cartridges at the site of the shooting, indicating three different kinds of guns had been fired at the time. No firearms were recovered. Popoca described the gun of the shooter she saw as a semiautomatic rather than a revolver."

Read more »

Teenager killed in US mall shooting - Gun Crime Gossip

Teenager killed in US mall shooting - Gun Crime Gossip: "Five people were taken to Hospital as authorities cordoned off the Arrowhead Mall in downtown Muskogee, Oklahoma, an area crowded with visitors attending the city's annual Azalea Festival, police spokesman Pedro Zardeneta said. It was unclear whether the person killed, 17-year-old Jarrod Reed, was among several people involved in the shooting or a bystander, he said. Details about the other victims, including their conditions, have not been released, Hospital spokesman Chad Wetz said."

Read more »

Tulsa World: Man shot at reputed motorcycle gang hangout identified

Tulsa World: Man shot at reputed motorcycle gang hangout identified: "found Russell Doza, 49, lying on the floor. Authorities said Doza retrieved a gun from a nearby bookshelf and turned toward the deputies. Three deputies fired shots and Doza died at the scene. The search warrant stemmed from claims that meth and marijuana activity was taking place in the area, officials said. Deputies also arrested two men, Scott Lee Sollars, 54, and Albert Dee Ahlfinger, 49.
Sollars is being held at the Tulsa Jail on complaints including possessing a firearm after the commission of a felony, eluding a police officer and obstructing an officer. His bail is set at nearly $11,300. Ahlfinger faces complaints of possession of a firearm after the commission of a felony and contempt of court, with bail set at nearly $25,600. Doza had 'parted from' his family several years ago and moved between towns in northeastern Oklahoma. He sometimes stayed at the clubhouse while passing through Tulsa, said a friend, Ramona Gregory. Gregory met Doza in the mid-'80s while riding motorcycles with her former husband. Doza had a beard, long hair and developed a strong bond with fellow riders, Gregory said. 'He was a gypsy kind of guy. He didn't have a place to call his own – he had his brothers,' she said. 'The club was his family"

Read more »

Crime Scene KC

Crime Scene KC: "Granite Falls, Wash., a man was arrested after he fatally shot his girlfriend with a gun they had used during drunken foreplay, police allege"

Read more »

Wanted: Suspect In Truck, Gun Thefts, Robbery - Greenville News Story - WYFF Greenville

Wanted: Suspect In Truck, Gun Thefts, Robbery - Greenville News Story - WYFF Greenville: "Jeffrey J. Harrison broke into his stepfather’s home on July 27, 2009.
On July 28, 2009, Harrison used one of the guns and the truck to rob the CVS Pharmacy on Fairview Road, deputies said.
Investigators said Harrison held the pharmacist at gunpoint, and ordered the pharmacist to open a safe containing controlled substances.
Harrison fled the business with an undisclosed amount of pain medicine.
There are warrants for Harrison’s arrest for first-degree burglary, grand larceny armed robbery, kidnapping, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.
Deputies said that Harrison is rumored to be staying in the Mills Avenue area, near Farris and Grove roads."

Read more »

Open Carry Gun Owners Speak Out - CBS 42

Open Carry Gun Owners Speak Out - CBS 42: "He’s got a gun in his holster and he's not ashamed to show it. 'Your crime rate is a hell of a lot higher in England. For everything less than murder, every single crime you can think of is higher in the UK: muggings, stabbings, thefts in general. All because people can't defend themselves, in my opinion” said David Smythies.Smythies grew up in England where guns are against the law. Now a U.S. resident, he's exercising his rights. 'Americans don't know what they could potentially lose if they didn't come out and exercise their right to open carry,” said Smythies.'It’s a right. The opencarry.org saying is 'A right unexercised is a right lost.’ You might as well exercise your right before it’s gone,” said Timothy Brand, who also wears his gun on his right hip for all to see. You may not realize it, but in Alabama, it's legal to carry a firearm openly in public. But the second you conceal it, you need a license. That’s why a group of open carry supporters joined forces Saturday afternoon, hoping to inform the community. Together, they held a blood drive off Lorna Road in Hoover."

Read more »

Motorist who crashed into school bus charged for weapons :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chicago Crime

Motorist who crashed into school bus charged for weapons :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chicago Crime: "Casey McGee, 39, of the 7000 block of South Maplewood Avenue, was charged with one count each of unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm by a felon and unlawful possession of a firearm in a vehicle by a street gang member, police said."

Read more »

Loaded gun, ammo, cocaine possession lands man in jail - Canton, OH - CantonRep.com

Loaded gun, ammo, cocaine possession lands man in jail - Canton, OH - CantonRep.com: "Curtis Russell Thomas Jr. Friday night in a northeast Canton neighborhood.

The 19-year-old man had a bag of crack cocaine in his gym shorts pocket along with a stolen, loaded Kahr Arms 9mm handgun and another clip of ammunition, according to Stark County Jail records. His arrest record at the jail said his arrest was the result of a “police initiative aimed at stopping street gun violence” in the neighborhood.
Officers working with the Canton Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit arrested Thomas, who lives at 2334 Tuscarawas St. E, shortly after 7 p.m. on 14th Street NE just east of Miami Avenue as neighbors watched from their front porches.
He was later booked into the jail on felony charges of having weapons under disability, carrying a concealed weapon and cocaine possession, jail records said.
Thomas remained in jail Saturday, held in lieu of $25,000 bond."

Read more »