By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com More than 1,000 FBI and LA police officers executed dozens of arrest and search warrants Thursday in a move to take down a violent South LA gang known as “Rollin’ 40s Neighborhood Crips”, authorities said. Some gang members were hauled in in pajamas, according to the LA Times. In all, 74…
74 MEMBERS OF ROLLIN’ 40’S CRIPS VIOLENT STREET GANG CHARGED WITH FEDERAL AND STATE NARCOTICS VIOLATIONS IN OPERATION “40 OUNCES TO FREEDOM” More than 1,000 police officers and federal agents executed dozens of arrest and search warrants this morning in a coordinated operation in which members of a violent street gang were taken into custody…
These are good signs that the U.S. is pushing back against the cartels. But this certainly doesn’t mean the problem’s solved. There’s a lot more folks that need to be rounded up. By Josh Meyer Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — In a series of recent raids throughout the United States, federal authorities have arrested nearly…
A federal lawsuit and a bust by the feds are shining some light on the links between prison guards and gangs in Maryland. It’s very unsettling. Baltimore City Paper investigative reporter Van Smith takes an in depth look at the situation. By Van Smith Baltimore City Paper BALTIMORE — In 2008, 31-year-old prison inmate Tashma…
Sharon Lubinski has been looked upon as a pioneer in law enforcement, a field filled with people that have not always been receptive to alternative life styles. By PATRICK CONDON Associated Press Writer MINNEAPOLIS — As a little-known Minneapolis police sergeant, Sharon Lubinski made headlines when she declared she was a lesbian on the front…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Semion Mogilevich, an international crime boss and Ukrainian businessman suspected of contract murder, weapons and drug trafficking, high-end corporate fraud and extortion, joins Osama bin Laden on the elite FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted List. The FBI said Mogilevich is suspected of being involved in a multi-million dollar scheme…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Mexican man has learned the hard way not to press his luck, particularly when it comes to physically beating FBI agents who suffered serious, but non-life threatening injuries. Juan Jose Magallanes Torres of Anapara, Mexico, was originally charged with being part of a gang that beat two FBI agents in…
