A Long Beach Gang member convicted in Revenge killing
A Long Beach gang member has been convicted of murder for his role in the revenge killing of a 16-year-old rival in 2007. Jason Benites, who was only 15 at the time of the shooting death of Florentino Rivera and was tried as an adult, was found guilty Wednesday on all courts, including attempted murder [...]
California gang activity is out of Control
Following a four-day trial, a judge on Tuesday ruled that a temporary injunction against the Norteños street gang in Fairfield should become permanent. The ruling by Solano County Superior Court Judge William C. Harrison means members of the street gang will be prohibited from gathering or engaging in gang activities within a 4.2-square-mile “safety zone” [...]
Gang Member held in contempt for refusing to testify
Robert Meza already is serving a 45-year prison term for murder, but a DuPage County judge ordered him jailed today for contempt after he refused to testify against a reputed gang member charged in the same 2007 killing. DuPage County prosecutors, however, still hope to use information Meza allegedly provided earlier to police to help [...]
MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to Death
Chief U.S. District Court Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr. today formally imposed the federal death penalty sentence on Alejandro Enrique Ramirez Umana, aka “Wizard,” announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Anne M. Tompkins of the Western District of North Carolina. A 12-person federal jury in Charlotte, N.C., [...]
