Fourteen alleged New Jersey gang members busted on crack charges
Fourteen alleged gang members were arrested in early morning raids on their homes, New Jersey State Police and federal agencies said this week. The 14 are accused of drug crimes, including the distribution of crack just south of Bergen County in the Irvington area. A coalition of law enforcement agencies participated in the raids, including [...]
Authorities charge 18 alleged Bloods gang members with racketeering, distributing drugs
TRENTON — Street gangs are constantly evolving enterprises. When leaders are arrested, others take their place. So when a State Police investigation broke up the Nine Trey set of the Bloods in 2006, members formed three separate groups. Today, police circled back around to help finish the job, arresting members of one of those groups, [...]
Murder trial begins for accused wannabe gang member in NJ
TOMS RIVER — A Bloods street gang member thought Anthony Skyers, a fellow gang member, was snitching on him to police about a robbery. Dennis Thigpen wanted to join the Bloods. So, gang member Dyshon Ragland put Thigpen up to kill the 18-year-old suspected snitch, and Thigpen executed Skyers to gain entry into the gang. [...]
Camden 14 year old gang member sentenced to 20 years
A 14-year-old girl who joined a violent Camden street gang partly out of boredom was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for fatally beating, stabbing, and choking a Burlington County woman. Shatara Shakira Carter of Camden appeared before Superior Court Judge Irvin J. Snyder in Camden and was told she had to serve at [...]
