Tag: gang violence
Derek Mercado, Possessing a Loaded UZI Machinegun, Massachusetts 2025
⏱ 2 min read Derek Mercado, a 21-year-old member of the notorious Trinitarios gang, was caught with a loaded UZI machinegun in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on May 6, 2025. The incident occurred after a domestic violence report led to a broadcast alert to arrest Mercado, who was already in warrant status on two unrelated matters. When…
Jose Ramos Lopez, Murder, Maryland 2023
⏱ 2 min read An El Salvadoran illegal alien, Jose Ramos Lopez, 26, played a role in the brutal murder of a minor in Frederick, Maryland. On February 24, 2023, MS-13 gang members, including the victim, gathered outside an apartment complex before luring the victim to a wooded area to smoke marijuana. There, gang members…
Edward Allen, Murder, Tennessee 2023
⏱ 3 min read Edward Allen, aka E-Money, and Deandre Rodgers, aka Dre, two high-ranking members of the Unknown Vice Lords gang, carried out a calculated, execution-style murder of a fellow gang member in Memphis, Tennessee. The killing was in retaliation for the murder of the gang’s Supreme Elite Chief, the leader of the Unknown…
Crips Members Convicted of Murder, Racketeering, California 1993
⏱ 3 min read On the streets of Long Island and Brooklyn, a brutal gang war raged, fueled by greed, power, and a thirst for blood. The Crips’ Insane Crip Gang and Rollin 60s set were the architects of terror, using intimidation, violence, and murder to control the streets. For over a decade, their reign…
Alieu Jarjou, Murder, New York 2021
⏱ 2 min read A 30-year-old man was gunned down in broad daylight on a busy Bronx street in March 2021. Alieu Jarjou, a Crips gang member, pulled the trigger, allegedly to avenge a suspected assault on a fellow gang member. Related Federal Cases Dunlap’s Dollar Scam Lands Him in Hot Water · Arizona Feds…
Homietos Members, Murder, Assault, Home Invasion, New Jersey 2023
⏱ 3 min read Houston’s streets are a little safer after federal agents indicted 17 members and associates of the Homietos outlaw motorcycle gang. The group is accused of a brutal reign of violence – murder, attempted murder, assault – all to control territory and settle scores. The feds hit them with a sweeping RICO…
