Tag: Murder
Francisco Juan Acevedo, First-Degree Premeditated Murder, Arizona 2025
⏱ 3 min read On Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022, a family gathering on the Gila River Indian Community turned deadly when Francisco Juan Acevedo, 35, of Chandler, Arizona, opened fire. He killed his uncle, shot and seriously injured another uncle, and left a third victim with serious wounds. The carnage marked the beginning of…
James Johnson, Murder, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read A brazen daylight robbery turned deadly at The Line, a bar in Momence, Illinois, on February 2, 2026. Julius Burkes, 47, allegedly used a firearm to kill the owner, sending shockwaves through the tight-knit community. Burkes, an Indiana resident, was arrested in Hammond, Indiana, just one day later by local police…
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…
Charles Carson-Dowdy, Cyberstalking and Murder, Florida 2025
⏱ 2 min read A former boyfriend used his phone and a ride-sharing service to stalk and kill his ex-girlfriend, an Air Force Reservist, in Pensacola, Florida. Charles Carson-Dowdy, 31, of Mobile, Alabama, pleaded guilty in federal court to cyberstalking, murder, and firearm charges. Starmichael L. Tucker, 30, was killed on January 1, 2025, after…
Jose Medina-Medina, Gun Possession, Illinois 2024
⏱ 2 min read A chilling crime scene in Chicago turned up a smoking gun: a handgun, allegedly possessed by 25-year-old murder suspect Jose Medina-Medina. The Venezuelan national, already facing state murder charges in the slaying of an 18-year-old Loyola University student, is now locked up in federal custody, charged with illegally possessing the firearm.…
Syed Hussain, Homicide by Strangulation, Washington 2026
⏱ 3 min read It was a bloody February night in Washington DC when Syed Hussain, a 40-year-old man, was brutally beaten and strangled to death. His body was discovered by D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Service (FEMS) members at 3:33 a.m. on February 11, 2026, in his apartment at 1437 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W.…
Rosenda Strong, Double Murder, Washington 2018
⏱ 3 min read In a shocking double homicide, Rosenda Strong and Jedidah Iesha Moreno were murdered in Yakima, Washington, within the boundaries of the Yakama Nation Indian reservation in October 2018. Strong, an enrolled member of the Yakama Nation, and Moreno were reported missing, sparking separate investigations by the Yakama Nation Police Department and…
Juan Hernandez, Racketeering Conspiracy, California 2022
⏱ 2 min read Two members of the notorious 18th Street Gang, Herberth Rodríguez and Elias Martínez Villanueva, were found guilty of murder in-aid-of racketeering and other gang-related crimes in Queens, New York. The verdict came after a three-week trial, which revealed the duo’s involvement in the brutal murder of Diego Vanegas Vásquez on November…
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…
