D.C. police make arrest in shooting near festival

A man charged in a weekend shooting near a Caribbean Festival in Northwest was trailing members of a rival gang when he opened fire on them and instead killed an innocent bystander, according to police charging documents.Terry Jiminez, 19, is charged with second-degree murder in the slaying of Robert Foster Jr., 43, who was caught in the crossfire of two rival gangs Saturday afternoon. Two other innocent bystanders and Mr. Jiminez were also injured...

INFAMOUS crime boss Arthur Thompson Snr was born in Glasgow's Springburn district in September 1931.

He rose to take charge of the city's underworld, which he ruled over for 30 years.Thompson forged links with the Kray Twins from London's east end, as well as the capital's feared Richardson clan.He had begun his criminal career as a money lender and safe blower and also ran a string of protection rackets.He built a reputation as a ruthless mobster who tortured and executed his underworld enemies.Thompson was a highly intelligent operator, who hid...

Three arrested in Metairie kidnapping, beating and robbery

Three men purporting to be members of the Mexican drug gang Los Zetas were held under $250,000 bonds Monday on charges of kidnapping a man in Metairie, beating him with a shovel and stealing his wallet.From left: Walter Farina, Jonathan Pavon, Heriberto SanchezWalter Farina, 46,...

Alleged Vancouver gangster named as fatal shooting victim

Mounties have named the man targeted and shot to death in North Surrey over the weekend as Christopher Jai Reddy.Sgt. Peter Thiessen, an RCMP spokesman, said the Gang Task Force is assisting the Integrated Homicide Investigative Team on the case.“We’re still actively trying to move forward,” said Thiessen.“We’re not in a position to really comment directly on what we believe the motive may have been, other than it was clearly targeted and gang related,”...

Scotland's most notorious gangster Jamie "Iceman" Stevenson has been running a nationwide drug dealing ring from INSIDE his jail cell.

The thug's "drug mules" deliberately get sent to jail to act as his enforcers on the inside, while he uses mobile phones to co-ordinate his gang on the streets.We revealed this week how he was moved from a cushy open prison back to Shotts in Lanarkshire as police bid to smash his massive drugs empire.Despite his setback, underworld sources claim the 46-year-old kingpin is still very much the "chairman of the board", raking in millions from dealing...

Capture of Boston gangster could mean more scandal

After 16 long years, the arrest of notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger appeared to end a long, frustrating manhunt that had embarrassed the FBI and raised questions about its efforts to find one of its most wanted fugitives.But Bulger's capture could be only the...

James “Whitey” Bulger, the accused Boston crime boss who has been on the run for 17 years, and his longtime girlfriend were finally caught in California by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday.

They were arrested without incident at a residence in Santa Monica, the FBI said, just days after the agency renewed its public campaign to capture Mr Bulger and Catherine Greig, his 60-year-old girlfriend.The 81-year-old former fugitive has been wanted on 19 counts of murder committed...

FRAIL, sick and lonely, gangland widow Judy Moran will find jail time hard going and may well die behind bars

FRAIL, sick and lonely, gangland widow Judy Moran will find jail time hard going and may well die behind bars, a court has been told. Defence barrister Bill Stuart told Justice Lex Lasry that Moran was an ‘‘old’’ 66-year-old  whose vast medical issues, including a blood disorder and thyroid problem, would make prison more burdensome. Moran, who uses an electric wheelchair, also needs hip and knee replacements but has failed  until now...

Heriberto “El Lazca” Lazcano Lazcano, the leader of the Zetas, died Friday in Matamoros after a gruesome firefight with the Gulf Cartel, sources outside law enforcement confirmed.

But Mexico’s Defense Ministry issued a statement late Friday night disputing reports Lazcano was killed. The slaying of the kingpin behind Mexico’s most brutal drug trafficking organization came after firefights with the Gulf Cartel broke out shortly after 5 a.m. Friday across...

“El Brad Pitt,” or Marco Guzman, a leader in the La Linea drug cartel has been apprehended by Mexican federal police

“El Brad Pitt,” or Marco Guzman, a leader in the La Linea drug cartel has been apprehended by Mexican federal police. Guzman’s capture is a coupe for officials in the on-going Mexican drug war. Where one does not know who to trust, the arrest of Guzman should be great news. He is...

Mafia gangster to claim his brother killed Meredith Kercher

convicted mobster is set to claim his brother killed Meredith Kercher during a bungled burglary, at Amanda Knox’s appeal. Luciano Aviello is one of five serving prisoners who will be giving evidence at the convicted murderess’s appeal after a judge ruled their evidence could be heard. Knox, 24, and her then boyfriend, Rafaele Sollecito, were found guilty in December 2009 of killing of 21-year-old Meredith Kercher, from Coulsdon, in what prosecutors...

VICTIMS of an "organised" gangster who carried out a Hannibal Lecter-style face slashing

VICTIMS of an "organised" gangster who carried out a Hannibal Lecter-style face slashing are being urged to come forward after he was jailed indefinitely.Police today made the appeal as brutal knifeman Peter Hannah, 40, was put behind bars for the public’s protection for a sickening attack on vulnerable Stephen Tully, 32.Ruthless Hannah carved open both sides of Mr Tully’s face with a Stanley knife, leaving him fighting for life.The gangland figure...

ADAM Freeman, the son of former Kings Cross identity George, handed himself in to the Australian embassy in Bangkok yesterday.

A global arrest warrant was issued for the 27-year-old last month after he was allegedly linked to a drug manufacturing syndicate.Freeman presented himself shortly before 5am (AEST) and told authorities he was aware there was a warrant in Australia for his arrest.Australian Federal Police in Thailand will question Freeman - whose brother David co-owns Kings Cross nightclub Lady Lux - after he left Australia hours after his associates were charged...

La Mara Salvatrucha (“MS-13”) member Rene Mendez Mejia, also known as “Zorro,” pleaded guilty to two counts of causing death through use of a firearm

La Mara Salvatrucha (“MS-13”) member Rene Mendez Mejia, also known as “Zorro,” pleaded guilty to two counts of causing death through use of a firearm in connection with the February 5, 2010, execution-style murders of Vanessa Argueta, a 19-yearold woman, and her two-year-old son,...

GANGSTER Mark 'Guinea Pig' Desmond is believed to be back in Dublin.

The 38-year-old thug has reportedly returned for the first time since he was linked with the disappearance of Islandbridge man James Kenny McDonagh (28) last October.Gardai have received reports that feared gangland figure Desmond is hiding out in a safe-house in Dublin's northside after returning from the UK.The return of the so-called 'Guinea Pig', originally from Ballyfermot, is likely to place Dublin's underworld in a heightened state of tension...

Gangster gave orders from inside jail

30-year-old suspected gang leader suspected of ordering the killing of a Swedish footballer and his brother used notes and binoculars to continue giving orders to his gang from within inside a Swedish jail.The man has been in remand in Stockholm since November 2010 when he was arrested on suspicions of having ordered the killing of Swedish second division football player Eddie Moussa and his brother in Södertälje in July.Three weeks ago, however,...

Cop blitz links gang lord Jamie 'Iceman' Stevenson to France's biggest coke bust

COPS battling to smash the empire of Scotland's top mobster have arrested a trucking boss linked to the biggest cocaine bust in French history.Haulage firm chief Charles McAughey's home was one of 11 targeted last week in synchronised raids aimed at lieutenants of drug-smuggling kingpin Jamie "Iceman" Stevenson.The Sunday Mail revealed in 2009 that French police had found nearly threequarters of a ton of cocaine in the back of a lorry owned by McAughey.The...

THE former Crime Commission investigator Mark Standen ''compartmentalised'' his life and believed receiving a ''Christmas present'' of more than $47,000 from a former drug dealer-turned informer did not compromise him.

But he admitted to attempts to ''thinly disguise'' the payment because he knew it would ''ring alarm bells'' with his employer and breach commission rules.Mr Standen, who is on trial on three charges including conspiring with the informer James Kinch and the businessman Bill Jalalaty to import pseudoephedrine, was giving evidence in his defence.Advertisement: Story continues belowHe also told the court he did not believe Mr Jalalaty when he told...

JAMAICAN Grammy Award-winning reggae artiste Buju Banton wants the court to impose a prison term below the mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years

JAMAICAN Grammy Award-winning reggae artiste Buju Banton wants the court to impose a prison term below the mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years at his sentencing hearing later this month.Banton, whose real name is Mark Myrie, is scheduled to be sentenced on June 23 in the Sam M Gibbons Federal Court in Tampa, Florida, United States. The artiste was convicted in February on charges of conspiracy to distribute five or more kilogrammes of cocaine,...

'I'm no Teflon Don,' says gangster suspect who has dodged three murder charges

A wealthy businessman who has been cleared of three separate murder charges has walked away from another major trial.Millionaire Arran Coghlan, 39, declared ‘I’m no Teflon Don’ after he escaped charges of masterminding a plot to flood the UK with cocaine.Coghlan sat back in court and laughed as he told the judge: ‘I’ve booked a two-week cruise.’ Arrran Coghlan has been dramatically released from prison after a fourth trial over drugs charges collapsedIn...

100 suspected gang members were sent to jail after a series of raids across the Central Valley.

The attorney general came to Los Banos city hall, where she was joined by a team of local, state and federal officials along with the officers who carried out these raids. The targets were street gangs the state attorney general says are controlled by inmates in the state prison system.The raids started early, in homes and apartments throughout Los Banos, catching many of the suspected gang members at home, sleeping.Neighbor Latanya Powe was surprised...

Gangster Domenyk Noonan has hit out after being banned from attending a friend’s funeral.

Noonan, 46, says he was stopped from paying his final respects to pal Patrick ‘Paddy’ Walsh by probation officers who he has accused of ‘just being awkward’.Noonan, who was released from prison under strict licensing conditions last year, wanted to attend the service in Stockport on Friday. But that morning he was asked to meet probation officers who handed him a letter banning him from showing up.It says that because Mr Walsh’s brother Adam, an...

BUNGLING gangster has lost thousands in cash -- after spending three months putting money into a frozen account

The man, who leads a gang suspected of carrying out a spate of ATM raids across the country, is out of pocket because he continued to deposit large amounts of cash into his credit union account without knowing that gardai had frozen it.The feared gangster, who is originally from the Ballyfermot area but now lives in Co Wicklow, has not been able to get any of the cash that he put into the account over three months."He went absolutely mental when...

handgun that once belonged to notorious Chicago gangster Al "Scarface" Capone will be auctioned on June 22 and is expected to fetch more than $100,000.

handgun that once belonged to notorious Chicago gangster Al "Scarface" Capone will be auctioned on June 22 and is expected to fetch more than $100,000.Leonie Ashfield, a spokeswoman for the fine arts auction house Christie's, told AOL Weird News that the nickel-plated .38 Special belongs to a private collector. The historic pistol will be the first item belonging to the pudgy ex-mobster that Christie's has auctioned in at least a decade."We've had...

man charged with attempting to kill the son of an alleged gang leader in Adelaide will go to trial

man charged with attempting to kill the son of an alleged gang leader in Adelaide will go to trial even though his alleged victim won't give a statement and has left the country.Hameed Ullah Dastagir, 24, of Para Vista, pleaded not guilty in the Supreme Court of South Australia to attempted murder and aggravated unlawfully causing serious harm to Giovanni Focarelli, 21.Dastagir allegedly stabbed the son of alleged New Boys gang leader Vince Focarelli...

unrepentant enforcer for Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto was denied parole after threatening to kill a prison guard and boasting about his underworld connections

Joe Bravo’s behind bars but he’s still dangerous.The unrepentant enforcer for Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto was denied parole after threatening to kill a prison guard and boasting about his underworld connections.Bravo, whose real name is Juan Ramon Paz Fernandez, spoke of his mob ties when he made the threat to the guard who was searching him, according to the parole board ruling on May 2.Bravo was sentenced to 12 years in jail in 2004 for conspiring...

Federal prosecutors are asking a jury to impose a death sentence on a flashy New York City gangster.

Federal prosecutors are asking a jury to impose a death sentence on a flashy New York City gangster. His lawyers say a life term would be enough punishment.The jurors heard closing arguments Thursday at the penalty phase of the Brooklyn trial of Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano.They were expected to begin deciding his fate later in the day.The same jury convicted Basciano last month of ordering a gangland killing while taking control of the Bonanno...

Legendary gangster accused of blackmailing

Police are investigating allegations that former gang leader Cho Yang-eun blackmailed a singer to compensate his acquaintance for loss from his stock investment.Police said the notorious gangster, 60, intimidated the singer in August 2009, and threatened to chop the man's leg off and bury it unless he paid back 1.7 billion won (S$1.87 million).Cho denied the charges, though he admitted having met the man.Cho led now-debunked "Yangeun Faction," one...

Ex-porn club owner and reputed gangster Mille Markovic said on Tuesday he plans to publish compromising pictures of Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf he claims to have in his possession.

Markovic said he has been in touch with people who helping write a book about his life and that he plans to publish pictures featuring the King online in connection with the book's publication."They are going to make sure my book is done in a few months and not wait until next year," he told the TT news agency.According to Markovic, the pictures portray the King in compromising situations. He has previously shown the images to a reporter from Sweden's...

drug courier caught with £5.5m of cocaine in his van on the M74 has been jailed for nearly seven years.

John Ashcroft, 43, from Newmains, North Lanarkshire, pleaded guilty at the High Court in Glasgow to the supply of the Class A drug.Ashcroft was arrested by officers from Strathclyde Police as part of an investigation by the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA).He was stopped by police on the M74 near to Canderside Toll on January 28 after investigators believed he was in possession of illegal drugs. Officers searched the van he had...