Gangster gunned down in Port Moody

Residents in the usually quiet community of Port Moody, B.C., are reeling over the brazen daytime killing Monday of a convicted gangster, the city’s second targeted hit in as many months. The victim was identified to QMI Agency as convicted kidnapper Randy Naicker, though police would not confirm his name. Vancouver police were called in investigate after a man was gunned down shortly before 4:45 p.m. A personal acquaintance of Naicker’s, who...

Hampton drug suspect tied to Latin Kings gang, police allege

Gang activity occurs in town, but "not with great frequency," Police Chief Jamie Sullivan said Thursday. The chief was responding to a question from the Hampton Union after court documents revealed one of the five people arrested in recent drug raids at Hampton Beach and Seabrook has ties to the Latin Kings, an infamous street gang with a national network. Related Stories Hampton drug suspect tied to Latin Kings gang, police allegePolice say drug...

Man who punched and fractured gangster's jaw escapes jail

Singaporean businessman was fined $3,000 on Thursday for punching and fracturing a gangster's jaw. The Straits Times reported that he was spared a jail sentence as the judge said it was an exceptional case. Ong Long Hock, 64, had pleaded guilty to causing hurt to Lee Tze Wei, 32, a sales executive. The incident occurred on Feb 17, 2009 at about 7pm. Ong and his family had drove down to the Punggol Nasi Lemak stall near Tanjong Katong...

Bulger’s lawyer seeks to delay trial 1 year

The lawyer for gangster James “Whitey” Bulger has asked that his high-profile trial be put off for a year beyond its scheduled Nov. 5 date, saying they “cannot possibly be prepared” on time. “Indeed,” lawyer J.W. Carney Jr. said in a 17-page filing Wednesday night, “to maintain that date will eviscerate the ­defendant’s rights to due process of law and to effective ­assistance of counsel under the Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the Federal Constitution.”...

Little Italy shooting victim was a gang leader

Police, meanwhile, knew Mr. Raposo as a low-level gang leader, once the main man in the McCormick Boys, a small west-end crew that bought drugs from Italian organized crime to push on the streets. Why he was gunned down Monday on the crowded patio of the Sicilian Sidewalk Café in Little Italy has not been revealed, but police have charged Dean Wiwchar, 26, with first-degree murder. The Toronto-area man was remanded in custody. Outside court, his...

gang-infused road rage shooting played out just outside the tony Cartier jewelry shop in the city’s marquee shopping district.

A 31-year-old man, described as the aggressor in the road rage case, ended up in critical condition after getting shot in the gut. Sources called him “a documented gang member.”The shooter fled in a silver Dodge Durango. He was still being sought Friday, police said.The two drivers pulled over on Ontario Street, just a few feet from Michigan Avenue, just after 12:30 a.m. Friday.“The cars end up pulling over to the curb, and they get into a confrontation,”...

Bulger had shelf full of gangster books

Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger (BUHL'-jur) had a shelf filled with books about gangsters, including several about himself, when he was captured in California last year after 16 years on the run. Bulger, who was also an FBI informant, fled Boston shortly before he was indicted in early 1995. He was one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives until he and longtime girlfriend Catherine Greig (grehg) were caught last June. A photo of a bookshelf found...

organized crime is trying for a comeback at the Hunts Point.

When cops busted up a $1 million-a-year Mafia bookmaking ring at the city's biggest produce market in late 2006, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly warned the mob: “Stay out of Hunts Point Market.”Just over five years later, organized crime is trying for a comeback at the Hunts Point. In...

Feds share new details of Bulger's fugitive life

A neighbor said the old man would sit up all night peering through binoculars. A handwritten sign on the apartment door said "Please Do Not Knock" because he slept during the day. But nearby residents had no idea that the man was really James "Whitey" Bulger, one of most wanted fugitives in the world. Hundreds of documents and photos released by federal prosecutors Friday offer a detailed look inside the California apartment where Bulger...

Japanese gangster arrested in Thailand for fraud

Thai immigration police have arrested a man believed to be a key member of one of the largest mafia networks in Japan who is accused of swindling $1.6 million out of a company there. Police Col. Chartchai Ieamsaeng says police found Japan's Ushio Sugawara on Thursday in a Bangkok guesthouse after receiving a tip-off from the Japanese Embassy. Japanese police issued arrest warrants for Sugawara and three other gang members in 2010 for allegedly swindling...

Henry Hill -- the former mobster whose life story became the basis for the movie "Goodfellas" -- died today at the age of 69

EXCLUSIVEHenry Hill -- the former mobster whose life story became the basis for the movie "Goodfellas" -- died today at the age of 69 ... TMZ has learned. TMZ spoke with Hill's girlfriend Lisa ... who told us Hill passed away in an L.A. hospital Tuesday after a long battle...

Wife of accused Mexican Mafia leader pleads guilty to conspiracy

The estranged wife of an Escondido man who prosecutors said was a Mexican Mafia gang member running a criminal enterprise involving several North County gangs has pleaded guilty to conspiracy. The plea in federal court from Angelina Chavez-Espudo came in late May, four months after local and federal authorities arrested 108 people ---- including Chavez-Espudo among four dozen arrested in North County ---- all of whom authorities said were connected...

Gang pinned crack house on teen girl, court hears

Street gang associates paraded a city teen around to different Winnipeg lawyers' offices in hopes of her signing a sworn statement falsely pinning the blame for operating a crack house solely on her shoulders, a Manitoba judge has heard. The 16-year-old's case sheds a grim light on the brazen lengths gangs appear willing to go to manipulate kids into doing their dirty work and taking the fall — largely due to the lighter sanctions youth between...

Gangster-Turned-Lawyer Returned to Crime, Faces Sentencing in July

Isaac Guillen's life story about leaving his Riverside, Calif. gang to become a criminal lawyer was so good, it inspired a television show produced by Jennifer Lopez in 2006 called "Brethren." Like the television show, however, the story proved fictional. Guillen was indicted with 39 other members and associates of the 18th Street Gang on charges of racketeering and money laundering. Guillen pleaded guilty earlier this year and faces sentencing...

Central American Gang MS-13 Cuts Swath of Murder and Mayhem Across Long Island

Near midnight on March 17, 2010, Mario Alberto Canton Quijada—known as “Baby Blue”—sat in the back seat of a Ford Explorer as his fellow gang members drove it down to the beach in Far Rockaway, Queens. In the car with Quijada were Carlos “Silencio” Ortega, 22 at the time, and three other members of MS-13, the brutal Central American gang that in recent years has established an extensive presence in formerly quiet suburban areas such as Long Island....

‘Gangster’ arrested over death of princess’s friend in Russia

Police in Russia have detained an alleged gangster on suspicion of organising the contract killing of Princess Michael of Kent’s close friend Mikhail Kravchenko. The furniture tycoon, with whom she shared a four day break in Venice in 2006, was gunned down near his home nine days ago. Alexei Pronin, 36, who is being held in Moscow over the shooting, has previously served time in jail and is said to have been a security consultant for Kravchenko,...