Gangster found slain in Mexico fled B.C. after Bacon shooting

Slain B.C. resident Tom Gisby left for Mexico in late January after learning he might be targeted in retaliation for the August shooting in Kelowna, B.C., that left gangster Jonathan Bacon dead, the Vancouver Sun has learned. And Gisby knew of the threat against him even before his motorhome was firebombed Jan. 16 near Whistler, B.C., an attack in which the 47-year-old suffered superficial burns. Gisby was gunned down in a Starbucks in Nuevo Vallarta...

Liverpool gangster John Haase not trusted by police officer he first 'informed' to

THE police officer to who Liverpool gangster John Haase first turned informant told a court he “wouldn’t trust him as far as I could throw him”. City crimelord Haase was arrested in 1992 less than 12 months after being released from a 14-year sentence for armed robbery, Kingston crown court was told yesterday. He was arrested at his Clubmoor home by then-Det Sgt Kevin Clague, part of Merseyside police’s serious crime squad, after being found with...

B.C. gangster with international crime connections killed in Mexico

A British Columbia gangster who police say had criminal connections across Canada and the world has been shot dead in Mexico. RCMP Chief Supt. Dan Malo said Thomas Gisby was killed in a Starbucks in Nuevo Vallarta on Friday night. He said police are now concerned about retaliation against enemies of the 50-year-old man who was from the Fraser Valley, east of Vancouver. "We wanted to get our message to the community that this wasn't an individual...

Reputed Gangster Robert Gentile, Suspected Of Having Info About 1990 Gardner Museum Art Heist, Back In Court On New Charges

Reputed gangster Robert Gentile, who authorities suspect has information about the irreplaceable art that vanished in a sensational theft from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, pleaded not guilty in federal court in Hartford Monday to three new weapons charges. The 75-year-old Gentile, white-haired, overweight and apparently in frail health, needed help from his lawyer to hoist himself to his feet in court before he pleaded not guilty to...

Gerbil killed in a hail of 13 bullets

GANGSTER Kevin ‘Gerbil’ Carroll was killed in a hail of 13 bullets, a murder trial heard yesterday. Firearms expert Ronald Withers, 67, said Carroll was shot in the forehead as he sat in his Audi in an Asda car park. The witness told the High Court in Glasgow how Carroll was also blasted twice in the jaw as two gunmen opened fire on him. Mr Withers said all three bullets first went through his wrists and fingers as he tried in vain to protect himself...

Alleged gangster faces assault charges

An alleged street gang leader who was at the centre of an investigation that shut the doors of a downtown strip club has been ordered to go on trial on charges he used a firearm to threaten a former employee. After hearing evidence during a preliminary inquiry at the Montreal courthouse Wednesday morning, Quebec Court Judge Manon Ouimet determined there was enough evidence to have Richard Goodridge, 43, tried on three counts. The charges stem from...

Gangster 'rented gun for £250'

 Police believe Nathaniel Grant, known as “Killa Buzz”, rented the .22 silver semi automatic gun which paralysed Thusha for just £250. It shows how easily gangs can acquire cheap, lethal weapons to enforce their dominance in the drug trade and intimidate rivals. Grant, 21, is regarded as a senior or “elder” in the GAS gang, which stands for Guns and Shanks (knives). The gang is believed to be responsible for 80% of all the violent crime in...

Bulgaria: Sofia Latest Murder Victim - Mastermind of 'Loan Sharks' Gang

The pawnbroker, who was found shot dead in his Sofia home, was the mastermind of a criminal group dealing with illegal banking services and blackmailing clients, according to unconfirmed information. Dragomir Bitsov, 40, though did not have a criminal record. Bitsov was killed with two shots in the head during the Easter holidays in one of the luxurious houses that he owned in the district of Gorublyane. His dead body was found by a friend of his...

Gangster sought in kidnapping

A Prince George gangster is wanted by the RCMP for kidnapping and assault. Prince George RCMP are looking for Francois (Frankie) Meerholz, 24, who police say is linked to the Game Tight Soldiers and Renegades biker gangs. The are also seeking his brother, Dillan Meerholz, 22. Responding to a report of a kidnapping, Mounties went to a rural area east of Prince George Sunday and found a man suffering from serious injuries. It is believed the victim...

Gangster ordered to forfeit £2.2m

A gangster who ordered road mending machinery belonging to business rivals of his Truro-based firm be stolen or destroyed has been ordered to forfeit more than £2.2 million he made through his criminal activities. Jack Harvey, 70, who was jailed for more than 13 years in 2010 for arson attacks on rival plant hire firms and for handling stolen goods, was ordered to pay the money after a judge ruled it was made as a direct result of his unlawful actions,...

Gangster 'killed in 25 seconds'

 A murder trial has heard how gunmen took just 25 seconds to shoot dead gangland figure Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll. The jury at the High Court in Glasgow was shown footage of the gunmen's VW Golf arriving at Asda in Robroyston, Glasgow, at 13:23 and 17 seconds. The car parked across Mr Carroll's black Audi A3 before someone is seen exiting then getting back in before the car drove off 25 seconds later. Ross Monaghan denies killing Mr Carroll...

SUR-13 Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Trafficking

 Jamaica is a member of SUR–13, a transnational Hispanic street gang. Neil H MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; James W McJunkin, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office; Charlie T Deane, Prince William County Chief of Police; and Douglas W Keen, Manassas City Chief of Police, made the announcement after the plea was accepted by United States District Judge T S Ellis, III. Indicted...

Wiseguy's Brooklyn basement got makeover after 2 gangland hits, mob rat says at trial

It was the mob’s version of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” Testimony in a Brooklyn Mafia trial turned Tuesday from retribution to renovation as the jury was walked through the “dungeon” where two Colombo wiseguys were allegedly whacked. Mob rat David Gordon took the stand to talk about how defendant Dino (Little Dino) Saracino gave the basement of his Bensonhurst home a face-lift after two hits in the 1990s. The jury had already heard from...

Gangster 'trapped while being shot'

A murdered gangland figure was trapped in a car and repeatedly shot at while his two associates made their escape, a court has heard. Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll was in the back seat of a parked black Audi A3 when two masked gunmen set upon him outside Asda in Robroyston, Glasgow, and fired 38 bullets. Stephen McLaggan, 25, said he was in the front passenger seat but got out the moment he saw the black Volkswagen Golf pull up in front of them and he...

The Krays? They were both gay - and both brainless

Eddie Richardson is standing outside London’s Old Vic theatre. From a distance, he looks a twinkly old chap in a smart suit, with wild eyebrows and a drift of dandruff, and is proudly clutching a copy of his autobiography in a crumpled Tesco carrier bag.But this is the man once described...

Murdered gangster Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll 'was a nutcase'

 The trial of a man accused of shooting dead Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll has heard the deceased described as a "nutcase" and major Glasgow gangland figure. Retired police officer George Gallacher told the High Court in Glasgow that Mr Carroll was "high up" in drug dealing. The 54-year-old was giving evidence at the trial of Ross Monaghan. The 30-year-old denies murdering Mr Carroll, who was 29, at the Asda car park in Robroyston, Glasgow, on 13...

Mafia banker Vito Palazzolo 'held in Thailand'

An Italian banker convicted for having links to the mafia has been arrested in Thailand, authorities say. Vito Palazzolo, 64, was given nine years in jail for laundering money for the Sicily-based Cosa Nostra. He was implicated in the so-called Pizza Connection, a mafia operation that smuggled drugs into the US during the 1970s and early 1980s, and used pizza restaurants as a front. Palazzolo has always denied the charges and says he will fight...

In Godfather We Trust,In one room, a ghastly photo wall of bloody, uncensored images showcases the mob's greatest hits.

 In one room, a ghastly photo wall of bloody, uncensored images showcases the mob's greatest hits. In another, visitors are taught to load a revolver. And for when a gun just won't do, an oddball collection of household items - a shovel, a hammer, a baseball bat and an ice pick - show the creative side of some of America's most notorious killers. Sin City is honoring one of its earliest relationships with a museum dedicated to the mobsters...

Gangster Tony Richardson has jail term reduced for attack in city restaurant

A GANGSTER jailed for battering a boxer with a crook lock in a city restaurant had his sentence reduced. Anthony Mark Richardson was jailed for eight years and four months last December after admitting wounding with intent. Yesterday three judges granted Richardson a sentence reduction of four months after concluding the original sentence failed to properly reflect his guilty plea. Richardson, 32 of Sherwood’s Lane, Fazakerley, was one of three...

Tribute for dead mobster, Crazy Joe Gallo

 On the night of his murder inside a Little Italy clam bar, “Crazy Joey” Gallo was a dues-paying member of the Knights of Columbus — not that his killers cared. Forty years later, that affiliation remains a big deal for mob maven Artie Nash. Gallo’s membership card, dated Dec. 31, 1971, and signed with perfect penmanship, is among the artifacts in an exhibit recalling the legendary gangster whose last meal came with a lead dessert. The mob...