FRESNO, Calif. — As a little boy, Ivan Ramirez was honored as a hometown hero for saving a drowning peer. Now, 13 years later, a jury has convicted the Fresno gang member for his role in a drive-by shooting.

Ramirez, 21, was found guilty Tuesday of shooting at an inhabited house, being a felon with a gun and participating in a gang. He faces a possible life prison term when he's sentenced on Aug. 31.

"They gave Ivan a…

OAKLAND -- The suspected leader of a notorious West Oakland street gang was found guilty Thursday of seven felonies, including attempted murder, and now faces at least 40 years in state prison.

Marc Anthony Candler, 35, who police and prosecutors say ran the Acorn gang and tried to kill a member of a rival gang, joked with bailiffs before the verdict was read and laughed as a court clerk announced the jury's decision.

Candler was arrested in 2008 during one of…

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Curtis B. Rappe rejected an automatic motion to reduce the jury's death sentence recommendation for Travis Jeremy Lewis to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Lewis, 23, of Compton, was convicted May 4 of first-degree murder for the April 3, 2008, slaying…

Officials described the program's success Thursday, in the midst of a multi-agency gang sweep that led to 48 arrests.

Through GPS monitoring, agents can track a parolee's every move, checking whether the person has wandered back…

Str8 Killas: Mexican Drug Cartel Reportedly Puts $1 Million Dollar Bounty On Arizona Sheriff's Head

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GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. -- One juvenile has been charged and more arrests are pending in the murder of a teen whose body was found earlier this month at Theodore Wirth Park in Golden Valley.

Kayakers found James Teto Grant's body in a small creek on July 18. Authorities believe the body has been there…

Chicago, IL, United States (AHN) – A gang-related shooting on Chicago’s Southwest Side Monday night left nine people wounded, three seriously.

The incident happened at a Chicago Transit Authority turnaround near St. Rita High School, reports stated. Buses had to be rerouted during the shootings and police investigation.

According to the incident…

A 16-year-old boy and his mother have been arrested for being linked to the rival street gang of a teenager charged with shooting nine people Downtown earlier this month, police said today.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department gang crimes officers served a search warrant at either 4:30 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at a home in the 3200 block of Carpenter Court, according to a police report, which had both times. Police said they found paraphernalia associated with the Grimmie Boyz…

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - “Enough is enough.” That’s what Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn says about gang violence on the city’s north side. A 12-year-old girl was shot three times late Tuesday night while sitting on a porch at the same house where a man was murdered nine months ago.

The girl was released from a hospital last night. Police said somebody with dark clothes and a mask shot at the house from a vacant lot across the street. Last…

After nine years of war, the U.S. Army is showing signs of stress because of repeated deployments and inadequate support for soldiers when they return, according to a blunt internal report released today. It blasts the Army's leadership for failing to recognize the problem.

U.S. Army soldiers with the 1-320 Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, return…

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