The slain body of Edgar Guerrero was found just before 2 a.m. behind an apartment building off North Hacienda Boulevard in the 15000 block of Loukelton Street, said Los Angeles County Department of Coroner spokeswoman Courtney Morrow.

Los Angeles County homicide investigators are in charge of investigating the fatal shooting. They did not return calls for comment.

Two…

Police identified the victim as 22-year-old Keith Saulsberry — a student at Arkansas-Pine Bluff, who could have graduated in December.

The Shelby County Medical Examiner’s Office said Saulsberry died of head injuries. The Commercial Appeal cited a police affidavit in reporting Saulsberry was beaten by members…

State corrections officials are increasing the use of satellite tracking for gang members on parole.

The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation currently monitors about 160 high-risk gang members. With new legislation this year, the department plans to increase that to…

Police, state and federal officers in the Tri-Cities rounded up 27 fugitives with gang ties in a two-day sweep called Operation Gang Siphon.

The Tri-City Herald reports more than 70 officers from 16 agencies participate in the operation that began Tuesday in Pasco, Kennewick and Benton County.

Of the 27, 10 were juveniles and four were held for possible immigration…

Before a 14-year-old girl accused of shooting a 13-year-old girl during an altercation Tuesday can return to her Detroit home, her guardians must pledge there are no firearms in the home.

So ruled Wayne County Juvenile Court Referee Kelly Ramsey on Wednesday, as she decided the girl could be released on a $25,000 bond on charges of assault with intent to commit murder and using a firearm to commit a felony.

National experts in criminology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis…

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Thousands of heavily armed police and soldiers barged past barricades into the capital’s most violent slums on Tuesday, clashing with die-hard defenders of a gang leader sought by the United States. At least 30 people have died, officals said.

Jamaica’s security forces, reeling from bold attacks by masked gangsters loyal to underworld boss Christopher “Dudus” Coke, were in the midst of a nearly daylong assault in the heart of West Kingston’s ramshackle slums, long…

SALINAS — After fits, starts and more than a year of planning, Monterey County's clergy have begun to tackle gang violence in a public way.

About two dozen faith leaders, including Bishop Richard Garcia of the Diocese of Monterey, have for the first time formed an alliance and made joint public commitments to address a problem that some say has been ignored by religious leaders for too long.

"This is an important way of getting involved," said Pastor Frank…

A worry for many citizens, after sex offenders return to the public, is that they will engage in their activity once again after being released.

In an attempt to solve this particular issue, Gubernatorial Candidate Douglas Hughes, one of the Orange County's Republicans, is running a campaign that promises to create a “Pedophile Island” where

convicted molesters would be the population.

The location being considered is Santa Rosa Island off Santa Barbara.

Creating…