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August 2010 Blog Posts (52)

ON THE SOUTHWEST BORDER...Public Corruption: A Few Bad Apples

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In the surveillance footage taken hours before his arrest, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Michael Gilliland can be seen nonchalantly waving a car… Continue

Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on August 9, 2010 at 4:15pm — No Comments

BE CAREFUL IN ARIZONA....

Be Careful in Arizona

There is an entire Army whose job it is to protect us from invasion. That Army is based in Atlanta at Ft McPherson and is called Forces Command. Their sole reason for existing is to protect the American homeland.

In my opinion it is unacceptable to have portions of the US declared off limits to US citizens because Mexican drug cartels control the area.

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Who would have believed that inaction by our…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on August 8, 2010 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

Former California hero convicted in gang shooting

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…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on August 8, 2010 at 2:02pm — No Comments

Suspected West Oakland gang leader found guilty

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…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on August 8, 2010 at 1:59pm — No Comments

Gang member sentenced to death for 2008 Compton murders

LOS ANGELES - A gang member was sentenced to death today for murdering two men in separate shootings in Compton in 2008.

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…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on August 8, 2010 at 1:56pm — No Comments

Officials laud GPS system tracking gang parolees...

OAKLAND, Calif.—Law enforcement officials are touting a program that's been monitoring paroled gang members by strapping GPS units to their ankles—a program first used to monitor sex offenders.

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…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on August 8, 2010 at 1:52pm — No Comments

Queens man slain saving brother (Woodhaven, NY):

A gang of thugs slit the throat of a Queens pre-law student on July 30 when he ran to help his younger brother escape a beating on a Woodhaven subway station.



Police said Dario Paiva, 27, raced to help his 19-year-old brother after he received a frantic call from their mother saying the teen was being attacked near the 85th Street-Forest Parkway station on the elevated J line.



Cops said Khristian Paiva was walking home at about 11:30 p.m. on Friday night, talking on his… Continue

Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on August 5, 2010 at 9:34am — No Comments

Feds: Pot-Growing Firefighter Also Part of "Master Race" Gang

In February 2009, somebody narced out firefighter Patrick Murray as he was allegedly loading marijuana grow lights into a van outside a house in Queens Village. Responding to the anonymous tip, investigators found 100 pot plants valued at $500,000 in the basement of the rented house. Murray, a 6 year FDNY veteran, was arrested, and now…
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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on August 4, 2010 at 1:53pm — 1 Comment

Police stop van with armed gang member in Manteca, CA

A Manteca Police gang suppression unit stopped a van filled with gang members shortly after midnight Saturday and arrested a 20-year-old Manteca man with a semi-automatic hand gun in his possession that had one round in the chamber.



The gang suppression unit was put into operation recently in response to the numerous shootings that have been plaguing Manteca neighborhoods.



Gonzalvo Riboberto Villaneuva, 20, was charged with two felonies for possession of a loaded firearm and… Continue

Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on August 2, 2010 at 3:26pm — No Comments

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

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

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on August 2, 2010 at 3:10pm — No Comments

PAY IT FORWARD DAILY

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Added by GLORIA NEWSOME on August 1, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

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