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…

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Osman "King Ozzy" Nunez, the reputed warlord of the Latin Kings street gang in Newburgh, N.Y., was arrested Friday in Wilkes-Barre by members of the Hudson Valley Safe Streets task force, said FBI Supervisory Senior Resident Agent James Gagliano.

Nunez was one of two suspected Latin Kings who had remained free in the week following a massive raid on gangs in Newburgh. He was among 18 accused Latin Kings named in a federal…

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The family is seeking donations to bury Jerean Blake. Please contact Mrs. Bell at Southeastern High School at 313-866-4500.

Listen to the EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Lyvonne Cargill, the mother of 17-year-old Jerean Blake, on “Your Voice with Angelo Henderson” as she…

Detroit Police Shoot and Kill a Sleeping 7-Year-Old

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Fresno Police are cracking down on one of the city's most dangerous gangs.

Police seized guns and drugs and arrested several members of the 5th street bulldog gang in the area of Butler and Orange Avenue Sunday night.

Undercover officers stopped to talk to some people in front of a house and then noticed a loaded gun on the front seat of a car in the driveway.

An hour long standoff ensued and the group refused to come out of the home.

One man who tried to run away…

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: May 17, 2010

Experts in Newark schoolyard slayings trial say MS-13 gang has a 'history of violence'

By Star-Ledger Staff

May 17, 2010, 5:05AM

Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerRodolfo Godinez, 26, right, talks with his attorney Roy Greenman…