Gangs
4 arrested after Kennewick gang shooting
KENNEWICK -- Police on a gang emphasis patrol were nearby when shots were fired Tuesday night at a bus stop in Kennewick.Officers quickly arrested four people and recovered a gun that was tossed in a driveway.KEPR reported that two gang members had opened fire on two rivals.
Date: 05/30/2012 | Northwest
Woman arrested after standoff may have gang ties, police say
MARYSVILLE -- Police noticed something unusual when they interviewed a woman after a two-hour standoff over the weekend.
Date: 05/16/2012 | Local News
Report out on Tacoma gang problem
TACOMA -- The City of Tacoma has published online an assessment of the city's gang problem and programs available for youths.
Date: 04/16/2012 | Northwest
Yakima shooting apparently gang related
YAKIMA -- Police say a shooting that wounded a 19-year-old Wednesday afternoon in Yakima appears to be gang-related.Witnesses said the shooter approached the victim, spoke to him briefly and then fired. The victim was treated and released at a hospital.
Date: 03/08/2012 | Northwest
Girl, man wounded in Spokane gang shooting
SPOKANE -- Police say the shooting of a man and a girl Sunday night in Spokane was gang-related, and the shooter is still at large.
Date: 03/05/2012 | Northwest
Gang member wounds self in Tacoma shooting
TACOMA -- Police say a gang member accidentally shot himself in the hand while firing at rivals Monday night at an apartment complex in Tacoma.
Date: 02/14/2012 | Northwest
Multiple homes raided in Spokane
SPOKANE -- The Spokane Violent Crimes and Gang Enforcement Team is helping the federal government and several SWAT teams with raids across Spokane County on Thursday.Spokane police told KXLY-TV the raids are part of a months-long federal investigation and multiple homes are being searched.
Date: 01/19/2012 | Northwest
Law officers rounding up gang members
SPOKANE -- Federal and local law enforcement officers are arresting suspected gang members across Eastern Washington.The FBI said officers are arresting people at numerous locations in the Spokane area, the Tri-Cities and Walla Walla on Thursday morning.
Date: 01/19/2012 | Northwest
Grandview suspect who nixed plea deal gets 7 years
YAKIMA -- A defendant in a Grandview drive-by gang shooting who refused to take a plea bargain was convicted at his trial in Yakima and sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison.
Date: 01/11/2012 | Northwest
State court tosses gang leader's death sentence
SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Supreme Court on Monday took the rare step of tossing out the murder convictions and death sentences of a Los Angeles gang leader who authorities believe was the "shot caller" responsible for dozens of murders.
Date: 12/05/2011 | Nation & World
90-year prison sentence in Yakima for gang murder
YAKIMA -- A Toppenish gang member was sentenced to 90 years in prison for his role in the fatal shooting of a rival gang member.
Date: 10/28/2011 | Northwest
Marysville teen sentenced to 10 years for shooting outside Everett school
EVERETT -- A Marysville teen was sentenced to 10 years in adult prison Tuesday for shooting another young man outside a south Everett elementary school in May.Jose Alfredo Beteran, who turns 17 in November, earlier this month pleaded guilty to first-degree assault.
Date: 10/25/2011 | Local News
Vagos motorcycle gang members arrested after wide-ranging raid
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Attempting to behead the leadership of the notorious Vagos motorcycle gang, authorities arrested 10 members suspected of drug-trafficking and a rash of violence — including the recent murder of a rival Hells Angel member in a Nevada casino — in a series of law...
Date: 10/06/2011 | Nation & World
Biker accused of killing Hells Angels boss captured
SAN FRANCISCO — A man accused of killing the leader of the San Jose Hells Angels in a shootout at a Nevada casino has been arrested on a college campus in San Francisco, authorities said Friday.
Date: 09/30/2011 | Nation & World
Everett man’s prison sentence delayed while gang tattoos are removed
EVERETT -- An Everett man was sentenced to 7 ½ years in prison for his part in a 2010 robbery-turned-homicide at an apartment building on W. Casino Road.
Date: 09/09/2011 | Local News
Woman shot to death on White Center street
SEATTLE -- The King County sheriff's office says a 23-year-old woman was shot to death early Tuesday on a street in the White Center community south of Seattle.
Date: 08/16/2011 | Northwest
Britain's top cop rips hiring of U.S. consultant
LONDON -- Tensions between Britain's government and police leaders flared Saturday over Prime Minister David Cameron's recruitment of a veteran American police commander to advise him on how to combat gangs and prevent a repeat of the past week's riots.
Date: 08/14/2011 | Nation & World
Teen wounded in Seattle shooting
SEATTLE -- A 13-year-old who was shot in an ankle in a fight Thursday night between two groups told police he saw a suspect from the rival group while he was being treated at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.The other young man was being treated for a blow to the head.
Date: 08/05/2011 | Northwest
Venezuela prison uprising ends after 27 days
CARACAS, Venezuela — A 27-day prison uprising ended without bloodshed on Wednesday as hundreds of inmates emerged from the embattled Rodeo II prison after negotiations with authorities, Venezuelan authorities said.
Date: 07/13/2011 | Nation & World
Motorcycle gang members face murder, drug charges
ST. LOUIS -- A nationwide motorcycle gang was responsible for killings, robberies, drug distribution and other crimes, according to a federal indictment unsealed in St. Louis on Tuesday.
Date: 07/12/2011 | Nation & World
Feds in Calif. say biker logo must go
LOS ANGELES -- Federal prosecutors sought a final order Monday barring members of the notorious Mongols motorcycle gang from wearing or distributing its trademarked logo and using its name.
Date: 06/20/2011 | Nation & World
9 bodies discovered in southern Mexico
MORELIA, Mexico -- Mexican authorities said Saturday the bodies of nine victims of suspected drug violence have turned up in the western state of Michoacan.
Date: 06/18/2011 | Nation & World
More than 3,500 soldiers storm prisons in Venezuela
GUATIRE, Venezuela -- Thousands of national guard troops stormed a Venezuelan prison Friday seeking to disarm inmates days after a bloody riot, setting off gunfights with resisting inmates that left at least two soldiers dead and 18 wounded.
Date: 06/18/2011 | Nation & World
Mexico seizes 154 rifles from buried drug cartel cache
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican soldiers found a buried cache of weapons apparently stockpiled by a drug cartel, including 154 rifles and shotguns and more than 92,000 rounds of ammunition, the Defense Department said Friday.
Date: 06/04/2011 | Nation & World
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