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Gangland widow takes stand

2011-02-17T10:05:00+00:00

"For more than two weeks Judy Moran has listened as the Crown outlined its case against her; alleging she drove the gunman to and from the scene, disposed of clothing afterwards and that she dumped the alleged get-away vehicle.

Today she walked to the witness box with the aid of a cane, to appear as the first witness in her own defence.

She recalled the shooting deaths of her two sons Mark and Jason and then her ex-de facto husband Lewis Moran.

She told the Court how she always considered them dead but not gone and continued to talk to them from a makeshift shrine in her backyard.

She told the Court that right up until his own violent death in 2004 Lewis Moran continued to pay her bills and to give her $2,000 a month. 'If I needed clothing or anything' she said 'he'd give me more.'

After Lewis Moran was gunned down his brother started giving Judy Moran money. She told the Court it was a couple of thousand dollars on a few occasions but usually just a couple of hundred every three to six months.

Judy Moran says that six months before he was killed, her brother-in-law, who she calls 'Tuppy', ran out of money. He told her he planned to sell a bull to buy her a new car but the bull escaped its enclosure and got hit by a truck."

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Gangland widow takes stand in her own murder trial 17/02/2011

2011-02-17T09:26:00+00:00

Gangland widow takes stand in her own murder trial 17/02/2011: "The Melbourne gangland widow, Judy Moran, on trial for murder, has taken to the witness box.

Moran is accused of orchestrating the murder of her brother-in-law, Des 'Tuppence' Moran. He was gunned down in the doorway of a cafe in June 2009.

The prosecution alleges that a long-running dispute over money was the motive for the murder.

Today Judy Moran told the Victorian Supreme Court that she didn't like Des Moran but that she never demanded money from him before he died."

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Armenian Power gang,Thirteen Arrested in Miami in Massive Mafia Crackdown

2011-02-17T05:10:00+00:00

Thirteen Arrested in Miami in Massive Mafia Crackdown - Miami News - Riptide 2.0: "Organized crime is still alive in Miami, but after a crack down today not so well. Thirteen people throughout South Florida have been arrested and charged with ties to an organized crime syndicate. The arrests were part of a larger crackdown on a group called the Armenian Power gang. 100 people total were charged with crimes in South Florida as well as Denver and Los Angeles.

The thirteen men arrested in Florida were charged with a dizzying array of crimes between them, including but not limited to extortion, firearm smuggling, credit card fraud, money laundering, and health care fraud.

Aram Khranyan, 41, of Sunny Isles Beach, was one of the highest profile arrests in Miami. According to the Department of Justice he 'was the 'overseer' of the extortion conspiracies and maintains strong ties to Armenia and Russia.'"

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'137th Street Crew,'Gang Case Arrests Are Made,2 Mafia Family' and 'Goons on Deck' gangs

2011-02-17T05:05:00+00:00

Gang Case Arrests Are Made - WSJ.com: "arrested 14 alleged gang members who they charged had held their central Harlem community 'hostage' by conspiring to turn it into a drug zone using guns, beatings and intimidating fellow members from cooperating with police.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. announced the indictments of 14 members of a street gang called the '137th Street Crew' on Wednesday.

Known as the '137th Street Crew,' the gang of mostly teenagers was a collaboration between the '2 Mafia Family' and 'Goons on Deck' gangs, according to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance. He said the gangs operated on 137th Street between Lenox and Seventh avenues.

'The gang over years created an environment where residents lived in a state of fear, waiting for the next gunshot, or the next drug deal or the next act of violence,' Mr. Vance said. He said defendants recruited children under 16 to haul guns, transport drugs and participate in shootings, and used young women to 'move firearms to reduce the likelihood of guns being detected by authorities.'"

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70 reputed Armenian gangsters arrested

2011-02-17T05:04:00+00:00

More than 70 reputed Armenian gangsters arrested | Reuters: "70 reputed members and associates of the Armenian Power syndicate were arrested on Wednesday in a state and federal crackdown targeting organized crime, authorities said.

The arrests stem from two federal indictments and state cases that charge a total of 113 defendants with crimes including kidnapping, extortion, bank fraud and narcotics trafficking.

Among the accusations are that Armenian Power members installed 'skimming devices' at cash registers of 99 Cents Only stores and stole customers' information to create counterfeit credit and debit card accounts, officials said.

'The indictments targeting Armenian Power provide a window into a group that appears willing to do everything and anything to generate a profit,' said U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte Jr."

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Clay Roueche Says he was "Disappointed to Get a 30-Year Sentence

2011-02-14T09:34:00+00:00

Clay Roueche Says he was "Disappointed to Get a 30-Year Sentence - The Real Scoop: "convicted founder of the United Nations gang is hoping Judge Robert Lasnik will reduce his jail time Tuesday when he returns to a Seattle courtroom to be sentenced for the second time on drug smuggling charges.

Roueche's lawyer Sheryl Gordon McCloud has filed a 29-page sentencing memo, arguing forcefully against a repeat of the 30-year term Roueche was handed in December 2009. She said the U.S. Attorney has filed inflammatory and unsubstantiated information about Roueche and other members of the United Nations Gang. And it would be unfair if any of the material is used in Roueche's re-sentencing Tuesday, she said.

There are many new letters filed with the court - from Roueche's parents, from his sister, from his young daughters, from a former high school teacher and people who knew Roueche growing up.

But Roueche's letter is the longest - eight pages laying out his positive attributes and apologizing for his role in drug smuggling."

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Suspect on the run after gang shooting

2011-02-13T01:10:00+00:00

Suspect on the run after gang shooting | NATIONAL News: "A Mongrel Mob member has been shot in Wairoa.

The 48-year-old has been taken to Wairoa Hospital with a gunshot wound to his shoulder, ONE News was told.

Police said the shooting, which happened about 8am, was not a gang clash but more of a neighbourhood dispute.

Police are hunting a 19-year-old Black Power member in connection with the shooting."

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Latin Kings gang leader pleads guilty in racketeering case - National public safety | Examiner.com

2011-02-09T19:23:00+00:00

Latin Kings gang leader pleads guilty in racketeering case - National public safety | Examiner.com: "Brandon Smith, a/k/a Little One and King Little One, pleaded guilty today in Baltimore to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise, in connection with his gang activities as a member and leader of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation, according to a report obtained by the Organized Crime Committee of the National Association of Chiefs of Police.

The Latin Kings is a violent street gang with thousands of members across the country and overseas. The gangs have a detailed and uniform organizational structure, which is outlined – along with various prayers, codes of behavior and rituals – in a written manifesto widely distributed to members throughout the country."

San Francisco Police Arrest Two in Connection with Mission Street Shooting - San Francisco News - The Snitch

2011-02-09T19:20:00+00:00

San Francisco Police Arrest Two in Connection with Mission Street Shooting - San Francisco News - The Snitch: "Police arrested two San Mateo County residents who allegedly shot a man on his way to work in the Mission District yesterday.

David Salgado, 19, and Giovanni Sandoval, 19, were taken into custody shortly after officers responded to a shooting near 2114 Mission St. Monday morning.

At about 7 a.m., the victim was walking to work, near the corner of 17th and Mission Streets when two men drove up to the victim and started flashing gang signs. One of the men shot the victim in the back and drove off. Police said the victim is not a gang member.
The victim was taken to a local hospital where he is recovering from the gunshot wound. The victim was able to give police a good description of the shooter. Officers later found the two suspects and a gun in the back of their car."

New book profiles the Black P. Stones gang in Chicago | WBEZ

2011-02-09T19:18:00+00:00

New book profiles the Black P. Stones gang in Chicago | WBEZ: "In the 1960s the Blackstone Rangers—later known as the Almighty Black P Stone Nation—dominated Chicago’s South Side. The street gang was something of a paradox - a mix of both legal and illegal activity. They managed to attract federal funding for social work but they also engaged in shakedowns and other acts of violence. These two sides of the gang would eventually come into conflict and send Black Stone leader Jeff Fort to his first of many prison stays. Fort remains in prison today but the legend and legacy of his gang continue."

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Chandler police searching for suspect in gang shooting

2011-02-09T19:16:00+00:00

Chandler police searching for suspect in gang shooting: "Chandler police are on a manhunt for a teen wanted in a gang shooting, police said Wednesday.

'He is considered armed and dangerous,' said Chandler Detective Dave Ramer. 'He tried to kill someone.'

The suspect, 17, is accused of firing multiple shots at Josiah Weisman, 19, on Saturday behind a Little Ceasars restaurant on Erie Street near Arizona Avenue, police said."

'the buck fifty,' a deep gash along the jaw line.It's called that because it takes 150 stitches to close the cut

2011-02-07T17:40:00+00:00

How to spot a gang member - NorthJersey.com: "Even veteran emergency room personnel were impressed by the photos of bloody street-gang knife wounds known as 'the buck fifty,' a deep gash along the jaw line.
A detail of a tattoo ON a Latin King gang member. ER workers at Englewood Hospital learned on Wednesday how to spot gang signs on patients who pass through the emergency room.
'It's called that because it takes 150 stitches to close the cut,' New Jersey parole officer Raymond Vonderheide told nurses, doctors, technicians and other staff today at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center.

An appreciative murmur for 'the buck fifty' went up among the about 70 people who attended the conference on hospital security, including how to identify gang members by their tattoos, jewelry, caps, clothing colors, numerical codes, hand signals, graffiti, dance steps and scars."

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Witnesses tell police deadly fight on Avenue D was gang-related

2011-02-07T17:38:00+00:00

Witnesses tell police deadly fight on Avenue D was gang-related » TCPalm.com: "An early Saturday morning melee at the intersection of Avenue D and North 11th Street that resulted in the shooting death of a woman and the wounding of a man involved rival gangs, a crowd of about 50, several guns and at least one shot-up car, according to witnesses cited in the arrest affidavit of the murder suspect.

Officers responding around 5:30 a.m. to a pool hall called Wilson's at the southwest corner of Avenue D and North 11th Street found 49-year-old Sylvia Ann Jackson of Fort Pierce laying face down on the sidewalk on the northeast corner of the intersection, gunshot wounds in her upper back and left chest. She later died, while 19-year-old Roy Brooks of Fort Pierce survived a gunshot wound to his upper right leg."

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Redding, then allegedly a 17-year-old member of the violent street gang 30 Deep, became the face of Atlanta crime

2011-02-07T17:35:00+00:00

Trial starts for killing that galvanized Atlanta | ajc.com: "Jonathan Redding's murder trial starts Monday and it represents more than potential justice for a bartender killed in a Grant Park tavern two years ago. The trial symbolizes Atlanta's war on street gangs. And it touches on the palpable anxiety of a city witness to a recent wave of violent crime.
Redding, then allegedly a 17-year-old member of the violent street gang 30 Deep, became the face of Atlanta crime when he was charged with shooting John Henderson during a robbery of the now-defunct Standard Food & Spirits on Memorial Drive on Jan. 7, 2009. Henderson, 27 when he died, came to represent victims in a city that suffered multiple high-profile crimes in the months following his death."

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Prosecutor: Gang member confessed to murder in suicide note

2011-02-01T10:05:00+00:00

Prosecutor: Gang member confessed to murder in suicide note | kim, gang, talley - News - The Orange County Register: "Asian street gang member typed a suicide note on his computer addressed to 'the pigs and the media,' in which he confessed to gunning down a young woman at a Cypress café and shooting at six others during an unprovoked gang attack, a prosecutor told a jury Monday.
In the note, murder suspect Stephenson Choi Kim said: 'I choose not to live with it anymore' and claimed he was trying to forget what happened March 14, 2004, when he entered the Fifth Wave Café alone with a handgun and started shooting, Deputy District Attorney Cameron Talley said."

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Judy Moran pleads not guilty to murdering Desmond Moran | Herald Sun

2011-01-31T16:17:00+00:00

Judy Moran pleads not guilty to murdering Desmond Moran | Herald Sun: "A JURY of 10 men and four women is expected to hear prosecution and defence openings in the murder case of Judy Moran today.

Justice Lex Lasry told a 14-member Supreme Court jury yesterday that Mrs Moran was facing a charge of murder and being an accessory after the fact over the death of Desmond Moran in Ascot Vale on June 15, 2009.

Mrs Moran, 66, dressed in a bright floral blouse and wearing smart-looking reading glasses, pleaded not guilty to both charges."

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Asian gang member faces death penalty trial for café shooting

2011-01-29T01:57:00+00:00

Asian gang member faces death penalty trial for café shooting | kim, gang, prosecutors - News - The Orange County Register: "reputed member of an Asian street gang nicknamed 'Dragon' faces a death penalty trial beginning Monday for allegedly gunning down one woman and shooting at six other people in an unprovoked attack at a Cypress café in 2004.
Stephenson Choi Kim, 31, of San Gabriel, is charged with murder, six felony counts of attempted murder, street terrorism, plus several sentencing enhancements. He is also accused of the special circumstances of committing a murder for the benefit of his street gang, which qualifies him for a potential death sentence.
It is the first death penalty trial in Orange County this year. Opening statements are expected Monday before Superior Court Judge John D. Conley in the Central Justice Center."

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Gangster gets max prison term in dismemberment murder

2011-01-29T01:55:00+00:00

Gangster gets max prison term in dismemberment murder - SignOnSanDiego.com: "After six years of painstaking investigation and legal holdups, the man who injected 24-year-old Janina Hardoy with a lethal dose of heroin and then spread her dismembered remains throughout the North County was sentenced Friday to 28 years to life in prison.
Joaquin Martinez, 32, was convicted last year of first-degree murder in the 2005 Oceanside slaying, but his sentencing was delayed until now so he could undergo psychological testing to confirm his mental competency."

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U.S. arrests 'most wanted' fugitive at New York airport after extradition from Ukraine - Oneindia News

2011-01-28T14:47:00+00:00

U.S. arrests 'most wanted' fugitive at New York airport after extradition from Ukraine - Oneindia News: "Veniamin Gonikman, 55, was charged in Detroit in 2005 in a 22-count indictment with trafficking in persons, forced labor, alien smuggling, money laundering, extortion collection, and conspiracy, among other charges. He absconded from the U.S. before being formally charged.

Gonikman, a U.S. citizen, was arrested on Wednesday in Ukraine before being deported to the United States. HSI agents assigned to the Attaché Office in Germany coordinated Gonikman's arrest and deportation with Ukrainian officials.

According to court records, he came to the attention of HSI special agents in Detroit in 2005 when one of his victim's escaped and agents later confirmed he was operating 'Beauty Search, Inc.' in metro Detroit."

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Johnny K-9 arrested for BC murders

2011-01-28T14:43:00+00:00

Johnny K-9 arrested for BC murders: "Former WWE jobber and Canadian independent wrestler/strongman Ion (John) Croitoru -- Johnny K-9 -- was one of seven men charged last week in B.C. for murders committed during a violent gang war in 2008 and 2009 that turned Vancouver’s streets into a war zone. Croitoru, 44, is charged with the first-degree murder of Jonathan Barber and the attempted murder of Vicky King.

This is not Croitoru’s first foray into crime. His association with the rival United Nations gang is only the tip of the iceberg: he was once charged with a double murder in Ontario, was alleged to be the head of a biker gang, was charged with trafficking cocaine and was a suspect in a police station bombing"

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