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• Trial opens in California for alleged drug gang members

  February 22, 2012 5:49 PM

  SAN DIEGO (AP) - Two members of a breakaway Mexican drug gang dissolved their victims' corpses in vats of acid in a gruesome display of Mexican cartel tactics played out on U.S. soil, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday. The defendants held two kidnap victims for weeks in the bedroom of... more »

• Hell's Angels violence shines light on gangs

  October 31, 2011 6:26 AM

  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Hells Angels have had a rough year in California. Three Northern California members have died violently in the last month amid a turf battle with a rival biker gang. And the law around California is pursuing and jailing members. Twenty-six were arrested recently in... more »

• Children of deployed military parents more likely to carry gun or join gang

  October 31, 2011 6:19 AM

  ATLANTA (AP) - Researchers say the children of military parents deployed overseas are more than twice as likely to carry a weapon, join a gang or be involved in fights. And that includes the daughters. The new study is considered the first of its kind to focus on those... more »

• Alleged gang leader convicted of racketeering

  August 12, 2011 5:59 PM

  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A man who authorities say led one of South Florida's most violent gangs has been convicted of federal racketeering charges. A Palm Beach County jury on Friday convicted 30-year-old Futo Charles of racketeering and conspiracy to commit racketeering. Each charge could carry 30... more »

• Fugitive biker gang member arrested in Colorado

  August 4, 2011 2:30 PM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - U.S. Marshals have arrested a fugitive motorcycle gang member who's accused of plotting to kill rival gang members in Denver and in Illinois. The Denver Post reports that agents arrested Marshal "Big Bo" Fry in the Denver suburb of Aurora on Tuesday. A federal... more »

• Rosaries in school: religious freedom or gang-related?

  February 21, 2011 8:21 PM

  Religious freedom versus school safety. It's a hot topic right now at Pueblo County High School. The principal says students cannot wear rosaries to school, because they're considered a gang symbol. However, some believe this may be violating the students' constitutional rights. For Catholics the rosary is a string... more »

• Pueblo County High tells students to remove rosaries

  February 21, 2011 2:09 PM

  Students at Pueblo County High School aren't allowed to wear rosaries on the outside of their clothing. Last week, the principal told students to tuck them in or remove them because they're considered a gang-related item. School District 70 doesn't have any policies banning rosaries, but Pueblo County High... more »

• Pueblo Police arrest teen in gang-related shooting

  August 12, 2010 11:32 AM

  Pueblo Police say they've arrested a 16-year-old gang member for attempted murder in the shooting of a rival gang member. The suspect's name has not been released because of his age. The arrest Wednesday came one week to the day after Matthew Miller, 20, was shot once in the... more »

• Pueblo chain gang starts operation

  July 6, 2010 12:36 PM

  Pueblo County work crews are back for the summer, using labor provided by county jail inmates. Started in 2003, the program was discontinued after Sheriff Kirk Taylor was elected and now reinstated. The goal is trash pick-up and beautification of Pueblo County. Select inmates make up the Chain... more »

• Cops in El Paso round up possible gang members

  March 18, 2010 3:03 PM

  Law enforcement agents are rounding up suspected members of a street gang in El Paso, Texas, in an effort to find new leads as they investigate the killings of three people with ties to the U.S. consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The FBI says more than 200 officers are... more »

• Home labeled 'public nuisance' under settlement

  February 28, 2010 10:21 AM

  A Longmont home that has drawn complaints from neighbors and authorities described as a gang hub will be labeled a "public nuisance" and have restrictions on who can visit and live there under a lawsuit settlement. The proposed settlement released Friday would end Boulder County's lawsuit against the couple who... more »

• Trial begins for man suspected of killing Bronco

  February 23, 2010 8:42 AM

  Jurors will hear opening arguments in the trial of a suspected gang member accused of killing Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams during a New Year's Day drive-by shooting. Attorneys selected a jury Monday and will deliver opening statements Tuesday morning in the case of Willie Clark, who is charged with... more »

• Use of Twitter, Facebook rising among gang members

  February 2, 2010 11:46 AM

  Gangs are tumbling to modern communication methods like twitter, but unbeknownst to them, tweeting members may actually be singing like birds to attentive authorities. Tech-savvy gangsters have long been at home in chatrooms and on Web sites but they appear to be gravitating toward Twitter and Facebook, where they can... more »

• Peruvian police: Gang killed people for their fat

  November 20, 2009 11:00 AM

  Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics, although medical experts say they doubt a major market for fat exists. Three suspects confessed to killing five people, but the... more »

• Gang expert urges parents to be proactive

  October 26, 2009 4:18 PM

  A man who runs the oldest gang prevention program in the state says communities need to change the mindset of young people to stop gang violence from growing. "We have kids in the elementary level that feel this is the trend, this is something to be cool to be apart... more »

• LA police hunt 2 gang members in killing of baby

  September 28, 2009 1:35 PM

  Los Angeles police are looking for two gang members who killed a 4-month-old boy and wounded a pregnant woman during a dispute with the infant's father. Police say the shooting occurred Sunday morning at a party in the San Fernando Valley and was prompted by an argument between the two... more »

• Security beefed up at Chicago school after beating

  September 28, 2009 1:29 PM

  Chicago police say they're bolstering security around a high school on the city's South Side after a student was beaten to death. But they are declining to give details on the security plan for Fenger High School. Family members believe Derrion Albert was beaten on his way from school on... more »

• Police ID teen killed overnight in Pueblo

  September 25, 2009 9:10 AM

  An 18-year-old man was shot and killed in a Pueblo garage early Friday morning. Pueblo Police have identified the victim as Carlos Romero. Officers say it appears Romero was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The shooting happened around 3:15 a.m. Thursday at a garage behind a house... more »

• Police looking for suspects that shot at a residence

  September 13, 2009 10:09 AM

  On Saturday night, Colorado Springs police officers were sent to the 3400 block of Hunterwood Drive in reference to shots being fired at a residence. When they arrived, officers found that numerous rounds had been fired from a vehicle into the residence. Further investigation revealed that earlier in the... more »