UPDATE Six suspects are in custody in the mass shooting that killed four Hmong residents on Nov. 17 and are being held in the Fresno County Jail. Fresno Police Chief Andy Hall announced the arrests in a news conference Tuesday morning. The suspects are all self-admitted members of the Mongolian...
Paroled for Murder, Fresno-Raised Tith Ton Handed to ICE
A Cambodian refugee raised in Fresno was released Monday from San Quentin Prison after being paroled in a murder case, then handed to federal agents for possible deportation, his attorney said. Gov. Gavin Newsom allowed the parole of Tith Ton, now 40, who spent 22 years in prison for killing...
Joint Task Force Arrests 35 Country Boys Crips Gang Members
A three-month investigation into the criminal activities of Bakersfield's Country Boys Crips street gang has resulted in 35 arrests. The arrests, along with the seizure of 15 firearms, illegal narcotics, and stolen items, were announced Tuesday by state Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Bakersfield Police Chief Kyle Martin, and Kern County...
50 Arrested, Guns Seized in Central California Gang Takedown
STOCKTON — Authorities say 50 people were arrested and dozens of guns seized in a law enforcement operation targeting the Norteno street gang in central California. State Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Tuesday that the gang members are suspected of a variety of crimes in Stockton. The defendants could face...
Meth-Dealing Bulldog Gang Member Gets 21 Years in Prison
Filiberto “Beto” Chavez, a member of the Bulldogs street gang, was sentenced to 20 years, 10 months in prison Monday for conspiring to traffic in methamphetamine and prostitution. U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill issued the sentence in a Fresno courtroom Monday morning. Listen to this article: The Evidence According...
White Supremacists Charged With Directing California Prison Killings
SACRAMENTO — Leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang were charged Thursday with directing killings and drug smuggling from within California's most secure prisons, U.S. prosecutors said. The charges detail five slayings and accuse an attorney of helping smuggle drugs and cellphones to aid the white supremacist gang. Sixteen Aryan...
Brooklyn Rapper 6ix9ine Arrested on Racketeering Charges
NEW YORK — Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was deemed a likely danger to the community and denied bail Monday after a prosecutor said there was evidence that he directed or participated in multiple acts of violence as part of a deadly gang. U.S. Magistrate Judge Henry B. Pitman concluded an hourlong...
As Immigrants Flow Across US Border, American Guns Go South
Among the thousands of immigrants who have been coming across the U.S.-Mexico border in recent months, many are seeking to escape gang and drug violence raging in their homelands. The weapon of choice used to intimidate them? Often an American-made gun. While the flow of drugs and immigrants into the...