With gang recruitment increasing, Fairfax police say crime is up in every district (Fairfax County, VA) With gang recruitment increasing inside Fairfax County Public Schools, assaults and other types of violent crimes have also been on the rise in every police district in the county, police officials told the County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.
Teen brutally killed in woods was taunted by gang members (Fairfax County, VA): A Virginia teen whose body was found in the woods last month was taunted by people with known ties to the MS-13 gang, a search warrant obtained by WDCW revealed.
ICE: 6 suspects in Northern Virginia gang-related murder cases face deportation (Fairfax, VA): ICE agents have started the very beginning stages of the deportation process for four of the ten suspects being held on charges related to gang activity, and the abduction and murder of Damaris Alexandra Reyes, the 15-year-old Gaithersburg girl whose
Fairfax Co. Police Chief calls gang murders 'brutal and savage' (Fairfax County, VA) As police continue to investigate the discovery of human remains in a Fairfax County park, Col. Edwin Roessler joined FOX 5 to talk about the impact of gangs on the community.
Teen Suspect Was Wearing GPS Monitor When 15-Year-Old Girl Was Slain (Fairfax County, VA): One of the teenage boys charged in connection with the abduction and murder of 15-year-old Alexandra Reyes last month in Fairfax County, Virginia, was wearing a court-ordered GPS electronic monitoring device at the time of the killing, according to a
Northern Virginia gang activity ‘out of control,’ says police chief (Fairfax County, VA): Gang activity is “getting out of control” in Northern Virginia and to blame for the deaths of two people whose remains were found in a Fairfax County park, police officials said Friday announcing the gruesome discovery.
Social media used for gang recruitment (Prince William County, VA): Virginia authorities are dealing with two MS-13 gang-related murders they believe are connected, and it involves those three missing teen cases we reported on much of last week. Thursday, a Prince William County Police spokesperson also confirmed a 2
Portsmouth police arrest 9 members of ‘Swag Over Everything’ street gang (Portsmouth, VA): Eleven members of the Portsmouth street gang “Swag Over Everything” are facing a total of 89 charges. Police say nine members were arrested on Thursday.
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Fairfax gang member arrested in rape of 15-year-old (Fairfax County, VA): After searching for him since November, police on Monday found and apprehended a man who is the suspect of a rape that was committed back in July last year.
Danville Police continue fighting gangs despite threats (Danville, VA): The Danville Police Department is investigating credible threats made against its officers. Officers say they're being targeted by gang members, but that's not stopping police from going after them. Officers say they seized evidence of gang activity
10 arrests made in Danville criminal street gang probe (Danville, VA): Danville police announced Thursday morning that 10 people have been arrested since November, when they started serving search warrants for criminal street gang participation.
Woman claims Henrico police got it wrong, she doesn't 'gang bang' (Henrico County, VA): A Henrico woman facing gang-related charges says she is not involved in any type of gang. Nyasia Thillet has been indicted along with her brother Dennis Thillet and a third man named Christopher Briggs. The charges include gang participation, recruit
As gang task force begins in Danville, youth task force still being planned (Danville, VA With the first gang task force meeting in the books in Danville, the focus now turns to getting the youth task force established and making sure the two task forces are working together.
Gangs, guns and rap videos helped make 2016 Norfolk's deadliest year in a decade Don Brown Jr.’s funeral was as much about the young black men seething in the pews as it was the one lying in the casket
Police: Four gang members charged in Manassas-area shooting (Manassas, VA): Four members of a street gang known as “South Side” have been charged with pistol-whipping two teenagers, and shooting one of them, along a wooded path near Stonewall Jackson High School.
Former inmates get fresh start with tattoo removal service (Richmond, VA): Charles Greene got his first tattoo 20 years ago in jail. One of his fellow inmates melted the wax from a chess piece and then, using a needle, plucked at his skin so the ink could dye it. His first few jailhouse tattoos were out of sight, on his leg
Gang Activity Suspected in Wednesday Shooting in Manassas: Police (Manassas, VA): Two suspected gang members who shot one juvenile and injured another Wednesday afternoon in the area of Rixlew Lane and Ashton Avenue were arrested a few hours later in the 7900 block of Community Drive, according to Prince William County Police
El Salvadorian Immigrant Sentenced to 10 Years in Leesburg Attack (Leesburg, VA): The 21-year-old man who pleaded guilty in a November 2015 machete attack on a Leesburg man was sentenced today to serve 10 years in prison.