Virginia Gang Articles

Life sentence for Gang member

Four Northern Virginia MS-13 gang members are facing years in prison for various crimes, including two attempted murders.

Four men charged with taking part in the 2016 murder of a Norfolk woman over her nephew’s drug debt were found guilty Monday of all charges and now face a mandatory sentence of life in prison.

A jury in federal court in Norfolk deliberated several ho

Virginia: Taking back the community is an all-hands-on-deck ef¬fort. Wednesday the head of the FBI visited Hampton Roads, high¬lighting the federal, state and local collaboration to combat crime. This includes getting violent gang members and illegal

Price was one of the sources of supply for members of the Bloods criminal street gang on the Virginia Peninsula,” the announcement said. “Price traveled to Virginia

Federal prosecutors say a couple from New Jersey was sentenced to prison for conspiring to provide cocaine and heroin to gang members in Virginia

Melvin Edgardo Molina-Ramos was convicted of several charges related to the murder of a 19-year-old in Virginia Beach.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — A Newport News man who prosecutors say was behind multiple murders and attempted murders as part of the 36th Bang Squad was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday.

Prince William County police have arrested four individuals in connection with the brutal assault of a 31-year-old man outside Sabor Latino restaurant in Woodbridge on Monday, Feb. 15. All four suspects arrested and charged are alleged to be members

he city of Roanoke is working to address gun and gang violence in the streets. The city formed a committee last year to meet monthly to tackle the issue.

A Fredericksburg man pleaded guilty today to lying on an ATF form in the course of straw-purchasing seven firearms for a convicted felon and criminal street gang member.

An illegal alien and admitted MS-13 gang member was sentenced today to 28 months in prison for serving as a getaway driver for three men associated with MS-13 who had just committed an armed robbery. “This case is a prime example of our need for stro

The Bloods street gang, estimated six years ago to have 40 to 60 members on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, appears to still be wreaking havoc locally as two known members, previously acquitted of murder in separate incidents, were indicted by an Acco

A Bumpass man was given a 15-year suspended sentence in Louisa Circuit Court today for breaking into a Buckner Road home, a crime he committed in order to get out of a gang.

The General Assembly has passed two identical bills intended to help social workers in the fight against minor-involved human trafficking. The bills, introduced by House Majority Leader Charniele L. Herring, D-Alexandria, and Sen. Mark Obenshain, R-R

jury has found the MS-13 gang member charged with brutally murdering a Lynchburg teenager guilty of capital murder. Kevin Soto-Bonilla is one of six people charged in Raymond Wood's murder and his trial has been going on for two weeks in Bedford Coun

An MS-13 gang member was sentenced today to 38 months in prison for his role and participation in a violent gang-related assault of a victim with multiple bats.

A member of the Bloods street gang has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for acting as the gunman in several armed robberies at Hampton Roads grocery stores.

When a shooting happens in Roanoke, a trained civilian team will go into action: heading to the scene of bloodshed, comforting family members at the hospital, coaxing a victim’s ally not to retaliate.

Danville Commonwealth's Attorney Michael Newman sat in U.S. District Court clutching a manila envelope when a trial resumed Tuesday morning against the last remaining defendant in the city's ongoing federal case involving the Rollin' 60s Crips