Teens Arrested In Gang-Related Stabbing On Four Mile Run Trail (Arlington, VA) Three Alexandria teenagers were arrested on a slew of charges, including gang participation, for a stabbing on the Four Mile Run Trail Monday evening.
Judge denies gang member’s guilty plea withdrawal (Norfolk, VA): A Norfolk District Court judge denied a gang member’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea on Jan. 10. Court documents say Anthony Foye of Suffolk, pleaded guilty in May of 2017 to four counts of murder in aid of racketeering activity and faced a manda
‘I’m not going anywhere,’ rapped a defiant MS-13 gang member. Days later, he was dead. (Fairfax County, VA): Christian Sosa Rivas knew he was a marked man. The brash, 21-year-old leader of an MS-13 clique in Springfield, Va., had incurred the wrath of rivals in the violent street gang. So in late 2016, the aspiring rapper sat in the back of a dimly lit car
Md. man charged with MS-13 gang-related murder of teenager in 2015 (Woodbridge, VA A Maryland man was arrested Sunday in connection with the gang-related murder of a teenager in Virginia in 2015, police said Tuesday.
Norfolk gang members are hunting for the teen who killed their comrade, police say (Norfolk, VA): Gang members have been trying to hunt down and kill a Norfolk teenager who gunned down a prominent local rapper and fellow gang member, a Norfolk homicide detective said Tuesday.
36th Street Bang Squad Gang Member Sentenced for Attempted Murder (Newport News, VA): A Newport News man was sentenced today to nine years in prison for his role in planning and attempting to murder a rival gang member in Hampton in June 2015.
With referrals for school gang activity rare, data shows few harsh punishments, police calls (Danville, VA Discipline violations related to gang activity don’t happen often in Danville Public Schools, but students are rarely suspended and police seldom notified when an incident occurs, according to the last five years of discipline data from Danville high
How an informant named ‘Platinum’ anchored a federal takedown of a Va. gang (Alexandria, VA): In the pre-dawn Wednesday, hundreds of federal agents and police officers waited on alert outside 20 homes in the Washington area for the clock to hit 6 a.m.
A 14-year-old told of a teen’s killing by MS-13. Then, he disappeared too. (Fairfax County, VA): The family of Edvin Mendez had been desperately searching for the missing teen for nearly a month when his brother reached out to an acquaintance of Mendez’s on Facebook looking for help, according to newly unsealed search warrants
Former Denbigh High security guard gets life in gang murder case (Newport News, VA): A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a former Denbigh High School security guard to life behind bars in a 2009 gang killing and other violent crimes.
Former Denbigh High security guard gets life in gang murder case (Newport News, VA) A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a former Denbigh High School security guard to life behind bars in a 2009 gang killing and other violent crimes.
Man Convicted of Brutal Gang Attack on 15-Year-Old Girl (Fairfax County, VA n MS-13 gang member charged in the brutal killing of a 15-year-old girl has been found guilty. Wilmer Sanchez Serrano, 21, was convicted Tuesday of second-degree murder in the death of Damaris Alexandra Reyes Rivas
Teen charged with shooting officer was gang member (Portsmouth, VA) Wednesday, a teenager accused of shooting and wounding a Portsmouth officer went before a judge. The teen faces numerous charges, including attempted capital murder and malicious wounding of a law enforcement officer. Police said in court the boy adm
Two alleged MS-13 gang members charged with capital murder of Raymond Wood (Bedford County, VA): A Bedford County grand jury has returned true bills against two alleged MS-13 gang members who are accused of being involved in the murder of a Lynchburg teenager.
Teen allegedly abducted by MS-13 gang member disappears again (Woodbridge, VA): Police are asking for the public's help to find a missing 16-year-old girl who is believed to be endangered
Fairfax County working to make up ground in ongoing gang problem All eyes are on Virginia's race for governor and the topic dominating the debate is who can better handle the growing MS-13 gang problem in the commonwealth
22-year-old pleads guilty to Alexandria gang-related killing (Alexandria, VA): A 22-year-old pleaded guilty to his role in an Alexandria gang-related stabbing death in 2015. On Oct. 23, Jonathan Gomez Sorto, a former Fairfax County resident, pleaded guilty to murder for his role in the gang-motivated killing of Eduardo Chandias
Norfolk gang members scared her out of testifying, lawyer says. Now she's charged with murder, too. (Norfolk, VA) Gang members threatened to kill a witness and her daughter if she testified against one of their own in a murder case, the woman’s lawyer said Thursday.
Two Manassas men convicted in 2015 gang murder (Prince William County, VA): Two Manassas men were recently convicted in the killing of a man whose bones were found in a wooded area near a known gang meeting spot in January 2016.
MS-13 gang member sentenced in fatal 2015 Sterling shooting (Loudoun County, VA) Jose Miguel Espinosa de Dios, a 19-year-old MS-13 gang member, was sentenced to prison and fined for the 2015 shooting death of a 17-year-old in Sterling.
