Simmons admitted to the 2007 attack which saw him burst into a city home and fire a bullet into the stomach of his victim.

Noah Simmons was just inches away from killing a man in 2007. Now he is months away from being back on the streets.
The former street-gang member was sentenced to one year in jail Monday after pleading guilty for a near-fatal home invasion. Simmons admitted to the 2007 attack which saw him burst into a city home and fire a bullet into the stomach of his victim. The man was lucky to survive the attack but has since made a full recovery, court was told.
Simmons, 30, has spent the past three years in pre-trial custody, which Crown and defence lawyers agreed should be given double-time credit of six years. That's because recent legislative changes which outlaw the controversial two-for-one practice weren't in place at the time of his arrest.
The Crown said there were major problems with their case -- including a lack of eyewitness identification and another witness who recanted her story - that could have resulted in an acquittal had Simmons gone to trial.
As a result, the Crown agreed to recommend a much more lenient sentence of seven years on paper in exchange for him taking responsibility.
"This represents a classic dilemma," said Queen's Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal. "It is the only real way to get some kind of accountability for a dreadful act."
Simmons admits targeting the victim because he believed the man -- a known drug dealer -- had sexually assaulted a female he knew earlier that night, court was told. Simmons was a member of the Native Syndicate street gang at the time and was on parole following a string of other violent criminal convictions.
Joyal called his actions "barbaric vigilantism" which can't be condoned by society.

former leader of the Huntington chapter of the MS-13 street gang has been convicted of murder and federal racketeering charges.

A jury found 25-year-old Julio “Flechita” Chavez guilty following a trial at federal court in Brooklyn along with Oscar “Taz” Fuentes, 30, former leader of the New York state chapters of MS-13.

Prosecutors said the two men killed 21-year-old Maurice Parker in Flushing in May 2007 because his friend was wearing a red sweatshirt—a color often worn by members of the rival Bloods street gang.

“The convictions have ensured that the defendants will never again walk the streets,” Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said in a statement.

Both men face mandatory minimum sentences of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

Parker was shot six times, including three shots to the head. He died at the scene.

Two men have been arrested in connection with a shooting at a Patterson house Monday

Two men have been arrested in connection with a shooting at a Patterson house Monday where investigators say hundreds of marijuana plants were found.

The resident of the home on the 1400 block of Carly Creek was wounded and remained in critical condition after surgery, said Sgt. Keith Rakoncza with the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department.

Two documented Norteno gang members have been taken into custody for their alleged involvement, Rakoncsa said.

Ignacio Michael Lopez, 21, was booked into Stanislaus County Jail for attempted homicide, active participation in criminal street gang, committing a crime for the benefit of a criminal street gang, and conspiracy to commit a felony while participating in a criminal street gang.

Jonathan Gilbert McKnight, 23, was arrested for attempted homicide, active participation in criminal street gang, committing a crime for the benefit of a criminal street gang, conspiracy to commit a felony while participating in a criminal street gang, and committing a crime while out on bail, Rakoncsa said. McKnight was free on bail after a September 2010 arrest for assault with a deadly weapon that occurred in Patterson.

Rakoncsa said detectives have identified a third suspect and were actively looking for that person.

More than 700 pot plants were removed from the house were the shooting took place, Rakoncsa said.

Council on American Islamic Relations has also offered a $5,000 reward

Elk Grove police have asked the community to help them locate a possible suspect vehicle in the shooting of two men from the Sikh community Friday afternoon.
A spokesperson for the police department said detectives are looking for a 1999-2003 Ford F150, tan or light brown in color.
The spokesperson said the vehicle was seen in the area just after the shooting.
The Council on American Islamic Relations has also offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person or people responsible.
Friday, two elderly members of the Sikh community were shot while walking.
Gurmej Atwal, 78, is in the hospital recovering, after undergoing surgery for his gun shot wounds.
"He looks much better than yesterday," said Kamaljeet Kaur Atwal, Gurmej Atwal's daughter-in-law. "He opened his eyes all the way but yesterday he opened only a little."
Gurmej Atwal's son, Kamaljit Singh Atwal, said he will have to undergo one more surgery.
Surinder Singh, 65, died at the scene.

The Powder Room in Powell was robbed of two handguns

The Powder Room in Powell was robbed of two handguns and now Central Ohio Crime Stoppers said the shooting range didn't do enough to stop the crime.

Surveillance video from the crime on Feb. 9 shows the suspect in a red T-shirt and gray sweatshirt renting two guns. He walked into the range and then left to go out to his car and didn't return.

The two guns taken were a Glock 22 .40 caliber handgun with serial number FNH951 and a Springfield XD9 9mm handgun with serial number #US926644.

Crime Stoppers named the theft the crime of the week, but then last week, one of the guns was used in a shootout with police.

An officer was hit in the shooting, but the bullet hit the officer's Taser and he wasn't injured.

The theft and shooting has led to questioning of the Powder Room's gun rental policy.

U.S. authorities in Mexico charged with stemming the flow of U.S. weapons to drug cartels have been hampered

U.S. authorities in Mexico charged with stemming the flow of U.S. weapons to drug cartels have been hampered by shortfalls in staffing, agents with limited Spanish skills and the difficulty of recruiting new agents to the dangerous posting because they can't officially carry weapons, current and former staff members say.

Facing new accusations that investigators with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives allowed buyers to funnel high-powered assault weapons into Mexico, a senior agent posted to Mexico before 2010 said the agency had not fielded the resources necessary to block mass movements of weapons across the Southwest border.

These movements have come under scrutiny amid revelations that ATF investigators delayed for months the arrests of suspected cartel gun buyers, allowing the flow of hundreds of weapons to Mexico in the hope of catching bigger buyers. The policy has outraged many agents and prompted a Senate investigation.

25-year-old Savannah man was arrested Sunday night after he pointed a gun at a Savannah-Chatham police officer

25-year-old Savannah man was arrested Sunday night after he pointed a gun at a Savannah-Chatham police officer and resisted arrest.

Eric Holmes, of the 300 block of West 35th Street, was spotted by metro officers about 6 p.m. in the 1800 block of Montgomery Street after it was reported he was in possession of a firearm, according to a metro police report.

The officers approached the suspect near the intersection of 35th and Montgomery streets when Holmes — who, according to the report, is on probation — ran toward Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. While running, the report said, Holmes removed a revolver from inside his clothing and turned around and pointed it in the direction of one of the officers in pursuit.

When the suspect reached the west end of MLK Boulevard, he turned and pointed the weapon directly at an officer, the report said.

The officer also drew his weapon and aimed at Holmes, who turned and fell to the ground, dropping the revolver.

The officer was able to apprehend Holmes while he was on the ground, the report said, but the suspect resisted arrest.

SOPHISTICATED ‘bullet beater’ has been hailed for helping to slash gun crime in inner city Birmingham – to zero.

SOPHISTICATED ‘bullet beater’ has been hailed for helping to slash gun crime in inner city Birmingham – to zero.

The ShotSpotter Gunshot Location System can alert police to the scene of a shooting within seconds and is used across America to tackle the country’s huge gun crime problem.

Since being installed in December, the system has recorded only one incident of gunfire – and that was the sound from a weapon police used to stop a car which was being pursued.

The bangs it has detected, which residents would previously have mistakenly thought were gunfire, were proved to have had other origins, such as fireworks.

Darryl Lawrence Little, a 46-year-old Californian, was sentenced this week at the New Westminster Provincial Court to one year’s imprisonment on two counts of weapons smuggling into Canada,

Darryl Lawrence Little, a 46-year-old Californian, was sentenced this week at the New Westminster Provincial Court to one year’s imprisonment on two counts of weapons smuggling into Canada, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced Wednesday.
On October 24, 2008, Little was arrested at the Pacific Highway border crossing after failing to declare he was carrying firearms. Following a police check a loaded 9-mm calibre handgun wrapped in a comforter and a semi-automatic .25 calibre pistol hidden inside a tool bag on the back seat of his vehicle was seized, along with a prohibited magazine cartridge for the 9-mm handgun lying on the floor of his car.
Little was later charged on one count of smuggling under the Customs Act, and other Criminal Code charges relating to possession of a firearm and occupying a motor vehicle in which there was a firearm.
On October 4, 2010, Little was again arrested and this time pled guilty to a second count of weapons smuggling under the Customs Act and one count of occupying a motor vehicle in which he knew there were firearms, in breach of the Criminal Code