Juan Silva was struck in the foot and buttocks before reaching cover. His brother also was hit.

Salinas police said Juan Silva, 20, and his 14-year-old brother apparently were standing between two vehicles in the 1200 block of Paseo Grande, talking to their father when a green Honda drove by, made a U-turn and stopped in front of the residence.
Police said a passenger in the right-rear seat pulled a handgun and began shooting. Silva was struck in the foot and buttocks before reaching cover. His brother also was hit. The brothers were transported to a Salinas hospital by a relative.

Otis "Cowboy" Carden Cache of weapons that included the launcher, fully automatic rifles, an "elephant gun," and handguns was put on display

A cache of weapons that included the launcher, fully automatic rifles, an "elephant gun," and handguns of various sizes and shapes was put on display today by the sheriff and law enforcement officers from other jurisdictions that participated in the nearly year-old probe.The investigative team focused its attention on Otis "Cowboy" Carden, 26, and Terry "Ox" Gilmore, 34, who are accused of being the ringleaders. Sgt. Ian Floyd said everyone else arrested worked for these two.
"Some stole vehicles," Floyd said. "Others broke into houses and stole guns."The investigation began last summer after a vehicle theft, he said. From there, it led to drugs and guns and stolen property.Judd said there was no evidence the ring was smuggling guns.The ring bought and sold stolen goods and dealt mainly in methamphetamine, he said. Although the public was undisturbed by the ring, Judd said members would be very violent to those who didn't pay debts or tried to rip them off.
Judd said victims were fearful of coming forward."One guy had the pudding beat out of him," Judd said. "This is one of the more violent groups we've encountered recently. They were violent toward each other and those who dealt drugs and stole property if they didn't pay up."Three members of the ring remained at large, he said."But our guys are coming after you," he said.
The ring made money off drugs and the sale of stolen property. The guns mostly were bought and sold among the members, Judd said, and were used for protection and intimidation.The origins of the bomb launcher remained a mystery, he said. The ring member who procured it said he bought it for $100, Judd said, "and sold it to a ring leader buddy for $400. But we don't know where it came from."
Charges against those arrested included dealing in stolen property, drug possession and dealing, and theft.Carden was arrested Jan. 23 in Osceola County by the U.S. Marshals with 11 grams of meth and $9,000 in his possession, authorities said. He was charged by a federal grand jury this week with being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a machine gun.Gilmore, who authorities said described himself as the "muscle" of the organization, was arrested Feb. 8 on charges including grand theft auto, resisting an officer without violence and drug possession.Thirty people have been arrested since last summer, identified as part of the Carden organization.They are:
Francine Medders, 26, of 320 Wilder Road, Lot 2, Lakeland. Charges include burglary and grand theft auto.
Darrin Embry, 18, of 3011 Ernest Drive, Apt. D, Auburndale. Charges include possession of methamphetamine.
Michael Windley, 35, no known address. Charges include burglary and grand theft auto, resisting an officer without violence and driving with a suspended license.
Douglas Dawson Jr., 22, of 28380 Foot Road, Bartow. Charges include burglary and battery.
Douglas Dawson Sr., 48, of 836 Morning View Court, Lakeland. Charges include possession of methamphetamine.
Roger Shane Parker, 38, 4025 Crews View Lane, Lakeland. Charges include possession of methamphetamine, carrying a concealed firearm, tampering with evidence, maintaining a vehicle for drug use, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving with a suspended license and two violations of probation.
Shaun O'Neal, 21, of 2203 Shirth Road, Auburndale. Charges include possession of
methamphetamine, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Garrett Wiley, 20, of 1645 Merrick Road, Lakeland. Charges include possession of
drugs without a prescription, possession of methamphetamine, resisting an officer without violence, petty theft, driving with a suspended license, resisting an officer without violence, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Nathan Staricek, 21, of 133 Bergen Circle, Auburndale. Charges include possession of
methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, petty theft.
Kathy Wiley, 49, of 1911 Jupiter St., Lakeland. Charges include possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
William Watson, 30, of 806 Even House Road, Winter Haven. Charges include burglary, grand theft auto, grand theft, petty theft, driving with a suspended license and violation of probation.
Bandy Nesbitt, 20, of 5508 N.W. Oak Ave., Bartow. Charges include driving with a suspended license, having no car registration and forgery/altering of vehicle registration.
Leisha Harris, 44, of 9920 Steven Drive, Polk City. Charges include possession of
methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and having an open container in a car.
Frank McGrath, 40, of 307 N.W. Eighth St., Mulberry. Charges include possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, grand theft auto and violation of probation.
January Carter, 29, of 2002 Fish Hatchery Road, Lakeland. Charges include trafficking
more than 14 grams of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine near a school with intent to sell near, two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of drugs without a prescription.
Brian Oyer, 24 (deceased), of Steven Drive, Lakeland. Charges include possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and driving with a suspended license. Oyer was killed in a motorcycle crash Dec. 3.
Brandi Rewis, 28, of 3544 Raintree Circle, Lakeland. Charges include fraud, driving with a suspended license and violation of probation.
Michael Juilcher, 36, of 4230 Lewellyn Road, Lakeland. Charges include possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of drugs without a prescription and two counts of driving with a suspended license.
Lance Johnson, 26, of 900 N.W. Ninth Ave., Mulberry. Various charges include grand theft auto and driving with a suspended license.
Steven Phillips, 28, of Winter Haven. Charges include grand theft auto, resisting an officer without violence, fleeing to elude and driving with a suspended license.
Brandi Burnson, 26, of 1638 Taylor St., Auburndale. Charges include possession
of methamphetamine.
Lenna Lott, 32, of 2232 E. Magnolia St., Lakeland. Charges include a nonmoving
traffic violation of failure to notify the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles of a change of address.
Candace White, 24, of 2036 Meadow Oak Circle, Polk City. Charges include
possession of methamphetamine, grand theft auto, weapons violations, and multiple
violations of probation.
Susan Harper, 35, of Lakeland. Charges include possession of methamphetamine, possession of drugs without a prescription and failure to register a vehicle.
Michael Ryals, 30, of 1404 E Francis St., Polk City. Charges include possession o
of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Jasmine Luker, 19, of 2811 Old Medulla Road, Lakeland. Charges include
possession of methamphetamine, possession of drugs without a prescription and possession of marijuana, and multiple violations of probation.
Charles Turlington, 22, of 1280 E. Summerlin Drive, Bartow. Charges include possession of methamphetamine and five counts of possession of drug paraphernalia.
The following have warrants out for their arrests:
Lance Johnson, 26, of 900 N.W. Ninth Ave., Mulberry, has warrants for his arrest on charges of armed burglary, grand theft, dealing in stolen property and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon
Bryan White, 26, of 1216 Windsong Drive, Lakeland is wanted on a violation of probation charge.
Jessica Carden, 25, of 106 Colonial Drive, Auburndale, is wanted on a violation of probation charge.

Randy A. Crosby allegedly fired two shots inside a home in greater Bluffton

Randy A. Crosby triggered a manhunt when he allegedly fired two shots inside a home in greater Bluffton during a domestic dispute Monday faces more drug charges -- and now a shooting charge -- after he was arrested twice in the same day. Two of the home's other occupants also face drug charges. Less than a half-day after being released from the county jail Wednesday on a marijuana possession charge, 21-year-old Randy A. Crosby was arrested following a traffic stop and charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession of narcotics, simple possession of marijuana, driving under suspension and failure to surrender a driver's license.
He also was charged with discharging a firearm into a dwelling, which stemmed from the incident in the Mayfair section of Woodbridge on Monday. Earlier in the week, the Sheriff's Office said it did not have enough evidence to charge Crosby in connection with the shooting. That changed after officers recovered the gun, according to authorities. No one was injured in the incident, described by police as a domestic argument that ended with the gunshots. The manhunt Monday afternoon led to four Buckwalter area schools being locked down. Students were delayed from going home, and extracurricular activities were canceled. Two residents of the Mayfair Drive home where the alleged domestic dispute occurred were also charged during the traffic stop. Cory L. Avery, 17, was charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession of a firearm by a person under 21 and simple possession of marijuana. An 18-year-old woman was charged with misdemeanor simple possession of marijuana.
The traffic stop was the result of information obtained by the Beaufort-Jasper Multi-Agency Drug Task Force that indicated a home on Lake Linden Drive was being used to store and sell illegal drugs, according to the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office. Crosby lives on that street, according to the Beaufort County Detention Center's online log.
Drugs were seized from the residence and that part of the investigation is ongoing, with additional arrests and charges expected, the Sheriff's Office said.
Avery was released Thursday on $16,000 bond. Crosby's bond had not yet been set Thursday on the shooting charge. The bond for his drug charges is $16,446. He was in jail Thursday night.

Deandre Anderson, an eighth grader from Allapattah Middle School was shot and killed

Deandre Anderson, an eighth grader from Allapattah Middle School was shot and killed in a Northwest Miami-Dade neighborhood Thursday was the victim of a vicious episode of road rage, police said.According to police, Deandre and another young man were driving north on Northwest Seventh Avenue near 112th Street when they changed lanes and struck a gray, late-model Ford Thunderbird.Deandre and his companion tried to speed away from the accident, but the driver of the Thunderbird gave chase.It was not immediately clear which young man was behind the wheel of the maroon compact car carrying Deandre. The car broke down a few blocks away, on Northwest 114th Street near 11th Avenue.The teen jumped out of the car and tried to run. He didn't make it far.According to police, someone inside the Thunderbird fired multiple shots and killed Deandre. His body was found in a yard six houses from where his car broke down. Deandre's companion was not hurt.Police were searching Friday for the shooter or shooters. They were also looking for a gray, late-model Thunderbird with tinted windows and damage to the driver's side.''He did a few things and got into some trouble, but really, he's just a boy,'' said Anderson's aunt, Leta Middleton, on Friday. ``If you looked at him, he looks just like a boy. . . . People just gun happy. I guess they don't have a conscience anymore.''Deandre lived with his mother, Mary Simmons, in Liberty City, just a few miles from the shooting scene.Naomi Pierre-Daut, who lives across the street from where Anderson's body was found, said Thursday's shooting was frightening.''I heard seven shots so quick,'' said Pierre-Daut, who has lived on the block for seven years. ``I'm very scared to stay. I will put my house up for sale.''Mary Simmons grieved for her son with family members Friday at her apartment in Liberty City.''I just want to know why -- what was the reason?'' Simmons said. ``He was a child, a child, a child! No matter what they do, you can't do something like this to them.''

Detective Cpl. Steven Andrus results linked Andrus' duty weapon to some of the casings, police said

Detective Cpl. Steven Andrus, a six-year veteran of the Gary Police Department, will remain on paid suspension for the duration of the investigation, said Cmdr. Samuel Roberts.Andrus and at least three other Gary officers, as well as a fourth who recently got another job, are suspects in the March 18 drive-by at a house in Portage.Portage police allege that the shooting occurred hours after Andrus, Gary Patrolman Daryl Gordon and others got into a fight outside in a bar in nearby Hobart, where Andrus lives, after they had been drinking on St. Patrick's Day.Gordon suffered two black eyes and may have been hospitalized when an extended cab pickup truck drove past a Portage man's house and someone fired several shots in his direction. The Portage man and his two brothers had faced off against Gordon outside the bar after having a verbal confrontation inside.Portage investigators recovered numerous spent shells, which were compared to weapons owned by the Gary officers. The results linked Andrus' duty weapon to some of the casings, police said.
There was no telephone listing for Andrus in the Hobart area.Besides criminal charges, Andrus and any other participants may face punishment through the Gary Police Civil Service Commission.The allegations are the latest trouble for the department following the retirement of former Chief Thomas Houston. He and two aides had been accused of beating, harming and illegally holding people they suspected of breaking into Houston's house.Houston and his two former aides pleaded not guilty to the charges after they were indicted. Houston retired March 11 after 42 years with the department.

Jermaine Carvery, who was on remand on charges of attempted murder and hostage-taking, escaped from guards outside the Centennial Building of the Vict

Jermaine Carvery, who was on remand on charges of attempted murder and hostage-taking, escaped from guards outside the Centennial Building of the Victoria General hospital at about 1:15 p.m. while being transferred from a prison van to the hospital, where the 30-year-old was to undergo day surgery.But it is unclear how he made his brazen midday escape.Several questions remain unanswered.Did Mr. Carvery, who is noticeably thinner than the picture provided to the media, slip one of his ankles through the leg iron? Or did he have some sort of key?How did he outrun two unarmed guards in a busy area of Halifax? And why did it take 25 minutes before anyone notified police of his disappearance?Those are all questions that the provincial Justice Department hopes to answer during its internal review of Thursday’s escape."We’re looking at exactly, first of all, how this incident happened, starting from the time they left (the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Dartmouth) to when he fled," said department spokeswoman Sherri Aikenhead.At this point, she said, officials don’t know how he got the leg irons off. As far as she knows, she said, he didn’t have a key.She hadn’t heard an unconfirmed report that Mr. Carvery may have gotten into a car at the Via Rail station, and it’s not known whether he had help from someone."Staff are trying to determine whether or not this was preplanned," she said."We were called at 1:39 p.m., and they were pursuing him in the area of South Street and Wellington at that point," said Const. Jeff Carr, Halifax Regional Police spokesman. He didn’t know why the force wasn’t informed sooner.Ms. Aikenhead said 1:15 p.m. "was an approximate time of the escape, but that is being looked at — the timelines — as part of our review."The guards weren’t injured during the incident and Justice Department staff notified Mr. Carvery’s alleged victims, Ms. Aikenhead said.Shortly after the call came in to police, officers set up a four- or five-block perimeter and brought in a police dog team and about two dozen officers.They ended the perimeter search at 3:30 p.m."We never had sight of him," Const. Carr said.The force sent out a description and photo of Mr. Carvery to other Nova Scotia police forces and set up a special team dedicated to searching for him.He is "considered potentially dangerous," Const. Carr said.Mr. Carvery faces 22 charges in connection with four heists in the Halifax and Truro areas from 2004 to 2006.He is charged with attempted murder, armed robbery and unauthorized possession of a firearm. He also faces four counts each of forcible confinement, wearing a disguise in the commission of an offence and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, three counts of theft and two counts each of robbery and possession of stolen property.Officials from four police agencies said in September that Mr. Carvery, in custody in Toronto at the time, had been charged in a series of "highly violent, takedown-style robberies, which shook the victims and owners and the Nova Scotia business community as a whole."On April 28, 2004, three armed men walked into TRA Cash and Carry in Truro at about 7 a.m., confined three employees and fled in a stolen van with a quantity of cigarettes. Four to six armed men entered the Costco store at Bayers Lake Business Park in Halifax shortly after 4 a.m. on July 30, 2004, as the first workers were arriving for the day.The robbers forcibly confined 42 employees for more than two hours while they loaded about $250,000 worth of cigarettes into a U-Haul truck and drove off. On the evening of Sept. 12, 2004, three armed and masked men hit Chrissy’s Trading Post in Hammonds Plains. They confined a clerk and two people who were in the parking lot, stole an undisclosed amount of cash and also tried to break into the business owner’s nearby home. Two years later, on Sept. 25, 2006, more than $100,000 was stolen from DirectCash ATM Services in Dartmouth.Two men, one armed with a gun and the other with a spray can, were involved in the crime. A shot was fired at an employee who escaped out a back door and ran to a nearby office. At the time of the escape Thursday, Mr. Carvery was wearing green jail-issued pants and a navy sweatshirt, Const. Carr said. He had short hair and facial hair, estimated to be about two days’ growth. He is also thinner now than he appeared in the photo issued to the media Thursday.

Victor Manuel Varela Jr suspected gun runner was arrested by agents from the Bureau of Alcoho, Tobacco, Firearms and explosives this week.

Victor Manuel Varela Jr., 23, of Tuscon, AZ was taken into custody by the Arizona U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force as part of Operation Gunrunner.
suspected gun runner was arrested by agents from the Bureau of Alcoho, Tobacco, Firearms and explosives this week.
Investigators believe the alleged gun-runner carried the guns into Mexico at the Columbus, N.M. border crossing and were intended for use in the ongoing battles between rival cartels and with Mexican law enforcement.The arrest follows an investigation conducted by the ATF and the Arizona Attorney General's Office, and investigators believe it will disrupt a group of gun smugglers that were allegedly trafficking the arms to a Mexican drug cartel.This investigation was initiated based on information that Varela, through a network of straw purchasers, had acquired a number of firearms, including several .50 caliber "Barrett" rifles, for the purpose of supplying them to Mexican cartel members.
A number of the firearms attributed to this group have been recovered by law enforcement and military entities of the Mexican government who were mobilized to address the escalating level of violence in the Juarez, Chihuahua and Palomas, areas of Mexico.Intelligence received throughout the course of this investigation, which implicates persons located in Mexico is being shared with members of Mexican law enforcement in conjunction with the ATF Mexico City Office. Varela was remanded to the custody of the Maricopa County Jail, and is being charged by the Arizona Attorney General's Office with control of a criminal enterprise, conspiracy, fraud, forgery and weapons violations.

George Reginald Graves arraigned negligently firing a weapon and a misdemeanor count of destruction of evidence

George Reginald Graves, 39, is scheduled to be arraigned at Southwest Justice Center within the next week on a felony count of negligently firing a weapon and a misdemeanor count of destruction of evidence. He could not be reached Wednesday for comment.A defense attorney who represented Graves after his arrest in June said Wednesday he has not spoken to Graves since the criminal charges were filed by the Riverside County district attorney's office.According to court documents, Graves and another man had been drinking at Corner Pocket bar on California Oaks Road the night of June 23, 2007.Murrieta police were sent to the bar to investigate a report of gunshots being heard.A security officer at the bar told police that he saw a car drive away, heard a gunshot and saw a muzzle flash from the car, documents state. Police ultimately identified Graves as one of the men in the car, according to the document, written in February by Murrieta police Detective Danny Martin requesting Graves' arrest.Officers went to a nearby apartment where Graves lived. While talking to him, Graves asked officers if anyone had been shot at the bar, the document states.When a search warrant was served at Graves' apartment, police found a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun registered to Graves in a bathroom sink about three-quarters filled with water and there was a strong odor of bleach, Martin wrote.The criminal complaint alleges that Graves tried to destroy or conceal evidence ---- gun powder residue.Three shell casings ---- one outside the bar and two more in the apartment complex across from the bar ---- were tested and found to have been fired from Graves' handgun, Martin wrote.
Another test revealed that Graves had a blood-alcohol level of 0.30 percent after his arrest, the document states.Martin wrote that he listened to jail phone calls made by both Graves and the man police say was with him that night. During some of those calls, the other man ---- who has not been charged in this case ---- made several statements about Graves being the one who fired the gun, Martin wrote.
Graves is no longer with the Sheriff's Department after 15 years of service.
In 1999, Graves received a Medal of Courage, one of the highest Sheriff's Department awards, for the actions he and another deputy took to save the lives of five adults and 11 children during an apartment fire in Lake Elsinore just before Christmas Day in 1998.Graves also received two other department awards: the Gold Star for his actions in a life-threatening situation in 2000 and the Lifesaving Award for performing CPR on a 3-year-old boy who nearly drowned in Canyon Lake in 1997.

Marc Kidby's Ohio University employee concealed-carry permit was not suspended until he lay dying of self-inflicted gunshot wounds.

His permit to carry a hidden handgun should have been suspended, and his guns surrendered, when his wife obtained a domestic-violence protection order Feb. 11.
However, the Athens County sheriff's office didn't suspend his permit, as required by state law, and might not even have asked Kidby to turn over his guns.
After two public suicide attempts, Kidby fatally wounded himself yesterday morning by firing rounds from his .38-caliber handgun into his chest and head at his rural home.In the weeks before, he had threatened twice to jump off tall structures in Athens, was admitted to a mental-health hospital and talked of “suicide by cop.”
The Athens County sheriff's office apparently was unaware that the law requires sheriffs to immediately suspend gun permits when a protection order is issued against permit holders.Chief Deputy Dave Malawista said today that he was unfamiliar with the law. “If that in fact is the case and we have notification of that, we will take care of it. … This may have been a single-case error.”
Malawista said he will meet with Common Pleas Judge Michael Ward to develop a consistent system of checking protection orders against lists of gun-permit holders.
“When we give them the orders over there, it's up to them to comply,” Ward said.
The protection order issued against Kidby, 30, an Ohio University employee disturbed by his pending divorce, instructed him to turn over his guns to deputies.
Federal domestic-violence laws also forbid domestic-violence suspects under protection orders from possessing firearms or ammunition.
“Even if someone had gone in and confiscated his guns, he certainly would not have lacked access to weapons,” Malawista said. “I know of no case where anyone thought he was a threat to others.”& amp; amp; lt; /p>
However, Kidby's wife said in her petition for a protection order that he had threatened to kill her and their 2-year-old daughter.
Nancy Neylon, executive director of the Ohio Domestic Violence Network, said she found it alarming that Kidby still possessed a gun permit when he killed himself. “You're not supposed to even have a firearm, let alone a concealed-carry permit,” she said.
Judge Craig Baldwin of Licking County Domestic Relations Court said that, at a minimum, law-enforcement officers should ask those served with protection orders to surrender their guns.
Officers may arrest someone who they suspect is violating an order by not turning over guns and then can obtain a search warrant to look for weapons, said Baldwin, chairman of the Ohio Domestic Relations Judges Association.
Statewide, sheriffs suspended 502 concealed-carry permits last year for reasons ranging from protective orders to criminal arrests. Two permits were suspended in Athens County. About 108,000 Ohioans hold gun permits.

Jesse Barnes the Red Barn gun shop burgalar break-ins has been arrested

Jesse Barnes, 17, crawled through a ceiling during two gun shop burglaries in March.
Now, he and a 15-year-old boy detectives say helped him with the Red Barn gun shop break-ins have been arrested, according to sheriff's reports.On Tuesday, detectives arrested Faheen Nelson just hours after Barnes made a daring escape from the Manatee County Courthouse.At noon, a sheriff's detective stopped Barnes at the courthouse after being tipped off he would be there. Both Barnes and Nelson were already suspects in the March 8 and March 22 burglaries at the Red Barn gun shop, in the 5200 block of 14th Street West, according to sheriff's reports.
The detective began questioning Barnes in a jury room on the third floor of the courthouse. He eventually refused to answer questions.With Barnes' mother outside, the detective went to tell her he would be arresting her son. When he returned to the room, Barnes was nowhere to be found.
Barnes had climbed into the ceiling, found an open window and scaled down the side of the courthouse three stories, according to sheriff's spokesman Dave Bristow.
Once on the ground, Barnes took off running with several deputies and bailiffs giving chase down Manatee Avenue West into the Wares Creek neighborhood.
Barnes hid behind the Woman's Club of Bradenton building in the 1700 block of Manatee Avenue West. When a sheriff's dog found him, Barnes hit the dog over the head with a rock.
The dog bit Barnes' leg and deputies took him into custody. He was checked out at Manatee Memorial Hospital, before being taken to a juvenile detention center, Bristow said.Barnes was arrested on charges of K-9 battery and resisting arrest.
By 5 p.m., Nelson was also in custody after both he and Barnes admitted to the Red Barn burglaries, according to sheriff's reports.
According to the reports, the two teens cut a large hole in scaffolding behind the gun shop.Barnes then climbed through the ceiling of the gun shop, reports state, dropped down into the store and stole several rifles. He would then hand the weapons down to Nelson waiting outside, the sheriff's reports state.
Each teen faces charges of two counts of armed burglary, two counts of grand theft of a firearm, two counts of criminal mischief and one count of dealing in stolen property.
Red Barn owner Roger McManaman said he is relieved that arrests have been made.
"I am happy," he said. "Especially since guns are involved."