Hector Joseph "Baca" Chirino, 18, of Orland was arrested Feb. 13 in connection with a drive-by shooting the day before at an East Street home.

Hector Joseph "Baca" Chirino, 18, of Orland was arrested Feb. 13 in connection with a drive-by shooting the day before at an East Street home.Though Orland police recommended attempted murder charges against the alleged gang member, he was released Wednesday after the Glenn County District Attorney's Office concluded there was not enough evidence to charge him.About 10 p.m. Thursday, Chirino was arrested again in Orland after a short car chase by Orland police Officer Kyle Cessna.Cessna reported the vehicle, traveling "at a high rate of speed," failed to yield at a stop sign.Glenn County sheriff's Sgt. Todd James said Chirino was one of four people who jumped out of an unidentified vehicle and ran from police.The others, possibly juveniles, remained at large Friday afternoon, according to sheriff's Sgt. Jim Miranda. He said police do not know why the suspects fled.Chirino was arrested Thursday night on suspicion of resisting police officers, a misdemeanor, and a probation violation. He is being held without bail at the Glenn County Jail; a court date was not available Friday.Chirino was the suspected gunman in a Feb. 12 drive-by shooting in the 500 block of East Street in Orland. The alleged target, a 20-year-old Orland man, was under police protection earlier this week, authorities said.

John Carroll gunned down in front of customers in a Dublin pub

Father-of-three gunned down in front of customers in a Dublin pub was a suspected major drug dealer, it has emerged.Detectives knew John Carroll as an associate of a number of criminal gangs in the capital, particularly the underworld faction in Crumlin.The 33-year-old was killed when a gunman wearing a motorcycle helmet burst into Grumpy Jack's bar, in the Coombe in the city's southside last night, singled out his victim and opened fire a number of times with a handgun. The victim was taken to St James' Hospital but later died from his injuries.

Thomas Osborn 20-year-old Hayward resident died in a hospital Tuesday morning after being gunned down Monday night in a drive-by shooting

Thomas Osborn 20-year-old Hayward resident died in a hospital Tuesday morning after being gunned down Monday night in a drive-by shooting on Gading Road.His death was the city's first homicide of the year, Hayward police Sgt. Steve Brown said.
"That guy was a guy with a really big heart," his distraught mother, Tommie Osborn, said during a vigil held for her son Thursday night. "He was just a beautiful person.""I love him and he loves me," said Alma Villasana, his fiancee. "He was the best guy in the world, and they took him."About 120 family members and friends gathered in front of the Las Casitas Apartments — the site where Osborn was shot. A makeshift memorial of flowers, candles, packs of cigarettes and empty liquor bottles was set up just in front of the parking lot entrance of the complex.
After a moment of silence and a prayer, the crowd peacefully walked down Gading Road toward Schafer Road to the Ventur Market, a place Osborn frequently visited.
A parade of lit candles, held by friends and family, illuminated the route Osborn often walked on his way to the store."He was giving and filled with so much compassion," said his brother, Anthony Osborn. "I really miss him."Thomas Osborn — who celebrated his 20th birthday Feb. 12 — recently returned to Hayward after a brief stay in San Diego.His sister, Rosemarie Osborn, said he left to "get away and better his life.""He had the face of a real tough guy," she said. "But if you got to know him he was a huge teddy bear."Amanda Paiva, a Sacramento resident who previously dated Osborn, was shocked when she heard the news, she said."We recently talked and he was just telling me about how happy he was and he felt that he was really in a good spot right now in his life," she said. "I don't understand how this could've happened to him, because he was such a great guy."Friends also described Osborn as a "goofy, free spirit" who was often the life of the party.
Family members said Osborn attended Tennyson High School from 2005 to 2007, but did not graduate. He also previously worked at a Home Depot store in Union City.According to police, Osborn had been standing with a group of people in front of the apartment complex when a white van pulled onto the parking lot. As it turned to exit, at least one gunman — possibly two — opened fire with handguns, Brown said.
Police, who continue to investigate and still have no motive for the shooting, located the vehicle believed to be involved on Tuesday in San Leandro. The van reportedly had been stolen Feb. 14 from C Street in Hayward.Funeral services are pending. Osborn is survived by his fiancee, Alma Villasana; his mother, Tommie Osborn of Hayward; brother Anthony Osborn of Hayward; and sisters Rosemarie and Viviana Osborn, both of Hayward.

Robert Datillo suspected of shooting two Indiana police officers in an ambush

Man suspected of shooting two Indiana police officers in an ambush has been found dead in Louisville, Ky., of a self-inflicted gunshot after an all-day standoff.Louisville Metro Police spokesman Robert Biven said the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene 8:45 p.m. Friday after he shot himself. That's about the same time police deployed gas inside a house where he had been barricaded in a standoff since the morning.Biven would not identify the dead man, but police had earlier said the suspect in the house was Robert Datillo, 37, of Jeffersonville, Ind.
Datillo was wanted in the shootings Thursday night at a motel in southern Indiana. The two officers shot were in stable condition Friday.

Felipe Carrillo Puerto elementary school epicenter of a two-hour gun-and-grenade battle

Felipe Carrillo Puerto elementary school in this bustling border city was open as usual Friday, but fears of gangland violence kept all but a handful of its 960 students at home.The low-walled school compound was at the epicenter of a two-hour gun-and-grenade battle this week between Mexican troops and drug gang gunmen — a terrifying episode that served to illustrate how Mexico’s gangland violence touches even its youngest, most vulnerable citizens.“We’re going to see Monday how many students show up,” said teacher Luis Enrique Mora, 32. “Many are going to be traumatized. They’re never going to forget.”Reynosa, across the Rio Grande from the McAllen area, is home to scores of foreign-owned manufacturing plants and the Gulf Cartel, one of Mexico’s most powerful gangs. But the city has been relatively peaceful until just recently.“Criminality has always existed here, but we’ve never experienced it like this before,” said Martha Aguirre, 61, the principal of the Carrillo Puerto school. “You can’t tell when something like this will happen, because the bad men feel they are lords of the streets.”Since taking office in December 2006, President Felipe Calderon of Mexico has deployed more than 40,000 soldiers and paramilitary police against narcotics smuggling gangs. About 9,000 people have been killed in gangland violence since then, including 80 soldiers and 500 police.Tuesday’s shootout in the school’s upscale neighborhood started about 10 a.m., shortly before recess, when federal police stopped an SUV nearby and the gunmen inside opened fire. As police moved in on a house where they believed they would find a gang leader, other gunmen fired indiscriminately in the streets, presumably to divert attention. Army and gangland reinforcements swooped in. The battle escalated.The school’s 20 teachers ordered the children to the classroom floors, shoving upturned desks against walls and doors in hopes of stopping stray bullets. “We were all crying. We were so afraid,” said Andrea, a 9-year-old third-grader who came to school Friday. “They could kill us all.”Grenades exploded in the street. Bullets tore through the school’s windows, lodged in the benches near the front gate where children wait to be picked up by their parents.“I just kept praying that grenades wouldn’t explode inside the school grounds,” Mora, the teacher, said. “I was just thinking of calming the children.”Dozens of soldiers poured onto the school patio as the fighting moved a few blocks away to a parking lot of a shopping center that includes an H-E-B supermarket and a Chili’s restaurant.
None of the children at the school was harmed.Federal officials say five gunmen were killed and seven injured. Press reports said five federal policemen also died, but the government said only seven officers were injured and one civilian killed.“Those of us living all of this up close feel protected by the army,” said Aguirre, the principal. Not everyone agrees. Demonstrations against the army blocked international bridges Tuesday in Reynosa and other cities bordering Texas and shut downtown streets in Monterrey, 120 miles south of the border.Mexican officials and many residents of Reynosa dismiss such protests as paid for by the gangsters themselves. During a speech in Monterrey on Thursday, Calderon accused the protesters of treason.“We are living a defining moment,” he said. “Mexico confronts a historic challenge to become a secure country, a challenge to truly transform itself into a country of law and order.“Mexicans must close ranks in our army’s struggle against the common enemy.”

Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch was charged with three gun-related misdemeanors

Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch was charged with three gun-related misdemeanors Thursday after his arrest last week in Southern California.Lynch was charged in Los Angeles County Superior Court with possessing a concealed, loaded and unregistered firearm, police Detective Ryan Thompson said.Lynch was arrested on Feb. 11 after police smelled marijuana coming from a parked car that Lynch occupied with two other men. Officers searched the vehicle and found a loaded pistol and four marijuana cigarettes. They did not book any of the men for any drug offenses.
"We would have preferred no criminal charges. However, given that charges were filed we are pleased that they are misdemeanors as opposed to felonies," said Lynch's attorney, Gerald Schwartzbach.Lynch's arraignment is scheduled for March 3.
The arrest was his second brush with the law in less than a year. In June, Lynch pleaded guilty to a traffic violation and admitted driving off after striking a female pedestrian with his car near Buffalo's downtown bar district on May 31.Bills coach Dick Jauron said he was not pleased with the latest arrest, though it was unclear if the team would reprimand the 22-year-old running back."You never like to see any Bills names or really an NFL name in the news in regards to those kinds of incidents," he said Thursday during a news conference at a scouting combine in Indianapolis.The league has yet to determine whether the charges against Lynch warrants disciplinary action _ including the possibility of suspension without pay _ for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy.Lynch, the Bills' first-round draft pick out of California in 2007, played in his first Pro Bowl earlier this month.

Andrew Richardson, 48, accidentally shipped a lethal revolver and ammunition from America

Andrew Richardson, 48, accidentally shipped a lethal revolver and ammunition from America, where he had been living, when he returned to live in the county 12 years ago. Instead of handing it in to police he decided to keep it, placing the weapon in storage.But yesterday a judge at Norwich Crown Court said he had no option but to jail Richardson as the weapon could have easily fallen into the wrong hands. Last night it emerged family and friends had been unaware of the court appearance - and only learnt the full details when contacted by the EDP. His father, leading Norfolk farmer, broadcaster and commentator, David Richardson said he could not comment until he knew the full facts of the case. Robert Warner, prosecuting, told the court the .22 revolver which was in full working order was found placed in a green shoe box along with 10 to 15 live cartridges which could be used in the gun.Mr Warner said that a police check revealed the gun had not been used in any known crimes: “There is no evidence this weapon has been fired in relation to any matters that police are aware of.”When questioned by the police, Richardson said he had been given the gun and had used it to shoot rattlesnakes.The court heard that he placed the gun in secure storage with the Big Yellow Self Storage Company, in Norwich, after it was transported amongst his other belongings.But after a dispute over rent with the company the items were sent to a Norfolk auction house and when the gun and ammunition were found, police were called in and Richardson was arrested and interviewed about the matter.Under tight new laws to crackdown on gun crime the minimum term for possessing an illegal gun is five years, unless there are exceptional circumstances.When questioned by police he said Richardson told police how he had spent a significant period of time from 1980 to 1997 living in the United States. Richardson, of Damage Street Wymondham, who is of previous good character admitted possession of a gun and ammunition without a certificate.Jailing him, Recorder Peter Guest said that the tight laws on firearms were as a result of Parliament's concern about the potential availability of firearms to criminals.He added: “The law is concerned here with firearms which are lethal weapons. You acquired this weapon legally in the Unites States and I am told it was brought to this country not at you behest, but accidently.“You realised that this firearm should have been given to the authorities for destruction but you did not do that. It is impossible to fathom why you thought it appropriate to keep this lethal weapon and ammunition in storage.”He said if a criminal gang had broken into the secure storage depot they might have got their hands on the gun.“If it had been someone with a criminal mind then it could have taken a different course and that gun and ammunition could have fallen into the wrong hands and be used potentially for lethal purposes,” Mr Guest added.Jude Durr, for Richardson, argued there were mitigating circumstances. He said that Mr Richardson was highly experienced businessman and had been working in Texas before his return to the UK where he was legally given the gun by his employer.Mr Durr said the Richardson had planned to deal with it later but in the meantime had placed it with other items into secure storage and forgot about it as it had such a “non-existent role” in his life.After the hearing his legal team said they were considering appealing against the sentence.

Byron Ladell Williams was arrested last March after police found him in the back of a parked car in which a "ready-to-fire" semi-automatic pistol.

New Orleans man already convicted twice for cocaine possession now faces a possible 10-year federal prison sentence for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.U.S. Attorney Jim Letten's office says 24-year-old Byron Ladell Williams was arrested last March after police found him in the back of a parked car in which a "ready-to-fire" semi-automatic pistol, loaded with 26 rounds, was on the floorboard. New Orleans police made the arrest and later turned it over for investigation by federal authorities working under the "Project Safe Neighborhood" program.Sentencing is set for May 19.

HSBC Bank held up by armed gang

Three men armed with handguns held up the HSBC Bank branch at 1017 Broadway about 9:45 a. m. Friday, Buffalo police said. One approaching a teller window grabbed a customer around the neck and took $210 from him while another held a bank security guard against a wall at gunpoint. The third bandit demanded money from teller.
An unknown amount of cash was taken. The three fled south on Lombard Street. Police later found a bag of money and dye pack in the 200 block of Lombard.

Gang of gunmen have been pushing their way into homes in Brooklyn and Queens in search of cash, jewelry and other valuables.

Cops are hunting for a gang of gunmen who have been pushing their way into homes in Brooklyn and Queens in search of cash, jewelry and other valuables.The three men in hoodies ring the doorbell, pull guns and force their way into the homes, police said.
The robbery spree began in October and the crew has since hit 17 homes, most recently Thursday in Bushwick. They flee the scenes in a light-colored minivan, cops said"Many of their targets are small business owners," said a police source. "Often, they are looking for a safe and cash."But they're not picky. They take laptops, jewelry, cell phones - anything valuable and easy to carry, cops said.And they aren't above violence. Victims have been punched and pistol-whipped. In once incident, a 44-year-old man was shot in the lower back during a struggle, police said.The hoods are described as three Hispanic males in their late 20s wearing hoods and black gloves, police said.