Poles supply Italian mafia with arms - TheNews.pl :: News from Poland

Poles supply Italian mafia with arms - TheNews.pl :: News from Poland: "In 2005, two Camorra clans – Panico and Sarno – started a brutal war on the streets of Naples, which resulted in the death of twenty people. Italian investigators established that during street fights mafia members used Skorpion machine guns smuggled from Poland.

During the investigation it turned out that wife of one of Camorra’s members, Francesco Siciliano, is originally from Poland. It was established that she had met her future husband after coming to Italy to work. Maria B. (surname withheld due to Poland’s privacy laws) introduced her husband Siciliano to Tomasz C., a Polish criminal who was hiding in Italy.

Tomasz C. organized arms transfer from Poland to Italy. Guns were hidden in coaches which transported Polish seasonal workers to Italy. Three other Poles – Janusz F., a driver, Andrzej K. and Rafal B. – were involved in smuggling. Apart from supplying arms to the Italian mafia, Poles also serviced them."

teenage violence gun crimes - Digital Journal

teenage violence gun crimes - Digital Journal: "Damion was a good kid, a hardworking boy who strived for success in sports, church and school. Monday night he was struck in the back of the head by a stray bullet and later died at CAMC General Hospital another victim to gun crime violence among teens."

armed gang stormed two hotels in Mexico's northern economic hub of Monterrey and abducted seven people

armed gang stormed two hotels in Mexico's northern economic hub of Monterrey and abducted seven people from one of them, the Nuevo Leon state attorney general said on Wednesday.Alejandro Garza told a news conference that all those abducted were Mexicans, after Mexican media reported that a US citizen had been among the victims.
Around 30 armed men arrived at the Holiday Inn in central Monterrey in 12 vehicles in the early hours of Wednesday before abducting four guests, two receptionists and possibly a security guard, Garza said.A handcuffed person who had apparently been hit in the face led them to certain rooms from where they forced guests to leave, according to witness reports cited by Garza.
The gang also visited the Hotel Mision but did not abduct anyone from there, Garza added.The attackers used vehicles to block several roads around the hotels in central Monterrey, Mexico's third-largest city, during the raid.
Drug-related violence has intensified in Mexico's northern border areas in recent weeks. Drug gang members have blocked roads and engaged in shootouts with police around Monterrey.At least 16 people were killed in separate attacks since Tuesday in the northern state of Chihuahua, officials said, including 11 in the country's most deadly city of Ciudad Juarez.
Arizona's two US Republican senators proposed Monday sending 3,000 more US National Guard soldiers to quell violence spilling over the border between their home state and Mexico.More than 22,700 people have died in suspected drug violence since Mexican President Felipe Calderon launched a military crackdown on organized crime after taking office in late 2006.

Tucson police name gang shooting victim - KGUN 9 On Your Side, Tucson News, Weather & Sports

Tucson police name gang shooting victim - KGUN 9 On Your Side, Tucson News, Weather & Sports: "One man was killed and two others were injured in a gang-related gunfight Saturday night on Dodge Boulevard near Grant Road. Tucson Police Sgt. Fabian Pacheco said Sunday morning police were called to Mountain Shadows apartments at 2430 N. Dodge Boulevard at 10:58 p.m. Saturday.
The shooting victim, who was pronounced dead at the scene, has been identified as James S. Gonzales, 24 The other two shooting victims are 20 and 22 years old.
Pacheco described what happened:
Rival gangs were partying at adjacent apartments Saturday night when 'hurtful things were said' and an altercation made its way out into the parking lot. Each side of the dispute was armed and there was an exchange of gunfire.
'Numerous shots' were fired and one man died at the scene, in the parking lot.
Two other men had non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to local hospitals. Their conditions on Sunday were not available.
Gang detectives were at the homicide scene since early Sunday morning"

Suspects in Waverly killing had record - baltimoresun.com

Suspects in Waverly killing had record - baltimoresun.com: "Michael R. Hunter Jr. pleaded guilty to having a .22-caliber revolver loaded with five bullets tucked in his waistband while walking along a city street on the evening of Oct. 25. Two Baltimore police officers saw him ditch the weapon in an alley near Greenmount Avenue."

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Man shoots teen gunman who tried to steal his truck | St. Louis Crime Beat | STLtoday

Man shoots teen gunman who tried to steal his truck | St. Louis Crime Beat | STLtoday: "thief breaking into a truck was shot in the leg by the truck’s owner early Friday.It happened about 1:30 a.m. Friday in the 5400 block of Delmar Boulevard.
St. Louis police say the 17-year-old suspect was shot after pointing a gun at the truck’s owner. The injured teen was arrested at the scene. Police recovered the teen’s gun."

Three men injured in Milwaukee in two shootings - JSOnline

Three men injured in Milwaukee in two shootings - JSOnline: "Three men were shot Thursday night in Milwaukee in two separate shootings, police said.
In one incident, police believe the two men injured are brothers.
That shooting occurred about 11:30 p.m. in the 2100 block of N. 38th St., according to the Milwaukee Police Department. Police found a 20-year-old man who had a gunshot wound to his back and an injury to his right hand and a 21-year-old man who had received a gunshot wound to his back.
Both men were taken to a hospital, and police don't know their conditions.
In an earlier incident, a 24-year-old man was shot in the abdomen around 9 p.m. as he stood on a porch in the 1900 block of W. Arrow St. The victim said he's a member of a street gang and his assailants drove past the porch and shouted gang chants before firing shots at him, police said."

Arrest in Shootings From a Crown Heights Rooftop - NYTimes.com

Arrest in Shootings From a Crown Heights Rooftop - NYTimes.com: "Ernesto Pollard, 21, of Brooklyn, was arrested on Thursday in connection with the shooting, as well as a separate one in October, also in Crown Heights, that left a teenager paralyzed, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said.
The police found Mr. Pollard hiding under his bed in an apartment on Lincoln Place in Crown Heights that he shared with his sister, law enforcement authorities said. Officers seized a 9-millimeter handgun at the apartment, Mr. Kelly said.
Mr. Pollard was charged with attempted murder, assault and other charges in connection with the October shooting, in which he is accused of shooting a 17-year-old acquaintance three times, paralyzing him from the waist down, the Brooklyn district attorney’s office said."

Six accused in gun smuggling ring sentenced in AZ

Six accused in gun smuggling ring sentenced in AZ: "Six men accused of buying guns as 'straw buyers' for a ring that smuggled weapons into Mexico were sentenced this week in federal court in Phoenix.
Prosecutors say three men were sentenced Tuesday to six months of home arrest, one received two months in prison and another got three months in prison. The sixth man was sentenced to three years of probation.
The six men bought a combined 13 guns for the ring. Six others were charged in the ring. The status of those prosecutions was unavailable because the cases are sealed.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement estimated that the ring smuggled about 200 assault rifles into Mexico. Authorities say many of the guns used in Mexico's drug war were bought in the United States and smuggled into Mexico."