Weekly Gang Roundup: Deep-C; Project Trojans; MS-13; & 12th Street Gang
*** In back-to-back raids in Richmond and neighboring North Richmond, California, authorities have brought down the Deep-C and the Project Trojans street gangs.
*** MS-13 member Omar Hirbin Gomez, a/k/a Lil Homie, was sentenced to 14 years in a federal district court in Nashville, TN after his conviction on racketeering charges "including murder, attempted murder and witness tampering":
Including Gomez, 12 defendants have been sentenced on RICO charges stemming from an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Nashville on Jan. 10, 2007. The indictment charged 14 members of MS-13 with conspiring to participate in the affairs of a racketeering enterprise and related charges including murder, attempted murder, assault, weapons charges and obstruction of justice.
*** In New York City three MS-13 members have been charged with the murder of a fifteen-year-old boy:
All three suspects were charged in a superseding indictment listing numerous counts of attempted murder, racketeering and assault. Five other members of MS-13 -- which stands for “La Mara Salvatrucha” and is likely derived from a word connected to Salvadoran guerrillas -- were charged in the indictment as well, although not with Gray’s murder. There were 29 charges in the indictment total. Most of these crimes occurred during violent rivalries with other gangs. During what federal prosecutors called a particularly violent 13-month period, the defendants allegedly assaulted or attempted to murder seven victims by stabbing and shooting.
*** Shauntay Henderson, leader of the 12th Street gang in Kansas City, MO, is suspected of six murders but her recent capture after an appearance on the FBI's most wanted list has done little to quell community concern about rising gang violence.
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