*** Awww . . . rival G-Shine and Sex, Money, Murder sets of the Bloods announce a truce for the kids in Plainfield, NJ:
Mayor Sharon Robinson-Briggs seemed overjoyed. "This is beautiful. This is definitely beautiful right here," the mayor said. "This is the start of something new."
*** In Newark, NJ MS-13 member gets 212 years for his gruesome role in schoolyard massacre:
"The machete-wielding Alexander Alfaro hacked her head and hacked her body," Superior Court Judge Michael Ravin said, referring to one of the victims. "The force he used to hack her skull with the machete was such that the blade was embedded in her skull and he had to pry the blade out. That’s the evidence. That’s the evidence of what he did. That’s how Alfaro sent her to the after-life."
*** Aspiring Bloods member convicted for killing innocent bystander during botched initiation hit in Camden, NJ.
*** Citizens call for a "time out" in deadly feud between rival Bloods and Crips after innocent 13-year-old girl struck down in Durham, NC.
*** Bloods from New York City invade Scranton, PA.
*** No snitch culture becomes focus of Bloods trial in Albany, NY: "The Bloods case underscores the depths of an issue police and prosecutors in Albany have called their number one obstacle in solving violent crimes: an anti-snitching culture in which witnesses are terrified to testify out of fear of retaliation."
*** Two suspected Norteno members, including a 15-year-old boy, charged with murder in Salinas, CA.
*** Latino gang members are color coordinated in Oakland, CA.
*** The FBI busts the the Black P-Stones on drug trafficking charges in Los Angeles, CA . . . gang operated cellphone store as front
