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Federal Marshals Round Up Suspected Gangbangers Throughout Arizona

U.S. Marshals over the last three months have arrested 180 fugitives with suspected ties to street gangs throughout Arizona as reported by KNXV:  "of those 180 arrests, 59 were for drugs, 33 for aggravated assault, 29 for weapons offenses, nine for assisting a criminal street gang, eight for sex offenses, five for homicide, and five for robbery."

Portrait Of The Reputed Capo As A Young Man

Anthony Federici, the owner of the Parkside Restaurant in Corona, Queens, wasn't always a reputed Genovese boss.

Apparently he once was just a teen hellion with a sledgehammer who attended Flushing High School.

In January 1959 an 18-year-old Anthony Federici of 112-08 39th Avenue was arrested for "allegedly smashing the windows and fenders of a car driven by Robert DeMayo" and appeared in Ridgewood Adolescents Court as reported by the Long Island Star-Journal.  It's unclear on the case's ultimate disposition for the Federici lad although his alleged victim "was treated in Elmhurst General Hospital for head cuts from the broken glass."

Latin Kings Takedown In Western Michigan

The feds have indicted a gaggle of suspected gangbangers with the Latin Kings on the usual charges in Holland, MI as reported by Peg McNichol for The Holland Sentinel:  "the indictment blames Holland Latin Kings for murder, arson, assault, witness tampering, obstruction of justice, drug and weapons trafficking in West Michigan and beyond, detailing a long-standing relationship with Chicago-area Latin Kings."

Meanwhile, Vicente Garcia Jr., the one-time "Supreme Regional Inca" from the Chicago cell of the Latin Kings was sentenced to forty years in prison following his 2011 racketeering conviction for "using murder and other acts of violence to protect [the] gang's drug trafficking enterprise" as reported by Naomi Nix for the Chicago Tribune:  "'this sentence holds Garcia accountable for the barbaric enterprise known as the Latin Kings and his role in murder, attempted murder, shootings, beatings, drug trafficking, and other crimes,' U.S. Attorney Gary S. Shapiro said in a statement."

Weekly Gang Roundup

***  Gang member in Whittier, CA gets death penalty following conviction for two murders including a hit for the Mexican Mafia in which he killed the wrong guy

***  Councilman in San Diego County, CA rails against a lax prison system which allows the Mexican Mafia from behind bars to control gangs on the street:

"It frustrates me to know that these [street gangs] are being controlled in prison. You have to be so politically correct, making sure they have the right kind of toilet paper and every other stupid thing. How come we can't keep them from communicating to the outside?"

***  MS-13 member gets 25 years in prison for killing Mexican immigrant after an argument at a bar in Rock Hill, SC:  "[the victim] was shot in the face and head, tried to run, then was shot in the back."

***  Suspected MS-13 leader extradited from Panama to Houston, TX to face racketeering trial for allegedly ordering the murder of a 17-year-old boy.

***  Alleged Crips member charged with murder in Elizabeth, NJ. 

***  The good people of Roselle, NJ have grown weary of the gang violence.

***  A dozen suspected degenerates from the Booby Hill gang are charged with violent crimes in Dayton, OH:  "'they have been identified as being involved in multiple felonious assaults, robberies and other gun violence,' Dayton Police Chief Richard Biehl said."

***  Two suspected Latin Kings members, a 16-year-old and an 18-year-old, are charged in the shooting death of a 6-year-old girl in Chicago, IL.