Tupac Shakur was released from prison on October 12, 1995, after Death Row Records paid his bail of nearly one and a half million dollars, allowing him to record three albums.
The Gran Grif gang has continued to sow terror in the Artibonite region of Haiti, where Petite-Riviere de l'Artibonite is located. It has been designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the Trump administration last year.
Jason Thompson, a guard at HMP Isis, was suspended as the Metropolitan Police investigated his involvement in smuggling drugs and contraband into the prison. He was sentenced to four years and six months for conspiracy and misconduct.
More than 100 law enforcement agents conducted high-risk search warrants across three locations. The first was an active methamphetamine lab in the 8000 block of Center Drive in Valley Springs. A second site was located in the 2000 block of Golf Road in Turlock, which contained all the equipment necessary to operate as a lab but was shut down before production began. The third site, located in the 900 block of Reno Avenue in Modesto, was used by the drug trafficking organization to store and distribute illicit narcotics.
By our own rules and ordinances, we're not supposed to keep track of gang members. Now, we're not allowed to track anyone by their gang association. CalGang contained the personal information of roughly 80,000 suspected gang members - all of which has now been lost to police.
Jay Conway, 33, of Leicester Walk, Salford, had evaded capture from two undercover Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officers who saw him hand drugs to customers in Albert Park. He was spotted with the firearm as he was chased, and aimed the 9mm slide action pistol in the direction of Pc Dan Clayton as he rolled onto the floor when felled by a Taser discharge.
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Whole areas of western Mexico have been all but shut down after a surge in cartel violence sparked by a military raid that killed one of the world's most wanted drug traffickers, known as El Mencho. Schools were closed in several Mexican states, and foreign governments warned their citizens to stay inside after the drug lord, whose real name is Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, was declared dead on Sunday.
A situation with unruly teens on their bicycles turned scary on Saturday afternoon, as KTVU reports that a group of minors beat and robbed a man on the 900 block of Beach Street in Fisherman's Wharf, near the SF Maritime National Historical Park. The attack reportedly occurred at around 2:50 pm Saturday, and was initiated, of all reasons, because the man apparently told the teens to slow down on their bicycles.
The Trump administration is removing Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino from Minnesota, after federal agents fatally shot Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old VA ICU nurse, Saturday morning. Bovino has been the face of Trump's roving paramilitary-style immigration crackdown in Minneapolis and other Democratic-led cities. Shortly after Pretti was killed, Bovino had claimed Pretti intended to "massacre law enforcement," a statement unsubstantiated by video and witness testimony from the scene. According to The Atlantic magazine, Bovino will return to his previous post in El Centro, California,
Michelle Sadio, 44, had been attending a wake at the River of Life Pentecostal Church in Harlesden when she was fatally shot in the back, lung and shoulder on 14 December 2024. She died at the scene. Perry Allen-Thomas, 27, Shaquille Sutherland, 26, Amir Salem, 19, all from Wembley, and Tahjin Sommersall, 19, from Feltham, are on trial at the Old Bailey.
Police described the Oakland shooting as a gangland assassination, where three cars pulled up with four gunmen inside, who opened fire and killed 24-year-old Bert Brigham III. The shooting occurred more than four years ago, and though police say they caught three suspected Funktown gang associates with guns used in the shooting the very next day, everyone has avoided charges until now. On Jan. 7, Alameda County prosecutors charged a 25-year-old suspect, Hanif McLeod, with being one of the four gunmen who killed Brigham.
BROOKLYN, NY - A 26-year-old man was shot and killed in Brooklyn late Saturday night, police said on Sunday. The incident happened outside 134 Stockton St. in Bed-Stuy around 11 p.m. Officers found the man, identified as Elquan Tillman, with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. The 26-year-old was taken to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police are investigating what led up to the deadly shooting.