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A member of the Bloods street gang who operated in Howard County was sentenced on Monday to 16 years in prison for racketeering and using a gun during a crime. Kenneth Ragan-Armstrong, 23, of Savage and Laurel, had pleaded guilty ...
Read More »Music duo Insane Clown Posse loses gang lawsuit
The federal government can't be blamed for any fallout from a 2011 FBI report that put a gang tag on fans of the music group Insane Clown Posse, a judge said.
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Read More »Grand jury in Baltimore indicts 48 in gang case
Prosecutors in Baltimore say a grand jury has indicted 48 alleged members and associates of the Black Guerilla Family and charged them in connection with violence and drug trafficking. The Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s office announced the indictments Thursday. Prosecutors ...
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Read More »Ex-corrections officer pleads guilty in conspiracy
A corrections officer at the Baltimore City Detention Center has pleaded guilty to smuggling drugs into the facility for members of the Black Guerilla Family gang. Thirty-one-year-old – Jennifer Owens of Randallstown entered the plea Tuesday in federal court in ...
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Read More »Inmate at center of Baltimore jail case to plead guilty
A Maryland inmate who officials say impregnated multiple guards and ran a jailhouse gang has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors. Tavon White plans to plead guilty to a charge of racketeering conspiracy and faces a maximum sentence of ...
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Read More »Accused prison contraband leader pleads not guilty
The U.S. Attorney’s office says the alleged leader of a jailhouse contraband ring has pleaded not guilty to federal charges in the case. Marcia Murphy, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s office, says Tavon White appeared at arraignment Monday and ...
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Read More »15 officers among those indicted in alleged jail drug ring
The state’s correctional department will be conducting an internal investigation and reviewing its policies after 15 officers were arrested in connection with an allegedly widespread drug ring run by a prison gang, Gary D. Maynard, secretary of the department, said Tuesday.
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Read More »Fight against MS-13 points out weakness in Md. gang laws
WASHINGTON — Although a new tool in the federal government’s fight against the violent gang MS-13 may help curb the growing problem in Maryland, local officials say state laws aren’t so effective. In October, MS-13, a gang with a strong ...
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Read More »22 charged in racketeering indictment in Md.
Twenty-two members of the Dead Man Incorporated prison gang are facing a federal racketeering indictment that alleges that they were involved in drug trafficking, smuggling contraband into prison and four killings. The indictment was unsealed Wednesday after the arrests of ...
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Read More »35 alleged Md. Bloods gang members indicted
A Maryland offshoot of the California-based Bloods gang operated from a prison cell with the help of a 27-year-old woman who handled day-to-day business on the outside, according to a federal racketeering indictment of 35 people unsealed Thursday. The indictment ...
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