CONNECTICUT SAYS RAPE MAY BE GANG INITIATION
Connecticut officials said youth gangs appear to be using rape as part of their initiation pr…
Category: Organized Crime Digest
Maryland: BALTIMORE WILL USE AUTO LICENSE SCANNERS
Baltimore is preparing to use auto license scanners to identify stolen cars and vehicle…
3rd Circuit: PIPE BOMB POSSESSION ISN’T A VIOLENT CRIME
Simple possession of a pipe bomb is not a “crime of violence” under federal law, t…
NEW JERSEY CRACKS FACTION OF BLOODS
An investigation that began with the murder of a school resource officer has resulted in police cracki…
PREDICATE OFFENSE INCLUDES ALL ELEMENTS
9th Circuit
All elements of a prior felony conviction apply in determining the predicate off…
Kansas: POLICE GROUPS BACK TOUGHER GUN LAWS
Sheriffs and chiefs’ organizations asked the legislature to toughen sentences for the use of a…
11th Circuit: AGE OF ‘CHILD’ IS ISSUE IN INTERNET PORN STING
The especially young ages of two children an FBI agent conjured in an Interne…
CHILD PORN RING LURES GIRLS INTO MEXICO
A child pornography and prostitution ring lured girls from Mexico and Arizona through offers for e…
‘ROUND-TRIPPING’ CHEESE GAMBIT CHURNS $700M
Federal prosecutors charged five businessmen linked to a bankrupt New Jersey cheese processing…
U.S. CITES GAMBINO LINK
Joint operations of the FBI and police in Florida and New York resulted in a new round of indictments against alle…