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Wednesday 29 December 2010

Salt Lake murder suspect a familiar face in Belize | The Salt Lake Tribune

Salt Lake murder suspect a familiar face in Belize | The Salt Lake Tribune: "Jules Vasquez recognized the man in the photograph right away.

'It’s Big Tom,' he said. 'Absolutely, 100 percent.'

Kenneth Lewellyn Flowers, 33, sits in Salt Lake County Jail, charged with shooting and killing a man in a Main Street apartment on Dec. 18.

Prosecutors have also charged him with being a restricted person in possession of a firearm, because he was twice been deported to Belize.

That’s how Vasquez, a reporter in Belize City, recognized him. For the better part of a decade, Kenneth 'Big Tom' Flowers was known as an enforcer for a once-prominent Belizean street gang — a usual suspect for police officers, someone who knew about life on both sides of the gun.

'He was notorious,' said Vasquez, who has covered the city’s gang problems for 7 News in Belize. 'I knew him as a hitman. He was a gun for hire.'

In 2002, Flowers was shot in the chest but refused to cooperate with police in an investigation, according to Belizean media reports. He was charged with shooting and killing a man in front of a mechanic’s shop just two days later, though he was never convicted on the charge."

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Salt Lake murder suspect a familiar face in Belize | The Salt Lake Tribune

Salt Lake murder suspect a familiar face in Belize | The Salt Lake Tribune: "Jules Vasquez recognized the man in the photograph right away.

'It’s Big Tom,' he said. 'Absolutely, 100 percent.'

Kenneth Lewellyn Flowers, 33, sits in Salt Lake County Jail, charged with shooting and killing a man in a Main Street apartment on Dec. 18.

Prosecutors have also charged him with being a restricted person in possession of a firearm, because he was twice been deported to Belize.

That’s how Vasquez, a reporter in Belize City, recognized him. For the better part of a decade, Kenneth 'Big Tom' Flowers was known as an enforcer for a once-prominent Belizean street gang — a usual suspect for police officers, someone who knew about life on both sides of the gun.

'He was notorious,' said Vasquez, who has covered the city’s gang problems for 7 News in Belize. 'I knew him as a hitman. He was a gun for hire.'

In 2002, Flowers was shot in the chest but refused to cooperate with police in an investigation, according to Belizean media reports. He was charged with shooting and killing a man in front of a mechanic’s shop just two days later, though he was never convicted on the charge."

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MS-13 gang member to be tried as adult in execution-style slayings of Long Island woman, son

MS-13 gang member to be tried as adult in execution-style slayings of Long Island woman, son: "feds are prosecuting a teen gang member as an adult in the execution-style slayings of a young Long Island woman and her 2-year-old son, the Daily News has learned.

A Salvadoran member of the notorious MS-13 gang, who was 17 years old at the time, lured a mother and her child to a Central Islip industrial park last February and, in the coldest of cold-blooded murders, they were shot in the head, the feds say.

A judge gave prosecutors the unusual go-ahead to bring murder in aid of racketeering charges against the thug - similar to what they would slap a mobster with for carrying out a hit, court papers reveal."

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Thursday 23 December 2010

“PT Gang,” who have made arrangements on targeting associates belonging to the rival gang, known as “Acorn.Violent gang member shot to death by police

Violent gang member shot to death by police - National Violent Crime | Examiner.com: "Oakland police say that he was driving en route to target rival gang members.

Police say that there were three other people who were inside the vehicle. One of those three was captured at the location and was, then, taken into police custody, but was released later on. As for the other two suspects, they fled after the wreck, which followed a short highway pursuit. The crash occurred in East Oakland Monday.

The teen that was fatally gunned down by two Oakland police officers has been identified as 19-year-old Obataiye Edwards of Oakland. Edwards was the one who wielded a gun at the officers, leading them to shoot him, according to authorities. Reportedly, he was also a member of a fierce West Oakland gang.

Cops say that the vehicle that the suspects occupied was a Lincoln sedan, and when police looked into the trunk of the car, they discovered a loaded SKS-style assault rifle.

Police say that the hot pursuit started at approximately 1:30pm Monday after cops received a report regarding four affiliates of a faction, known as the “PT Gang,” who have made arrangements on targeting associates belonging to the rival gang, known as “Acorn.”"

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Ten members and associates of the Las Vegas street gangs Donna Street Crips and Anybody's Murders have been arrested

Ten street gang members arrested, indicted on federal drug charges - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010 | 11:23 a.m. - Las Vegas Sun: "Ten members and associates of the Las Vegas street gangs Donna Street Crips and Anybody's Murders have been arrested and indicted for crack cocaine trafficking and unlawful firearm possession, Nevada's U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden said today.

The Las Vegas Safe Streets Gang Task Force, comprised of the Las Vegas division of the FBI, Metro Police and the North Las Vegas Police Department, conducted the investigation leading to the federal charges.

Four men who were charged with drug conspiracy were arraigned last week. They are: Jorge Montes, aka “Jaime,” and “Camotes,” 32; Brandon Johnson, aka “Spank,” 27; Antione Hall, aka “Bookworm,” 35; and Tarhain Woods, aka “Boochie,” 38, all of Las Vegas. They are each charged with conspiracy to distribute 280 grams of crack cocaine or more since June 2009, and variously with 16 counts of distribution of crack cocaine. They appeared earlier this month before U.S. Magistrate Judge George Foley, Jr., pleaded not guilty to the charges, and were detained pending trial."

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Wednesday 22 December 2010

M-13 gang member sentenced to 10 years in 2008 drive-by shooting

M-13 gang member sentenced to 10 years in 2008 drive-by shooting: "member of the street gang Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13, was sentenced Dec. 10 to 10 years in prison for his role in a 2008 drive-by shooting in Sterling, the Loudoun County commonwealth's attorney said in a statement.

Hector Valdamir Campos-Aguilar, 19, pleaded guilty in July to three felony charges related to the shooting, which injured three people.

Campos-Aguilar, who was 17 at the time of the shooting and had previous felony convictions in Fairfax County, had been certified by the court to be tried as an adult."

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Friday 17 December 2010

Man jailed over Moran killing 'stupid', says judge | The Australian

Man jailed over Moran killing 'stupid', says judge The Australian: "MAN involved in the shooting of Desmond 'Tuppence' Moran could walk from jail in less than a year, after a judge found he had tried to make amends for his act of 'genuine stupidity'. Michael Sam Farrugia, 46, has agreed to give evidence next year at the trial of others accused of the murder, including Des Moran's sister-in-law Judy.
Victorian Supreme Court judge Lex Lasry today sentenced him to four years in jail, with parole possible after two years.
He has already spent over a year in custody.
Justice Lasry said Farrugia deserved a substantial discount on his jail term for his cooperation with police and for pleading guilty to a manslaughter charge.
“Although there is minor offending in your past it is of no real significance for these purposes,” Justice Lasry said. “In the trial of your three accomplices, the Crown will place substantial weight on your evidence."

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Thursday 16 December 2010

Jury in Outlaws trial sent home | Richmond Times-Dispatch

Jury in Outlaws trial sent home Richmond Times-Dispatch: "jury deliberating in the trial of five motorcycle gang members on federal racketeering and other charges was allowed to go home at noon today because of the weather.
The five-man, seven-woman jury was given the case by U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson on Wednesday afternoon. They are set to return and resume deliberations on Monday morning.
The Brotherhoods: Inside the Outlaw Motorcycle ClubsMore than two dozen persons, primarily members of theOutlaws motorcycle club, were indicted earlier this year that charged them with trying to expand the gang into Virginia a state said to be under the control of their bitter rivals, the Hells Angels.
Seventeen defendants have pleaded guilty. In a trial last month, a jury convicted one gang member, acquitted two and could not reach a verdict on Jack Rosga, 53, of Milwaukee, the Outlaws' national president.
The current trial began Dec. 1, and Rosga is being retried on charges of conspiracy to violate racketeering law and conspiracy to commit violence in the aid of racketeering.
Also on trial are Outlaws Harry McCall, 53, and Christopher Timbers, 38. McCall is charged with conspiracy to violate racketeering laws, conspiracy to commit violence, violence in the aid of racketeering, and possession of a firearm. Timbers is charged with conspiracy to violate racketeering laws, conspiracy to commit violence, violence in aid of racketeering and possession of a firearm."

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Hells Angels and Bandidos motorcycle gangs, which they believe to have criminal leanings, are expanding to Estonia.

'Criminal' Biker Gangs Moving to Estonia, Finland Warns Culture News ERR: "Finnish police have warned their Estonian colleagues that the Hells Angels and Bandidos motorcycle gangs, which they believe to have criminal leanings, are expanding to Estonia.
'Our info shows that such a migration from Finland to Estonia has been going on,' Finnish criminal investigator Tapio Kalliokoski told ETV. The officer alleged that 60 to 70 percent of Finland's large-scale drug crimes have been related to biker gangs.
Lenno Reimand, the Criminal Police Department's information bureau chief in Estonia, said that the experience of other countries shows that the biker gangs have close ties to criminal activities.
Estonian bikers association president Aare KƵuts said the claims are no more than media sensationalism and stereotyping. 'I don't think there is any point to deepening these stereotypes,' said KƵuts.
In the 1990s, two of the world's most infamous biker groups began expanding to Finland from Denmark and Sweden. The trend correlated with a string of bloody gang-related conflicts that sometimes ended in bar fights, other times worse."

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Pagan's motorcycle gang figure arrested in N.J., charged in rival's '08 attempted murder | Philadelphia Daily News | 12/16/2010

Pagans Motorcycle Club: Outlaw Motorcycle Club, Prince George's County, Maryland, Triumph Engineering Co Ltd, Hells AngelsPagan's motorcycle gang figure arrested in N.J., charged in rival's '08 attempted murder Philadelphia Daily News 12/16/2010: "He was once the baddest guy in the biker world - a convicted gunman who spent several tumultuous years atop Philadelphia's notorious Pagans Motorcycle Club.
But when police came to arrest Steven 'Gorilla' Mondevergine on a new set of attempted murder charges, the motorcycle thug was holed up at his mother's house in New Jersey.
The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office said that Mondevergine was taken into custody yesterday in Washington Township, N.J., without incident.
Mondevergine was arrested and charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault in the January 2008, shooting of former Pagans president Timothy 'Casual' Flood at the Pagans headquarters, on Torresdale Avenue near Disston Street, in Northeast Philadelphia, the D.A.'s office said.
Sources at the time of the shooting said that Mondevergine had a dispute with Flood, the new president of the club - in part because he wanted his job back.
Flood originally told police that he was wounded in a drive-by shooting in the parking lot of a local pub, but an investigator at the time said that 'there was no crime scene, no blood, no shell casings, no nothing, nor were there police radio calls reporting gunshots in the area.'"

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Gang members could be banned from entering rival territory or wearing distinctive 'colours' - Telegraph

Gang members could be banned from entering rival territory or wearing distinctive 'colours' - Telegraph: "“Gang injunctions” will allow courts to ban people from going out in public into certain areas of towns and cities.
The wearing of certain “gang colours”, possibly as bandanas, will also be prohibited fr.
The injunctions will also prevent members from “being in public with a particular species of animal, for example a dog which had previously been used as a weapon”.
Lasting for up to two years, the injunctions can be applied for by police and local authorities and will be issued by a court. The new powers come into effect from Jan 31.
James Brokenshire, the Crime Prevention minister, said: “Gangs cause significant and lasting harm to our communities through fuelling violence, creating an atmosphere of fear and drawing young people into criminality."

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13 alleged members and associates of the Raza Unida street and prison gang with the commission of violent acts in aid of racketeering

Gang Members Indicted By Federal Grand Jury Corpus Christi, TX KZTV10.com : "eight-count indictment charging 13 alleged members and associates of the Raza Unida street and prison gang with the commission of violent acts in aid of racketeering (VICAR) was unsealed today following the appearance of all defendants charged before a U.S. Magistrate Judge, United States Attorney JosƩ Angel Moreno announced today along with Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Director John Morton, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge J. Dewey Webb, Inspector General John Moriarty of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Office of the Inspector General's Office (TDCJ-OIG) and Corpus Christi Police Department (CCPD) Chief Troy Riggs.
'This multi-agency effort will produce a safer community for our citizens, said U.S. Attorney Moreno. 'We will continue to aggressively target gangs who prey upon our communities and ensure that they are brought to justice.'
All 13 defendants named in the indictment - Preston Mascorro, 29, Karlos Bouchot aka Karlos Gustavo Bouchot, 35, Rudy Rodriguez, 31, Martin Guardiola III, 35, Ricky Alejandro, 25, Israel Plazola, 26, Michael Ornelas, 31, Anthony Torres, 34, Jerome Aranda, 31, Johnny Joe Guerra, 33, Orlando Garcia aka Orlando Amador Garcia, 32, Valerie Botello, 28, and Stephen Ayala, 34, are now in federal custody."

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Nazario Moreno, nicknamed “The Craziest One”, who headed La Familia (“The Family”), a mafia outfit based in the state of MichoacĆ”n

leader of one of Mexico’s most feared mobs was shot dead. The victim was Nazario Moreno, nicknamed “The Craziest One”, who headed La Familia (“The Family”), a mafia outfit based in the state of MichoacĆ”n. Mr Moreno, author of a spiritual self-help book known as the Family Bible, was tracked down after organising a lavish party that the police got wind of.
His death on December 9th rounds off a year during which senior members of almost every big drug gang in Mexico have been locked up or killed. A year ago Arturo BeltrĆ”n Leyva, whose sprawling empire once infiltrated the American embassy, was shot dead by marines near Mexico City. A month later VĆ­ctor Mendoza, a senior member of the Zetas, was killed by hit men from the Gulf cartel. The Gulf’s co-leader, Antonio CĆ”rdenas, was killed by the army and marines in November. In July Ignacio Coronel, who was third in command of the Sinaloa mob, suffered a similar fate."

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Monday 6 December 2010

Fatal Gresham gang shooting - KOINLocal6.com

Fatal Gresham gang shooting - KOINLocal6.com: "man died in an apparent overnight gang shooting in Gresham.

At 12:03 a.m., a call came in to 9-1-1 reporting that a man had been shot at Northeast 172nd and East Burnside. In addition to the call, an officer who was in the area also reported hearing what sounded like gunshots.

When police arrived, the found a 24-year-old Hispanic male who had been shot and was badly injured. Paramedics administered emergency care, but the victim died at the scene."

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Thursday 2 December 2010

Teen Shot in Neck - WBOC-TV 16, Delmarvas News Leader, FOX 21 -

Teen Shot in Neck - WBOC-TV 16, Delmarvas News Leader, FOX 21 -: "Police in Cambridge are investigating a shooting that sent a 17-year-old to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.
Police say that shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday night the teen was shot on Greenwood Avenue. The victim is expected to recover.
The shooting has caused some to question whether crime is becoming a major problem in Cambridge. Some residents say they have noticed more and more of it.
'More like street gangs, a lot of gangs trying to come down here,' said Latayna White of Cambridge.
Some are also concerned with the effect crime is having on their children.
'They only thinking about themselves. They not thinking about the small kids that are out here seeing this and hearing this and have to live through this,' said Yashica Pinder.
When it comes to crime others say Cambridge gets a bad wrap.
'I don't think it's as bad here as it is in Salisbury. I mean we have good sections and bad sections,' said Tammy Brown, who has lived in Cambridge"

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Wednesday 1 December 2010

JAMAICAN Reggae star Buju Banton, today won an appeal against an order which denied him the right to perform

Court allows Buju to perform - Breaking & Current Jamaica News - JamaicaObserver.com: "JAMAICAN Reggae star Buju Banton, today won an appeal against an order which denied him the right to perform on a concert on January 16.
Banton, whose real name is Mark Myrie, had applied for permission to perform at the concert on November 23 but his motion was dismissed by United States Judge Anthony Porcelli on the grounds that the artiste was a flight risk.
But in overturning the ruling today Judge James Moody cited that the issue had been already addressed when Banton was released on bail in October.
David Oscar Markus, who is the singer's lead attorney, was grateful for the ruling which will allow his client to earn much needed income to pay for his security detail which is costing Banton US$20,000 monthly.
The concert, dubbed 'Before The Dawn', will be held at the Bay Front Amphitheatre in downtown Miami and will feature Banton and other prominent Reggae artistes. The concert is being produced by Rockers Island."

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Operation Gangplank Border Enforcement Security Task Force cracks down on crime at Miami Seaport

Border Enforcement Security Task Force cracks down on crime at Miami Seaport: "arrested six individuals, who were charged with conspiracy to import cocaine, heroin, and marijuana and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, heroin, and marijuana. Arrested were longshoremen Albert W. Hines, 30, of Pembroke Pines, Fla.; Michael Canada, 30, of Miramar, Fla.; Alexander Terrell Pratt, 33, of Miami; Santonio Riou, 33, of Miami; Jessie Lamons, 58, of Miami; and Morris Henderson, 32, of Miami, who is currently in federal custody on ecstasy trafficking and weapons charges.
Francisco Gonzalez, 52, of Coral Springs, Fla. Devin Jackson, 42, residing in Costa Rica; Climaco Asprilla, 37, residing in Panama; and Mickey Honeyghan, 39, of Jamaica are also charged in the 20-count indictment. Longshoreman Vondre Asbury, 24, of Miami, was also previously arrested in February 2009, and is currently in federal prison on cocaine trafficking and importation charges.
The investigation, dubbed 'Operation Gangplank,' began in July 2007 after ICE HSI agents and task force officers from the Miami-Dade Police Department, DEA agents, and CBP officers at the Miami Seaport uncovered that longshoremen were actively involved in an international conspiracy that involved the importation of multiple kilograms and millions of dollars worth of cocaine, heroin, and marijuana through the Port of Miami and Port Everglades.
The investigation revealed that certain members of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) were smuggling narcotics through these ports for suppliers located in Jamaica, Costa Rica, and Panama. The narcotics were often secreted in the chassis that the cargo containers were loaded on and other hiding places throughout the ships."

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La Familia arrest: Mexico police arrest La Familia regional boss - latimes.com

La Familia arrest: Mexico police arrest La Familia regional boss - latimes.com: "Landa, 37, known as 'Skinny,' had worked his way up the ranks of La Familia since joining in 2007 as a street-level lookout, or halcon, in the city of Maravatio, federal police said in a statement. Drug gangs frequently employ taxi drivers, street vendors and others to watch for patrols of police or military units.

Authorities said Landa was put in charge of the Morelia zone after his two immediate predecessors were arrested, in 2009 and last August.

A second suspect was arrested with Landa. Police confiscated an AK-47 assault rifle and two handguns.

La Familia, a relative newcomer to Mexico's criminal underworld, has in a few years become a major trafficker and big producer of methamphetamines. Its members, sometimes recruited in drug treatment centers, adhere to a quasi-religious dogma. The group pays off Michoacan officials, beheads rivals and paints itself as a protector of the state's residents.

Last week, La Familia hung a series of banners sprinkled with famous quotations from Mexican historical figures, including the revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata. The group reiterated an earlier cease-fire offer and said it hoped to serve society: 'We seek not to conquer, but to convince.'

In other developments, authorities in the northern state of Chihuahua said Tuesday that they had unearthed the bodies of 19 men and a woman from a dozen clandestine graves in a rural area near the U.S. border. The Mexican army found the series of graves on Saturday and began digging."

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Arturo Gallegos Castrellon, Alleged Mexican Drug Lord and Mass Killer, Arrested - Crimesider - CBS News

Arturo Gallegos Castrellon, Alleged Mexican Drug Lord and Mass Killer, Arrested - Crimesider - CBS News: "Federal Mexican police have arrested alleged gang leader Arturo Gallegos Castrellon, who they blame for 80 percent of the killings in Ciudad Juarez, just across the border from Texas, since August 2009.
After his capture Saturday, Gallegos, the presumed leader of the 'Los Aztecas' who are closely linked with the Juarez cartel and its enforcement arm, reportedly confessed to the assassination of two employees from the U.S. consulate, as well as the murder of 14 youths in Salvacar, reports CNN.
In addition to the mass slayings, Gallegos is accused of distributing weapons and drugs between Mexico and the United States.
The Regional Security Division Chief for Mexico's federal police, Luis Cardenas, explained that the 'The Aztecas' is a group that has contributed to the increase in violence in Ciudad Juarez as they seek to control the city, which borders El Paso, Texas.
Police told CNN that surveillance and tips from the public led them to a house occupied by the 32-year-old who is also known as 'El Farmero.'
He was captured Saturday along with Carlos Rodriguez and Gisela Ornelas as part of an operation to dismantle the Aztecas gang.
During the raid, police seized two assault rifles, two handguns, 228 cartridges for different weapons, and 90 grams of what was believed to be marijuana, says CNN.
More than 31,000 people have been killed in the fighting between rival drug gangs and security forces since Mexico's President Felipe Calderon launched his army-led crackdown on the drug trade after taking office in late 2006.
According to CNN, if Gallegos' claims are accurate, he would be responsible for more than 2,000 murders"

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Shot Spotter Tips Police on Springfield's 14th Murder | CBS 3 Springfield - News and Weather for Western Massachusetts | Local News

Shot Spotter Tips Police on Springfield's 14th Murder | CBS 3 Springfield - News and Weather for Western Massachusetts | Local News: "19-year-old Springfield man left for dead after being shot four times. Witnesses didn't call 911. Technology pointed police in the direction of Springfield's 14th murder victim.
Police found Springfield's 14th murder victim of 2010 at the John L. Sullivan housing project on Nursery Street near Boland Elementary School.
'I saw the police. I saw the forensics truck. I was like, great someone died.'
The victim, 19-year-old Reality Shabazz Walker, was pronounced dead when he arrived at Bay State Medical Center shortly after midnight Tuesday.
'He had been shot four times. Once in the head. Once in the chest. Twice in the upper part of his legs,' says Sergeant John Delaney of the Springfield Police Department.
Police say cops were on scene minutes after the gunfire. No witness called 911. Police relied on technology, a shot spotter.
'When somebody shoots off a gun, no matter what caliber, we'll know within 10-15 seconds where the shooting took place,' Delaney says."

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Tree Top Piru Bloods case Final 2 Defendants Convicted In Gang Case - wjz.com

Final 2 Defendants Convicted In Gang Case - wjz.com: "final two defendants from a 2008 federal indictment of a violent Maryland drug gang have pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy charges.

Federal prosecutors say the guilty pleas of Keili Dyson and Keon Williams mean that all 28 defendants charged in the Tree Top Piru Bloods case have been convicted. Twenty-three people were convicted of racketeering conspiracy, including the gang leader, Steve Willock.

The TTP Bloods was an offshoot of a gang that began in Los Angeles in the 1970s. The Maryland chapter was formed in a Hagerstown prison in 1999, and prosecutors say gang members were responsible for several murders along with drug trafficking, kidnapping, robbery and witness intimidation.

Dyson and Williams each face up to 20 years in prison when they're sentenced in March."

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Montreal firebombings linked to organized crime

Montreal firebombings linked to organized crime: "Italian cafĆ©s and bars in Montreal continue to be firebombed – with another arson attempt overnight Monday into Tuesday – because one Mafia clan is battling another for distribution turf in the city’s illicit-drug trade, Montreal police said Tuesday.
Any street-gang involvement is low-level, Commander Mario Lamothe added, with street-gang members in some instances simply having been hired by old-style mobsters to hurl flaming Molotov cocktails into business establishments in return for small cash payments or to erase a drug debt.
There have been 19 similar firebombings since August, following an earlier string in late 2009 and into this year."

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Drug kingpin nabbed in western Mexico - Fox News Latino

Drug kingpin nabbed in western Mexico - Fox News Latino: "reputed head of the La Familia Michoacana drug cartel's operation en Morelia, the capital of the western Mexican state of Michoacan, was arrested by the Federal Police, officials Tuesday.
Jose Alfredo Landa Torres was in charge of managing people, overseeing finances, bribing officials and distributing drugs, the Public Safety Secretariat said.
Landa took control of the cartel's operations in Morelia following the arrests of previous bosses Miguel Ortiz Miranda, who was captured in June, and Jose Luis Garcia Vazquez, arrested in August, the secretariat said.
The drug trafficker was arrested Monday in a Morelia neighborhood, the Public Safety Secretariat said.
Landa was arrested in California at the age of 17 for selling marijuana and crack cocaine, officials said.
He joined La Familia Michoacana in 2007 on the recommendation of Servando Gomez, alias 'La Tuta,' one of the cartel's top leaders."

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Underworld murder plot conviction quashed - ABC Melbourne - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Underworld murder plot conviction quashed - ABC Melbourne - Australian Broadcasting Corporation: "man accused of conspiring with Carl Williams to murder Melbourne underworld figure Mario Condello has been granted a retrial.
Sean Sonnett was one of four men, including Carl Williams, to be convicted of conspiring to murder Condello who was shot dead at his Brighton home in 2006.
Sonnett, who was 39 at the time, was described in his original trial as a 'gun for hire'.
He was jailed for 20 years."

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United States: Grisly 'murder room' revealed as film set - Americas, World - The Independent

United States: Grisly 'murder room' revealed as film set - Americas, World - The Independent: "US police investigating a grisly murder in a blood-spattered hotel room were left embarrassed after it was revealed that it had been the set of a horror film.
A senior police officer called in a team of detectives after firefighters stumbled on the gory scene following a fire at the George Washington Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Blood was spattered on the walls of the fourth-floor room and a piece of scalp with hair attached was found on the bed, police chief PJ Blyth told local television reporters.
'I had no idea what was going on,' said Mr Blyth. 'There was blood on the floor, the mattress, the walls the pillow.'
The hotel owner finally revealed that Room 405 had been used for a film, New Terminal Hotel, directed by BC Furtney and starring the Canadian actor Corey Haim."

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