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Man Convicted In Violent Home Invasion On Long Island Involving Well-Known Rapper
A gang member accused of taking part in a violent, home-invasion robbery on Long Island that left an autistic teenager injured has confessed to the crime.
Bellport resident Miguel Ruiz, age 29, pleaded guilty to first-degree burglary Thursday, Aug. 11, in Suffolk County court.
Prosecutors said Ruiz, a known member of the Bloods street gang, was armed with a gun when he and six other men kicked in the victims’ Shirley home at around 3:30 a.m. on May 7, 2021.
Prosecutors said the group forced the family, which included their 18-year-old autistic son, to lay face down on the floor at gunpoin…
LI MS-13 Member Admits To Two Murders, Attempted Murder, Drug Conspiracy
An MS-13 street gang member on Long Island will face life in prison after admitting to his role in two murders, and attempted murder to further a drug conspiracy, federal prosecutors announced.
Brentwood resident Jonathan Hernandez, age 24, a member of the Sailors Locos Salvatruchas Westside (Sailors) clique of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, pleaded guilty to racketeering charges.
Specifically, US Attorney Breon Peace said that Hernandez admitted to his participation in the Jan. 28, 2016 murder of Michael Johnson, the April 29, 2016 murder of Oscar Acosta, and attempted …
Former MS-13 Leader On Long Island Admits To Trying To Kill Trio Of Rivals
A former leader of a clique of MS-13 on Long Island has been sentenced for his role in multiple shootings that left three rivals wounded.
Ronald Catalan, also known as “Stranger” and “Extrano,” was sentenced to 25 years in prison following his guilty plea to racketeering charges, including predicate acts relating to a June 23, 2009 shooting in Brentwood and an Oct. 21, 2015 shooting in Bay Shore.
Specifically, Catalan, age 30, an MS-13 leader of the Brentwood Locos Salvatrucha group from 2015 until his arrest in July 2017, pleaded guilty in 2018 to racketeering, conspiracy to distribute coc…
