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MS-13 Members Face New Charges, Including For 2016 Murder Of Long Island Man MS-13 Members Face New Charges, Including For 2016 Murder Of Long Island Man
MS-13 Members Face New Charges, Including For 2016 Murder Of Long Island Man Members and associates of MS-13 are facing a series of new racketeering charges, including charges in the 2016 murder of a Long Island man. The 29-count superseding indictment includes acts involving murder, attempted murder, narcotics, and firearms offenses, according to an announcement on Wednesday, Sept. 7, from Breon Peace, United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York. Two of the defendants, 26-year-old Kevin Torres, of Freeport, and 30-year-old Oseas Gonzalez, of Charlotte, North Carolina, were charged with the Sept. 5, 2016, murder of Marcus Bohannon, of Central Is…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Long Island MS-13 Gang Member Admits To 2019 Murder Of 15-Year-Old Long Island MS-13 Gang Member Admits To 2019 Murder Of 15-Year-Old
Long Island MS-13 Gang Member Admits To 2019 Murder Of 15-Year-Old A Long Island MS-13 member has admitted to fatally shooting a 15-year-old boy. Jose Omar Sorto Portillo, age 18, pleaded guilty to a charge of murder in aid of racketeering in the 2019 murder of Jasson Medrano-Molina, according to Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. “With today’s guilty plea, the defendant admitted to shooting a 15-year-old alleged rival gang member to death at close range in a meaningless effort to boost his status as an MS-13 gang member,” Peace said. “This Office, in partnership with the Long Island Gang Task Force, will contin…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart To Resign Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart To Resign
Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart To Resign Suffolk County's top cop has announced she is stepping down to take a new job. Suffolk Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart announced Wednesday, April 14, that she is stepping down after three years on the job to become the director of public safety at Hofstra University. Hart, the first-ever woman to lead the Suffolk Police Department, took over just three years ago when the 2,500-member force was in a state of turmoil following a series of corruption scandals. She also faced a rise in MS-13 street violence and murders and the effects of the opioid epidemic. Hart, who worked for the FBI fo…

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by Kathy Reakes
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MS-13 Member Sentenced For Murder With Machetes, Baseball Bat On Long Island MS-13 Member Sentenced For Murder With Machetes, Baseball Bat On Long Island
MS-13 Member Sentenced For Murder With Machetes, Baseball Bat On Long Island A member of the MS-13 street gang on Long Island will spend 25 years in prison after being sentenced for beating a man to death with a machete in a gang assault. Marlon Guevara, also known as “Mosquito,” a member of the Sailors Locos Salvatruchas Westside clique of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, was sentenced by United States Circuit Judge Joseph Bianco to 25 years’ in prison for his participation in the Oct. 13, 2016 murder of Dewann Stacks, and conspiracy to distribute marijuana.  Guevara pleaded guilty in January. When his prison sentence is complete, Guevara will fac…

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by Zak Failla
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MS-13 Member Sentenced For Role In Murders Of Four In Central Islip MS-13 Member Sentenced For Role In Murders Of Four In Central Islip
MS-13 Member Sentenced For Role In Murders Of Four In Central Islip A teenage member of the MS-13 gang has been sentenced to more than five decades in prison for his role in the April 2017 murders of four people on Long Island. Central Islip resident Josue Portillo, 18, a member of the Leeward Locos Salvatruchas clique of La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang, has been sentenced to 55 years in prison following his guilty plea to racketeering charges for the murders of Justin Llivicura, Michael Lopez, Jorge Tigre, and Jefferson Villalobos. U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue noted that Portillo is an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, and he will face deportation whe…

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by Zak Failla