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'Gorilla Stone' Gang Members Indicted, Including One Wanted For Poughkeepsie Murder
Nearly 20 of the “Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation” gang were indicted on numerous charges including the murder of a Poughkeepsie teen.
On Tuesday, Dec.. 1, Audrey Strauss, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced a 16-Count indictment charging 18 members of the gang, known commonly as “Gorilla Stone," with committing crimes ranging from racketeering, murder, narcotics, firearms and fraud offenses.
One of the main defendants, included Brandon Soto, aka, "Stacks, who is charged in connection with the Monday, Sept. 21, murder of a 15-year-old in Poug…
Feds: New Mob Regime Ran Sports Bets, Extorted Victims, Sold Drugs From Philly To Jersey Shore
The mob didn't disappear from Philadelphia and the Jersey Shore after former leaders Joseph Ligambi and Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino were sent to prison, federal authorities revealed Monday.
Over the past five years, in fact, new leadership of the Philly and Atlantic City La Cosa Nostra beefed up the ranks, commanding illegal sports gambling, extorting victims through loansharking, selling cocaine, heroin and opioids -- even conspiring to kidnap a drug dealer who sold them bad dope, they said.
Fifteen reputed mobsters and associates of the organized crime family were charged in a …
Mugshots: Dozens Of Central Jersey Gang Members Busted For Dogfighting, Drugs, Illegal Firearms
An investigation dubbed "Operation Golden State" led to the arrests of more than two dozen Central Jersey gang members on charges ranging from attempted murder, dogfighting, racketeering and more, authorities said Friday.
The 29 suspects from the "Golden State" gang were mostly from from Monmouth and Ocean, involved in more than a dozen recent shootings in Asbury Park, Long Branch, Tinton Falls, Keansburg and Neptune Township, according to Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.
The joint investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office with help from federal, st…
Long Island Man Sentenced For Racketeering, Participating In Murder, Attempted Murder
A Long Island man has been sentenced for racketeering, including conspiring to distribute narcotics and participating in a murder and attempted murder of a rival.
Terrill Latney, an associate of the “Red Stone Gorilla” subset of the Bloods, a violent criminal enterprise based in Riverhead, was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment.
Latney, 40, of Mastic Beach, pleaded guilty in February 2020.
Seth D. DuCharme, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced the sentence on Monday, Oct. 5.
“With today’s sentence, justice has been served for ye…
MS-13 Gang Member Arrested In El Salvador For Long Island Murder
A fugitive member of the MS-13 street gang wanted for a murder on Long Island was located and arrested in El Salvador by a transnational anti-gang unit and the FBI, federal officials said.
José Jonathan Guevara-Castro, 25, also known as “Suspechoso,” an alleged member of MS-13, was arrested on Thursday, Aug. 13 in Acajutla, Sonsonate, El Salvador. for an alleged murder on Long Island.
Acting U.S. Attorney Seth DuCharme said that Guevara-Castro has been charged in a 24-count indictment, along with seven other MS-13 members, with racketeering offenses, murder and narcotics trafficking. …
Long Island MS-13 Members Charged With Multiple Murders, Assaults
Several MS-13 gang members from Long Island were among nearly a dozen arrested following an investigation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security division.
Eight members of MS-13 were charged in a 24-count indictment for racketeering charges that includes multiple alleged murders, attempted murders, attempted kidnapping, drug, and weapons offenses.
The gang members from Long Island charged were:
Carlos “Russo” Alfaro, 23, of Roosevelt;
Jose Jonathan Guevara-Casto, 25, formerly of Roosevelt;
Victor Lopez-Morales, 32, of Roosevelt;
Ever Morales-Lopez, 26, of Fre…
